#1. This week's number one is former U20 international guard Oded Brandwein (186-88, agency: N.E.T., currently plays in Poland). He led Energa Czarni to a victory over one of league's weakest teams Start Gdynia (5-15) crushing them 97-64 in the Polish TBL in Saturday night's game.
Brandwein was MVP of the game. He scored 23 points and added 7 passes in 25 minutes on the court.
Energa Czarni Slupsk (11-9) is placed sixth in the TBL.
There are only two games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game will be critical.
It's Brandwein's first season with the team.
This year Brandwein averages: 9.4ppg, 3.6apg, 2FGP: 42.2%, 3FGP: 39.2% and FT: 85.2% in the 17 games he played so far.
He has a dual citizenship: Israeli and Polish.
Former Elitzur Yavne starter played for the Israeli U20 national team five years ago.
#2. Second place goes to an international point guard Yuval Naimy (188-85, currently plays in Russia), who plays in the Russian PBL. Naimy could not help Triumph Lyubertsy (4-7) to beat Lokomotiv (7-5).
He recorded 9 points.
But Triumph Lyubertsy was defeated 89-78 on the road by the higher-ranked Lokomotiv (#3).
Naimy's overall stats this season are: 8.8ppg, 1.3rpg, 2.2apg, 2FGP: 43.5%, 3FGP: 39.3%.
He is in the roster of the Israeli senior national team.
#3. The Israeli player who performed third best last week abroad was an international center Alex Tyus (205-88, college: Florida, currently plays in Italy). Tyus was not able to help Cantu (12-7) in their game against Enel Brindisi (10-9) in the Italian SerieA.
He recorded only 4 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in 16 minutes.
Cantu lost 65-69 in Brindisi to the lower-ranked (#9) Enel.
This year Tyus' overall stats are: 9.5ppg, 4.8rpg, 1.1bpg, 2FGP: 73.0%(73-100) and FT: 61.0% in the 18 games.
He is a naturalized American.
Tyus is also a member of the Israeli senior national team. He used to play for Maccabi Ashdod in Israeli league.
#4. Center Robert Rothbart (217-86, agency: INVICTUS Sports Group, currently plays in Poland) faced previously mentioned Oded Brandwein in the Polish TBL last game.
Rothbart, who plays in the Polish TBL was not able to secure a victory for Start Gdynia (5-15) in their last game. Despite his good performance Start Gdynia was crushed 97-64 at home by the higher-ranked (#6) Energa Czarni.
Rothbart scored 10 points in 20 minutes.
It was Start Gdynia's fourth consecutive loss in a row.
There are only two games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game is very crucial.
Rothbart has relatively good stats this year: 13.0ppg and 6.9rpg in the 19 games.
He is another player who holds two passports: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Israeli.
Rothbart is also Israeli national team player.
#5. Former U20 international center Jeremiah Kreisberg (208-92, currently plays college basketball in the States) managed to help Yale University to win against the Columbia University (2-3) 75-56 in the NCAA on Saturday night.
He scored only 4 points and added 3 passes.
The Yale University has 3-2 conference record this season.
This year Kreisberg has relatively solid stats: 13.0ppg and 6.9rpg.
He is a naturalized American.
Kreisberg used to play for the Israeli U20 national team
two years ago.
Strangely he has never played in Israel.
#6. Point guard Tom Maayan (185-93, currently studies in the States) couldn't help the Seton Hall (2-12) in their game against the Marquette University (9-2) in the NCAA. He cannot count Tuesday's game as one of the best ones.
Maayan scored only 2 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 25 minutes.
The Seton Hall was crushed 67-46 on their home court in South Orange, NJ by the Marquette University.
It was Seton Hall's eighth consecutive loss in a row.
There are only four games left until the end of the NCAA Regular Season. So now every game will be important.
Maayan has reliable stats this year: 10.2ppg, 3.0rpg, 6.0apg and 1.1spg in the 21 games.
He is a former U18 international player as he played for the Israeli team two years ago.
