{"id":152558,"date":"2025-08-20T13:46:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=152558"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:46:46","slug":"great-fit-maccabi-tel-aviv-point-guard-jeff-dowtin-jr-arrives-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/great-fit-maccabi-tel-aviv-point-guard-jeff-dowtin-jr-arrives-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Fit: Maccabi Tel Aviv point guard Jeff Dowtin Jr. arrives in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Dowtin Jr. arrived in Israel and is ready to join Maccabi Tel Aviv for the 2025\/26 season. The 28-year old point guard was met by the yellow-and-blue fans and was excited to get going with his new club after having played in the NBA and G-League for a number of years.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_152571\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152571\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5515.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5515.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5515-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5515-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5515-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5515-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-152571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Dowtin Jr &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cDefinitely very excited right now and I\u2019m overcome with emotion. I\u2019m grateful to be here and the fans are ready to get the show on the road. I\u2019m ready to go out and play for them. I\u2019m bringing in a winning culture be being a point guard, a leader that will orchestrate the offense but most importantly is to come out here and win. I just want to showcase the best of my abilities and go out there and be the great point leader.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Dowtin spoke about deciding to come to Israel despite the issues and ongoing conflict, \u201cI think coming here was the best opportunity for me and a great fit. The coaching staff, the fans, the atmosphere and the country in it of its own. I\u2019m excited and super grateful and I love put here already and I\u2019m ready to get started.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_152563\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152563\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5521.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5521.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5521-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5521-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5521-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5521-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-152563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Dowtin Jr &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cI think it\u2019s the competition that is here and watching European basketball 24\/7 and a lot of guys made that jump to come over here. Some of the best have played out of Europe and I wanted to be a part of that and I think it\u2019s a great opportunity for me. The competition is slowly growing and getting better each and every year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The floor general who played his college ball at Rhode Island and featured with five different NBA franchises is now making his first foray into European hoops and understands that there will be a learning curve, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t expect it to be easy for me and I know there will be some challenges throughout the year and I\u2019m ready for that. As the year goes on everything will start to slow down and be easier for me. I\u2019ll fit in just fine.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_152561\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152561\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5520.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5520.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5520-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5520-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5520-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5520-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-152561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Dowtin Jr &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nDowtin will join forces with a number of familiar faces in Oshae Brissett and Lonnie Walker as the trio all played in Philadelphia last season, \u201cI had a talk with Oshae and I played with Lonnie last year. It\u2019s a great situation for all three of us as we played with each other and just coming here will bring a great sense of urgency and team chemistry and I think that\u2019s going to be big.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What Dowtin is most excited about is getting to know the fans and playing in front of them at Yad Eliyahu, \u201cThe fans base has been amazing as I\u2019ve seen videos and pictures of how crazy they are with so much energy and I\u2019m excited to play in front of them and be a part of that. Win games and have them cheer us on.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_152567\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152567\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5517.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5517.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5517-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5517-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5517-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_5517-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-152567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Dowtin Jr &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Dowtin Jr. arrived in Israel and is ready to join Maccabi Tel Aviv for the 2025\/26 season. 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