The one thing that always comforts fans on their way home from a campaign-ending loss is the thought of the near future. "There’s always next season," they tell themselves and lo –and-behold they’re right. Within a few days, or at most a few short weeks, a promising...
A short time into the third quarter, a near diplomatic incident occurred on the sidelines in Katowice. Within 41 seconds, the Israel National Team managed to triple its number of 3-pointers (after having gone 1/6 in the first half), and Slovenian coach Aleksander...
In Israel’s previous trip to the EuroBasket Round of 16, a decade ago, Omri Casspi and Gal Mekel shone above all and their most notable supporting actor was Lior Eliyahu, who delivered a strong offensive campaign after his historic championship with Hapoel Jerusalem....
I swear to you, for a moment I hesitated about writing this column. I mean, I had to write something, I couldn’t just leave it blank. After all, I made a commitment. And really, it's for moments like these that we live, breathe, and love basketball. But maybe I...
Twelve EuroBasket games were played on Saturday across Europe, with no fewer than 263 basketball players from various nationalities stepping onto similar hardwood floors. All of them, except one, received fewer minutes than Deni Avdija. He had just 100 seconds of rest...
1. Luka, Lloyd, Giannis, Roman The scoring leaderboard after the first round of EuroBasket is one worth filing, pinning up, or at least saving: Luka Dončić – 34 points Jordan Loyd – 32 Giannis Antetokounmpo – 31 Roman Sorkin – 31 Beyond the fact that the Israeli...
The love of sports stems from emotion and passion. It’s not always the achievements that are etched in memory, but rather individual moments, joyful and heartbreaking alike. And that’s exactly how Israel’s memories from the European Championships look. Ahead of the...
“I want to thank you for the opportunity to coach this team. The achievement belongs to many people and above all, to the players. They deserve it. We were on the side to support and help, but at the end of the day, these guys wrote the story of their lives. God...