The list of other players, who all have Israeli passport but never been selected to any of Israeli national teams:
#1.Jason Thomas (191-G-82, college: American, currently plays in Sweden) contributed to a Boras Basket's victory against the ninth-ranked KFUM Jamtland (7-22) 93-84 in the Swedish Basketligan in Saturday night's game.
Thomas recorded 7 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.
Boras Basket (20-9) is placed fourth in the Basketligan.
It was his team's fourth consecutive victory in a row.
There are only four games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game will be critical.
Thomas has relatively good stats this season: 11.6ppg, 6.6rpg and 2.1apg.
He is a naturalized American.
Thomas used to play for Ironi Kfar Hamaccabia Ramat Gan in Israeli league.
#2.Omar Wattad (195-G-88, college: Chattanooga, currently plays in Georgia) managed to help Energy Invest Rustavi in a victory against the sixth-ranked Dinamo Tbilisi (8-5) 94-75 in the Georgian Superleague in Friday night's game.
Wattad scored only 3 points in 8 minutes on the court.
Energy Invest Rustaviis placed in the Superleague.
Wattad has reliable stats this year: 10.7ppg, 1.7rpg, 1.7apg and 1.3spg in the three games he played so far.
He is a naturalized American.
Apparently Wattad has never played in Israel.
#3.Guy Aud (188-G-89, currently plays in Germany), who plays in the German ProA (second division) could not help Finke Baskets (9-13) to beat SC Rasta Vechta (17-5).
Aud recorded 5 points and added 3 passes.
Finke Baskets was crushed 104-62 on the road by the leading SC Rasta Vechta.
Aud is currently second on the league's list of best passers.
He has very reliable stats this season: 10.2ppg, 3.0rpg, 6.0apg and 1.1spg.
Aud has a dual citizenship: Israeli and German.
Worth to mention he played also at Eurobasket Summer League, which helped him get the job in pro basketball.
Ironi Nes-Ziona wins National League Finals - May 24, 2013
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Hod Hasharon - Ironi Nes-Ziona 73-83 (1-3)
Ironi Nes-Ziona wins National League Finals 3-1 in the series against Hod Hasharon. Ironi Nes-Ziona looked well-organized offensively handing out 23 assists. Naturalized Welsh forward Tal Michael Dunne (197-87) fired a double-double by scoring 15 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists for the winners. Gil Amitay (197-89) chipped in 22 points and 5 rebounds. Four Ironi Nes-Ziona players scored in double figures [read more]
Ironi Nes-Ziona wins National League Finals 3-1 in the series against Hod Hasharon. Ironi Nes-Ziona looked well-organized offensively handing out 23 assists. Naturalized Welsh forward Tal Michael Dunne (197-87) fired a double-double by scoring 15 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists for the winners. Gil Amitay (197-89) chipped in 22 points and 5 rebounds. Four Ironi Nes-Ziona players scored in double figures. Nigerian power forward Chukwudinma Odiakosa (203-85, college: Illinois St., agency: N.E.T.) produced 21 points and 7 rebounds and swingman Eran Asante Asare (194-88, agency: Gross Zeev ISA) added 8 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists respectively for lost side. Top scorers: Hod Hasharon: C.Odiakosa 21+7reb+2ast, G.Dotan 14+3reb+1ast, B.Walker 10+2reb+6ast, O.Hover 8+4reb, E.Asante Asare 8+6reb+5ast, I.Stolero 7+2reb+2ast Ironi Nes-Ziona: G.Amitay 22+5reb+2ast, T.Michael Dunne 15+11reb+8ast, E.Engel 13+4reb+4ast, B.Benn 13+6reb+5ast, R.Zehavian 8+2reb+3ast, C.Tate 7+5reb
Hapoel J-M and Hapoel Eilat complete the Semifinal picture - May 23, 2013
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Netanya - Hapoel J-M 68-79 (2-3)
The guests were tied at the half but managed to speed up in last two quarters eventually winning the game. It was a great shooting night for Hapoel Jerusalem especially from behind the arc, where they had solid 66.7 percentage. American players dominated the game. Josh Duncan (203-86) orchestrated the victory with a double-double by scoring 23 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists [read more]
