{"id":188532,"date":"2026-08-18T12:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=188532"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:13:56","slug":"winning-the-euroleague-thats-the-goal-bonzie-colson-welcomed-back-to-israel-by-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/winning-the-euroleague-thats-the-goal-bonzie-colson-welcomed-back-to-israel-by-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning the Euroleague: That&#8217;s the goal! Bonzie Colson welcomed back to Israel by Maccabi Tel Aviv fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bonzie Colson is back in yellow-and-blue as the forward returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv after having played two seasons with Fenerbahce where he was part of the Euroleague winning team in 2025. Colson who played with Maccabi between 2022-2024 was part of Oded Katash\u2019s team that won two Israel league championships a State Cup and twice came within mere minutes of advancing to the Final Four. <\/p>\n<p>Colson (1.98m, 30) grew up in the northeastern United States, played four years at the University of Notre Dame and arrived in Europe in 2019. After spells in France and Turkey, he signed with Maccabi in the summer of 2022 and became a significant part of Oded Katash\u2019s new machine, which returned to competing at the highest level in Europe.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_188540\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188540\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6184.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6184.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6184-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6184-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6184-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6184-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-188540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonzie Colson &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIn the summer of 2024, Colson moved to Fenerbahce and helped the team win the EuroLeague, two championships, two cups and the Turkish Super Cup, but now Colson is back in Israel with one goal in mind, to take Maccabi Tel Aviv to the top of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>It was love at first sight for Colson and Maccabi and now it\u2019s time for that love story to continue into its next chapter as #50 arrived in Israel and was greeted by hundreds of the yellow-and-blue faithful as he looks to now use the experience gained to take the club to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a blessing to be back and it&#8217;s a great feeling,\u201d Colson began. \u201cMaccabi fans are some of the best in Europe and it&#8217;s just great when you come back. You get so much love and support, it&#8217;s definitely special. You don&#8217;t see that every day, so I&#8217;m happy to be back. It feels good, and I&#8217;m ready just to go out there. It\u2019s great hearing them drums and it gets me going. I want to go play and just play with my guys. It\u2019s an amazing feeling and I&#8217;m happy to be back here.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">\u05d1\u05d5\u05e0\u05d6\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d5\u05dc\u05e1\u05d5\u05df \u05e0\u05d7\u05ea \u05d1\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UAt31EHkNj\">pic.twitter.com\/UAt31EHkNj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sports Rabbi (@thesportsrabbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thesportsrabbi\/status\/2089672839431385483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nColson knows a few of the players on the squad from his first time with the team including captain John Dibartolomeo, \u201cJohn and I have talked about this process and I&#8217;ve talked to Armando Bacot as well. You know, just trying to get a feel of everything. I&#8217;ve talked to Oded Katash as well and it\u2019s handling those friendships, getting to know people. A lot of the work is going to be on the court, but then there is also developing the relationships with the entire team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear that Colson, a Euroleague champion, is going to be relied upon to really help the team reach the pinnacle of Europe, \u201cThat&#8217;s the goal. After playing with Fener, you understand the legacy that&#8217;s been built here at Maccabi and you understand the goals and expectations. So, our goal is definitely the Final Four but obviously, it&#8217;s going to be ups and downs within the season. We&#8217;ve got to develop the chemistry and we&#8217;ve got some new guys plus we have some returning players. We&#8217;re just sticking with it and just trying to get better every day. Get 1% better every day and stay together that way we can accomplish any of our goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have the roster to do it, to win the Euroleague and I think we have to play with a little bit of chip on our shoulder. But we definitely have the roster, the fans and everything you need to get to the next level. So, we&#8217;re excited about it.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_188542\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188542\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6183.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6183.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6183-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6183-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6183-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6183-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-188542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonzie Colson &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nColson also spoke about why he decided to come back to Israel, \u201cMaccabi is a special place. Tel Aviv is a special place. I think you don&#8217;t really understand the love and the enjoyment of being in Tel Aviv unless you&#8217;ve been here. So, it was a no-brainer. Obviously, it took me some time and it wasn&#8217;t an easy decision with everything. But I&#8217;m happy to be back and I\u2019m ready to get to work and get some wins, to continue building a legendary Maccabi legacy here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The forward who can play both the 3 and the 4 is very happy to be able to join forces once again with Oded Katash, \u201cI&#8217;m excited. That&#8217;s my guy. He helped build me as a player, especially overseas. I understand him, he understands me and as soon as I signed, I texted him. I&#8217;m excited just to work with him again. Just to play out there and to learn and develop with the team and to try to build on what we have here at Maccabi. It&#8217;s amazing. The fans here are incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colson was overwhelmed with the reception and knows that he needs to repay them by going hard after the goal of helping the club win their first European championship since 2014.<br \/>\n\u201cIt&#8217;s hard to put into words how it makes you feel, but it&#8217;s definitely heartwarming. It&#8217;s a special moment here. I think just for myself, I think for all the players out here, you don&#8217;t get that love just everywhere.&#8221;<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_188538\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188538\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6185.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6185.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6185-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6185-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6185-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6185-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-188538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonzie Colson &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonzie Colson is back in yellow-and-blue as the forward returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv after having played two seasons with Fenerbahce where he was part of the Euroleague winning team in 2025. 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