{"id":54516,"date":"2022-03-29T09:41:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=54516"},"modified":"2022-03-29T09:43:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:43:41","slug":"scottie-wilbekin-no-adam-smith-the-holon-guard-has-career-night-in-win-over-hapoel-tel-aviv-as-coach-goodes-makes-comparison-to-maccabi-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/scottie-wilbekin-no-adam-smith-the-holon-guard-has-career-night-in-win-over-hapoel-tel-aviv-as-coach-goodes-makes-comparison-to-maccabi-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Wilbekin? NO! Adam Smith! The Holon guard has career night in win over Hapoel Tel Aviv as Coach Goodes makes comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Smith is hot, red hot\u2026 or shall we say, yellow and purple hot? It really doesn\u2019t matter what type of hot he is but the Hapoel Holon guard certainly took the crowd\u2019s pregame pyrotechnics to an absolutely other level with his play.<\/p>\n<p>38 points, 9 triples and we can add 4 rebounds and 2 assists to his stat line in 33 minutes and you\u2019ve got one heck of a performance.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05da \u05d4\u05d7\u05d3\u05e9 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d7\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05df: \u05d4\u05d5\u05e4\u05e2\u05ea \u05e7\u05dc\u05d9\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d9\u05e1\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05ea&#039;\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JvmTsNfpOkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nIt\u2019s hard to believe that less than a week ago he carved up JDA Dijon for what was another masterful performance and as each game goes by the confidence oozes off of one cool, calm and collected cat. <\/p>\n<p>After his Basketball Champions League show this past Wednesday in which #3 chalked up 29 points helping Guy Goodes\u2019s team clinch first place in Round of 16 Group play which led to a date with Strasbourg in a best of 3 quarterfinal series in which Holon will have home court advantage he repeated the feet.<\/p>\n<p>After the BCL game, this writer said to a few colleagues that the only other player that has the skill set and ability to play off the dribble in the Israeli league is Scottie Wilbekin. They looked at me in disbelief, however, that analysis was proven to be correct when Goodes compared Smith to the Maccabi Tel Aviv star.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_53137\" style=\"width: 1011px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53137\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-49.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"644\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-49.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-49-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-49-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-49-610x392.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guy Goodes &#8211; Photo Credit: FIBA<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cSlowly but surely Smith has developed,\u201d Goodes said. \u201cHe has shown us some off the special things that he can do similar to Scottie Wilbekin. His jump, dribble, drive, great guard defending and he battles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith was like a one-armed bandit at a Las Vegas casino as the cash just kept pouring out like his sweet shot going through the bottom of the basket. Hapoel Tel Aviv had no answer for the Jonesboro, Georgia native, and not only didn\u2019t they know how to stop him both coach Danny Franco and Idan Zalmanson didn\u2019t even want to acknowledge how he simply burnt them time and time again. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we were able to stop anyone,\u201d Franco began. \u201cHe made a lot of big baskets that we have seen already and he was able to take advantage of our one on one and close out defense and that also allowed other players the chance to score as well. We wouldn\u2019t have been able to win this game regardless.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_54469\" style=\"width: 2146px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54469\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2B776E65-3A1E-4B91-9621-3095299CF43D-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2136\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2B776E65-3A1E-4B91-9621-3095299CF43D-scaled.jpeg 2136w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2B776E65-3A1E-4B91-9621-3095299CF43D-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2B776E65-3A1E-4B91-9621-3095299CF43D-854x1024.jpeg 854w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2B776E65-3A1E-4B91-9621-3095299CF43D-768x920.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2B776E65-3A1E-4B91-9621-3095299CF43D-1282x1536.jpeg 1282w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2B776E65-3A1E-4B91-9621-3095299CF43D-1709x2048.jpeg 1709w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2B776E65-3A1E-4B91-9621-3095299CF43D-610x731.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2B776E65-3A1E-4B91-9621-3095299CF43D-1080x1294.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2136px) 100vw, 2136px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-54469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Idan Zalmanson &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nZalmanson was short and to the point, \u201cI have experienced games like Smith\u2019s, he played well but I don\u2019t want to look at specific players. Holon is a good team.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Having moved around to a number of clubs over the course of his career, Smith seems to be coming into his own with arguably the biggest team form all of the stops in his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey welcomed me with open arms,\u201d Smith said. \u201cMy family loves the city and there is a different feeling here. The organization is great and so are the fans. I\u2019m happy here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s calm demeanor has played an important factor in the team as you never see him getting too high or too low, too happy or too upset. He is always at the same level whatever seems to be the situation.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_54481\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54481\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808016-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1490\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808016-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808016-1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808016-1-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808016-1-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808016-1-1536x894.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808016-1-2048x1192.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808016-1-610x355.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808016-1-1080x629.