The guests were tied at the half but managed to speed up in last two quarters eventually winning the game. It was a great shooting night for Hapoel Jerusalem especially from behind the arc, where they had solid 66.7 percentage. American players dominated the game. Josh Duncan (203-86) orchestrated the victory with a double-double by scoring 23 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. point guard Ronald Steele (187-86, college: Alabama, agency: SportsTalent) contributed with 15 points and 4 assists for the winners. Five Hapoel Jerusalem players scored in double figures. Power forward Marco Killingsworth (203-82, college: Indiana, agency: Avi Zilberman) answered with 21 points and 5 rebounds and guard Ramel Bradley (188-85) added 14 points and 5 rebounds in the effort for GreenTops Netanya. GreenTops Netanya's coach rotated twelve players in this game, but that didn't help. Top scorers: Hapoel J-M: J.Duncan 23+10reb+5ast, R.Steele 15+1reb+4ast, R.Limonad 14+4reb, S.Samuels 11+5reb, C.Fells 11+3reb+3ast, E.Kadir 3+1reb+1ast Netanya: M.Killingsworth 21+5reb, R.Bradley 14+5reb+3ast, Y.Orland 9+2ast, R.Morgan 9+8reb+2ast, E.Shulman 8+7ast, D.Washington 5+5reb+5ast
The hosts trailed by 1 point after first quarter, but they stormed back to get the 5-point lead at the halftime and eventually won the game 91-80. Hapoel Eilat shot the lights out from three sinking 12 long-distance shots on high 63.2 percentage. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 30 assists comparing to just 15 passes made by Maccabi Rishon's players. American power forward Eli Holman (208-89, college: Detroit Mercy) orchestrated the victory by scoring 20 points and 8 rebounds. His fellow American import guard Larry O'Bannon (194-83, college: Louisville, agency: Interperformances) contributed with 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists for the winners. Four Hapoel Eilat players scored in double figures. Jamaican-American power forward Adrian Uter (200-84, college: Hofstra) answered with a double-double by scoring 25 points and 12 rebounds and American forward Julian Wright (203-87, college: Kansas) added 17 points and 9 rebounds in the effort for Maccabi Rishon. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Top scorers: Hapoel Eilat: E.Holman 20+8reb+2ast, L.O'Bannon 15+7reb+6ast, S.Hopson 14+4reb+9ast, T.Younger 11+3reb, E.Skverer 9+1reb+3ast, J.Tillman 9+5reb Maccabi Rishon: A.Uter 25+12reb+2ast, J.Wright 17+9reb+2ast, A.Ben David 14+3ast, N.Hanochi 7+1reb+7ast, L.Jones 7+3reb, S.Dawson 6
The Israeli point guard, Yotam Halperin (193-SG-84), was one of the main reason that FC Bayern Muenchen won their first game in the German semifinal series vs. Brose Baskets Bamberg 98-85 and "stole" the home court advantage. Halperin played 30 minutes and finished with 15 points (4-6 FG, 1-2 3PT, 4-4 FT), 3 assists & 4 rebounds. Halperin scored 11 points in the first half and was on the court in the 4th quarter when Bayern made their run to secure their victory [read more]
The Israeli point guard, Yotam Halperin (193-SG-84), was one of the main reason that FC Bayern Muenchen won their first game in the German semifinal series vs. Brose Baskets Bamberg 98-85 and "stole" the home court advantage. Halperin played 30 minutes and finished with 15 points (4-6 FG, 1-2 3PT, 4-4 FT), 3 assists & 4 rebounds. Halperin scored 11 points in the first half and was on the court in the 4th quarter when Bayern made their run to secure their victory. The 2nd game in the series will be in Munich on May 26th.
Maccabi T-A: took 1st place (8-2) in Group B of the Regular Season, took 3rd
place (8-6) in Group F of the Top16, lost to Real Madrid 0-3 in the
quarterfinals !!!
Galil Gilboa: took 1st place (6-2) in Group A of the First Stage, took 2nd
place (10-4) in Group C of the Second Stage, beat Levski (BUL) 87-79 in the
Final !!!
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