{"id":113896,"date":"2024-06-25T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=113896"},"modified":"2024-06-25T17:47:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T17:47:24","slug":"johnathan-motley-joins-hapoel-tel-aviv-in-stunner-all-the-signings-in-the-israel-basketball-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/johnathan-motley-joins-hapoel-tel-aviv-in-stunner-all-the-signings-in-the-israel-basketball-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnathan Motley joins Hapoel Tel Aviv in stunner + all the signings in the Israel Basketball League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Israel Basketball League continues to make waves as both players and coaches are continuing to come and go but the biggest stunner arrived on Tuesday morning when <strong>Hapoel Tel Aviv announced the signing of standout big man Johnathan Motley<\/strong>. The Baylor product played with Fenerbahce for a pair of seasons and also plied his trade in the NBA with the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sports Rabbi&#8217;s Ben Pask spoke to Motley last season in a terrific interview that you can listen to below:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/10491669?style=normal&amp;width=504&amp;height=208\" width=\"504\" height=\"208\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coaches<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Guy Goodes<\/strong> joins Hapoel Holon<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_86022\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86022\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_8332.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_8332.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_8332-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-86022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guy Goodes &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Elad Hasin<\/strong> joins Hapoel Haifa<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_107031\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107031\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240323_215100_235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240323_215100_235.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240323_215100_235-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-107031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elad Hasin &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Guni Israeli<\/strong> has been appointed as the Head Coach of Hapoel Galil Elyon after serving as an assistant with Hapoel Holon<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQ5wzrRWkAAPGE9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1276\" height=\"1266\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQ5wzrRWkAAPGE9.jpeg 1276w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQ5wzrRWkAAPGE9-300x298.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQ5wzrRWkAAPGE9-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQ5wzrRWkAAPGE9-768x762.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQ5wzrRWkAAPGE9-610x605.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQ5wzrRWkAAPGE9-1080x1072.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1276px) 100vw, 1276px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Barak Peleg<\/strong> leaves Hapoel Galil Elyon<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_72632\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72632\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3851A995-901D-4E53-99FF-652EB5A83501.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3851A995-901D-4E53-99FF-652EB5A83501.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3851A995-901D-4E53-99FF-652EB5A83501-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barak Peleg &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Players<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tomer Ginat<\/strong> inks a 3-year extension with Hapoel Tel Aviv<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_113325\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113325\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/der8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/der8.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/der8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/der8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/der8-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/der8-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/der8-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/der8-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-113325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tomer Ginat &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Oz Blayzer<\/strong> signs with Hapoel Tel Aviv after playing for Hapoel Jerusalem<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112282\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112282\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2078.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2078.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2078-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2078-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2078-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2078-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2078-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_2078-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oz Blayzer &#8211; Photo credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Guy Palatin<\/strong> inks a 3-year deal with Hapoel Tel Aviv<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106665\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106665\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240317_224103_042-e1717266855506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106665\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guy Palatin &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Speedy Smith<\/strong> signed a 2-year extension with Hapoel Jerusalem<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_110752\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110752\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240517_000811_860.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240517_000811_860.jpg 853w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240517_000811_860-610x915.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-110752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speedy Smith &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Roi Huber<\/strong> joins Maccabi Ramat Gan from Hapoel Galil Elyon<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_104593\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104593\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1275\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hube.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hube-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hube-610x608.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-104593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roi Huber &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Itay Moskovits<\/strong> remains at Maccabi Ramat Gan<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_105693\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105693\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8232.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8232-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Itay Moskovits &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuds Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Raz Adam<\/strong> remains with Kiryat Ata<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_102724\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102724\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_20240123_001238_457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_20240123_001238_457.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_20240123_001238_457-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_20240123_001238_457-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_20240123_001238_457-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-102724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raz Adam &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Gur Lavi<\/strong> moves to Hapoel Gilboa Galil from Hapoel Haifa<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_38634\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38634\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gur.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"722\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gur.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gur-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gur-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gur-610x612.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gur-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-38634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gur Lavy &#8211; Photo Credit: Instagram<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Ismael El Amin<\/strong> joins Hapoel Gilboa Galil<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_113902\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113902\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQxez7RX0AA5IJY.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQxez7RX0AA5IJY.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQxez7RX0AA5IJY-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQxez7RX0AA5IJY-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQxez7RX0AA5IJY-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQxez7RX0AA5IJY-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-113902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ismael El Amin &#8211; Credit: Sports Five<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Ariel Aizik<\/strong> stays with Maccabi Netanya<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_106205\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106205\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240312_215509_432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240312_215509_432.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_20240312_215509_432-610x813.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-106205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruben Najberger and Ariel Aizik &#8211; Photo Credit: Sports Rabbi<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Eric Romero<\/strong> joins Maccabi Netanya<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQs3wTbWQAAgln6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1272\" height=\"1585\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQs3wTbWQAAgln6.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQs3wTbWQAAgln6-241x300.jpeg 241w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQs3wTbWQAAgln6-768x957.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQs3wTbWQAAgln6-1233x1536.jpeg 1233w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQs3wTbWQAAgln6-610x760.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GQs3wTbWQAAgln6-1080x1346.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Lorenzo Brown<\/strong> departs Maccabi Tel Aviv and signs with Panathinaikos<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_112704\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112704\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_20240607_153418_087-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-112704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lorenzo Brown &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Josh Nebo<\/strong> leaves Maccabi Tel Aviv for Milano<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_111005\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111005\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240519_223757_504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240519_223757_504.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240519_223757_504-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-111005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Nebo &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Levi Randolph<\/strong> leaves Hapoel Jerusalem<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_108814\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108814\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0065.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0065.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0065-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-108814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Levi Randolph &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Jordan Cohen<\/strong> leaves Maccabi Ramat Gan<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_101723\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101723\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5700.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_5700-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-101723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan Cohen &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Isaiah Miles<\/strong> leaves Hapoel Tel Aviv<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_109880\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109880\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0542.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0542.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0542-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-109880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isaiah Miles &#8211; 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