Jake Cohen

“Avdija’s making really good decisions”, “Deni’s got a complete game offensively & defensively” Jake Cohen & Ioannis Sfairpoulos praise the NBA Lottery Draft Lock! Plus how about Amare Stoudemire? 3-Pointers, Analysis on Maccabi’s win over Holon

June 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

1) Deni Avidja has yet another fine showing as the Israeli prodigy looks to continue to move in the 2020 NBA Draft Lottery ranks. What type of showing you ask? How about a tidy 18 points going 5/5 from 2pt, 2/5 from 3pt, 2/2 ft, 5 rebounds, a steal an assist and a 24 efficiency rating in 21 [Read More]

Maccabi trounces overmatched Holon 103-65, Deni Avdija & Amar’e Stoudemire star in the victory

June 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

Amar’e Stoudemire and Deni Avdija set the pace early on for Maccabi, but Jermaine Love provided a boost off the bench to supplement Jimmy Hall and Desi Washington’s scoring for Holon as the visitors held a 22-21 lead after ten minutes of action. Dov Halickman Photography Scottie Wilbekin got [Read More]

“We are working hard and are very motivated” Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Jake Cohen and Ioannis Sfairopoulos get ready for league play on June 20th

June 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

Maccabi Tel Aviv held a press conference ahead of the resumption of the 2019/20 season. CEO Edri Marcus, Head Coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos and Acting Captain Jake Cohen spoke via Zoom about getting back to the hardwood. Coach Sfairpoulos began the proceedings: “After a long while we gave the chance [Read More]

“We were punched in the mouth from the start” Jake Cohen talks about Maccabi Tel Aviv’s loss to Jerusalem, the Coronavirus and more!

March 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

Maccabi Tel Aviv ran into the Hapoel Jerusalem bulldozer on Sunday night at the Jerusalem Arena. The Yellow & Blue were absolutely dismantled by Hapoel Jerusalem after losing badly on Friday night at Red Star Belgrade in Serbia. Not exactly the performances that Coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos [Read More]

“This was the biggest statement this year” Scottie Wilbekin on Maccabi Tel Aviv’s win over EFES! “There isn’t a better feeling than making the stop” Deni Avdija on halting Shane Larkin at the buzzer! Analysis, quotes, notes & more!

March 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

3-Pointers 1) How many times can we say, how about Scottie Wilbekin? Once again, Maccabi Tel Aviv’s star guard came up big in Maccabi Tel Aviv’s 77-75 win over Anadolu EFES when the team needed him most as the Florida product scored 21 points and took the upper hand from his matchup against [Read More]

“Jake is my secret weapon” Coach Sfairopoulos on Jake Cohen after Maccabi Tel Aviv thumps Gilboa Galil 99-76! 3-Pointers, analysis, news, notes & quotes!

March 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

Maccabi Tel Aviv walked over Hapoel Gilboa Galil 99-76 at Yad Eliyahu. The yellow-and-blue ran out to a 30-18 lead after the first quarter and never looked back as they demolished an undermanned Galilee squad in a game that was never in doubt from the get go. Captain Jake Cohen starred with 22 [Read More]

“He has big personality to be our leader” – Maccabi Coach Sfairopoulos talks Scottie Wilbekin! 3-Pointers, Analysis & More!

February 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

3-Pointers 1) Scottie Wilbekin is a winner plain and simple. There’s no question as to why David Blatt loved coaching the guard when they collaborated together at Darussafaka and it’s exactly why Coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos loves to have a player like Wilbekin on his team. But what we’ve seen [Read More]

“He’s like a magician” – Katash on Avdija, Jake Cohen stars & home grown players, plus quotes from Mekel, Segev & More! 3-Pointers & Analysis on Israel’s win over Romania!

February 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

3-Pointers 1) In what was probably Deni Avdija’s last Eurobasket qualification game due to the fact that the NBA is beckoning when the other two windows are played in November and next February, one can say that the Draft Prospect went out with a bang. I guess 21 points, 8 rebounds and a 25 [Read More]

Israel downs Romania 87-63 as Deni Avdija stars! Blue & White moves to 2-0 in Eurobasket Qualifying!

February 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Israel National Basketball Team defeated Romania 87-63 at the Drive In Arena in Tel Aviv to move their Eurobasket 2021 qualifying record to a perfect 2-0. The blue-and-white contended with a pesky Romanian squad forcing the game to played at a slow pace throughout the forty minutes but that [Read More]

The Lead Point – Elijah Bryant coming into his own

February 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

With the absence of Scottie Wilbekin, Maccabi Tel Aviv needed players to step up to pick up the offensive slack and that’s exactly what Elijah Brigham Bryant did for Ioannis Sfairopoulos’s squad. The BYU product who arrived in the offseason from Hapoel Eilat Eilat picked up his offensive pace [Read More]

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