{"id":160503,"date":"2025-10-30T14:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=160503"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:28:41","slug":"2x-ncaa-champ-hassan-diarra-maccabi-raananas-new-star-guard-joins-the-sports-rabbi-on-episode-534","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/2x-ncaa-champ-hassan-diarra-maccabi-raananas-new-star-guard-joins-the-sports-rabbi-on-episode-534\/","title":{"rendered":"2x NCAA Champ Hassan Diarra, Maccabi Raanana&#8217;s new star guard joins The Sports Rabbi on Episode #534"},"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=11000200&#038;theme=dark\" style=\"border: none; height: 205px; width: 100%;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thesportsrabbi\" target=\"_blank\">The Sports Rabbi Josh Halickman<\/a><\/strong> welcomed aboard one of the brand new stars of the Israeli basketball league in <strong>Hassan Diarra<\/strong> from Maccabi Raanana. The guard is playing in his rookie professional season after having won a pair of NCAA Championships with UCONN and is already making an impact with his new club as they are 2-1 early on in the season. This coming Sunday, Raanana will welcome Euroleague powerhouse Hapoel Tel Aviv to Metrowest as Diarra will have yet another big test. 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