{"id":38013,"date":"2021-07-04T16:46:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T16:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=38013"},"modified":"2021-07-04T17:35:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T17:35:01","slug":"yiftach-ziv-joins-maccabi-tel-aviv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/yiftach-ziv-joins-maccabi-tel-aviv\/","title":{"rendered":"Yiftach  Ziv joins Maccabi Tel Aviv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi signed their first Israeli for the new season as Yiftach Ziv joined the club on a two year deal. The 26-year old point guard was a member of last season&#8217;s first team All-Stars and was named the Israeli Player of the Season as he led Hapoel Gilboa Galil to the league finals where his squad fell 2-1 in the best of 3 championship series.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome to Maccabi Yiftach Ziv\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QVAcicsTyTw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ziv has the ability to dictate the pace of a game and is a lockdown defender who shoots the ball well and has a nose for collecting rebounds despite featuring as a point guard. Maccabi saw up close and personal his size and strength during the finals as he scored 12 points per game, 4 assists and 6 rebounds in roughly 30 minutes per game. During the regular season Ziv averaged 12.5 points, 5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to playing with Hapoel Gilboa Galil for two seasons, Ziv played a couple of campaigns with Nahariya along with also featuring for Maccabi Haifa, Bnei Herzliya and Maccabi Ashdod.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_37421\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37421\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5FD59E2D-BA4F-48F8-99A8-99547C7E9CAC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"748\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5FD59E2D-BA4F-48F8-99A8-99547C7E9CAC.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5FD59E2D-BA4F-48F8-99A8-99547C7E9CAC-300x219.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5FD59E2D-BA4F-48F8-99A8-99547C7E9CAC-768x561.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iftach Ziv &#8211; Photo Credit: Dov Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nCoach Ioannis Sfairopoulos spoke about the club\u2019s news\u2019s addition to the official website,&#8221;The signing of Yiftach Ziv is very important for us because we add a very good Israeli player to our squad that will help us in all competitions that we will participate in. Yiftah has many qualities and I want to welcome him to the family of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ziv also talked about joining the Yellow &#038; Blue, &#8220;I am happy to start a new chapter in my career at a big, glorious and exciting home like Maccabi Tel Aviv. As a player who experienced the crazy power of this arena packed with amazing fans, I&#8217;m happy and wating to experience it again &#8211; Only this time from the other side when I play for them&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi signed their first Israeli for the new season as Yiftach Ziv joined the club on a two year deal. 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