{"id":123271,"date":"2024-11-04T18:39:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T18:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=123271"},"modified":"2024-11-04T18:39:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T18:39:40","slug":"maccabi-tel-avivs-success-the-latest-on-hapoel-tel-aviv-johnathan-motley-and-more-on-episode-486","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-tel-avivs-success-the-latest-on-hapoel-tel-aviv-johnathan-motley-and-more-on-episode-486\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv&#8217;s success, the latest on Hapoel Tel Aviv &#038; Johnathan Motley and more on Episode #486"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"205\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/v2\/podcast\/2480369?episode_id=10824892&#038;theme=dark\" style=\"border: medium; height: 205px; width: 100%;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thesportsrabbi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sports Rabbi Josh Halickman<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/roijay\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Jankelowitz<\/a><\/strong> from Israel Sport breakdown the latest Israeli basketball news, from Maccabi Tel Aviv&#8217;s big win over Real Madrid in Euroleague play to the signing of David DeJulius. We then shifted to Hapoel Tel Aviv and the Johnathan Motley saga as the big man left the team to destination unknown while Speedy Smith and Hapoel Jerusalem may be heading toward a divorce and how that came about. 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