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-54481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Smith &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cAdam is a special player and there is something about him that he has peace of mind, he doesn\u2019t get upset when he doesn\u2019t dress. He doesn\u2019t get upset over plays on the court and he\u2019s very important to this team because of his mannerisms as he influences the other players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holon is playing game after game in a very short period of time with already having travelled up to Galil Elyon on Saturday and getting spanked up north while they have another game on Thursday against Hapoel Jerusalem. It\u2019s a tough schedule but one that has to managed properly in order for the club to make sure they get to game one of their BCL quarterfinal series next Wednesday in tip top shape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t pick and choose which games you will decide to play and which ones you won\u2019t,\u201d Goodes exclaimed. \u201cGalil was a road game and there were a lot of emotions after the BCL game against Dijon. I felt that it was going to be tough to get the guys into the game and Freddy (Bourdillon) was the only one that was really there. I gave some players a chance to rest and played others. We will rest up now and have another battle coming up on Thursday.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_54479\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54479\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808149-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1639\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808149-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808149-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808149-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808149-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808149-1536x984.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808149-2048x1311.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808149-610x391.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-808149-1080x692.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-54479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Smith &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nSmith, who was not dressed for the game in the Galilee was able to rest up a bit after his BCL showing and ahead of the Hapoel game which was helpful in splitting up time on the team and allowing him to come in fresh but didn\u2019t necessarily feel that it was going to be his game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t feel it beforehand at all. We wanted to play hard and we came back after a loss. I have been in a good rhythm lately and we are getting Ws. We have a great chance to do something special here. We made the Top 8 in the BCL and we just want to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the key factors in the win was not only the on court play but also the off court action as the Holon supporters matched one of the best fan bases in the league in Hapoel Tel Aviv. The purple people eaters were in tune all game long and even Michale Kyser joined them in the stands after the game to bang the drums.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fans are our sixth man and Thursday is another big game,\u201d Goodes noted.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_54519\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54519\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-807416-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-807416-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-807416-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-807416-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-807416-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-807416-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-807416-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-807416-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220328-807416-1080x720.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-54519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hapoel Holon fans &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nOn the other side of the court, Franco felt awful for his fans who cheered the club on all game long to no avail, \u201cWe didn\u2019t show up as we wanted to on both sides of the court. Holon came in after losing badly and they did what they needed to while we didn\u2019t. I feel badly for the fans that came to support us. We will come into the game on Sunday in better shape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hapoel better come into the final game of round two against Hapoel Galil Elyon in better shape or else they will need to play the bottom 6 for a chance to snag one of the final two playoff spots. If they win, Franco\u2019s crew will be in the top 6 and guarantee a playoff berth, however, should Galil notch the victory, the newly promoted team will be the ones who get that slot.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that this is a huge game with a tremendous amount of consequences for either team but specifically for Hapoel Tel Aviv who are looking to take advantage of a good season in which they have defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv three times and went to the State Cup Finals.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_54471\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54471\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/7F27D20C-8D71-4E5F-B035-FFC984CCAE4D-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1763\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/7F27D20C-8D71-4E5F-B035-FFC984CCAE4D-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/7F27D20C-8D71-4E5F-B035-FFC984CCAE4D-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/7F27D20C-8D71-4E5F-B035-FFC984CCAE4D-1024x705.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/7F27D20C-8D71-4E5F-B035-FFC984CCAE4D-768x529.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/7F27D20C-8D71-4E5F-B035-FFC984CCAE4D-1536x1058.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/7F27D20C-8D71-4E5F-B035-FFC984CCAE4D-2048x1411.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/7F27D20C-8D71-4E5F-B035-FFC984CCAE4D-610x420.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/7F27D20C-8D71-4E5F-B035-FFC984CCAE4D-1080x744.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-54471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Young &#8211; Photo Credit: Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cWe respect Galil and both teams want to win,\u201d Franco explained. Whoever will be better will win. We will do our utmost to win the game. We came prepared today but we just couldn\u2019t execute. Hopefully we will play well next week.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>While Holon is playing good team ball, Goodes is still looking to improve the team and rotation that he is playing with one specific need in mind, \u201cI\u2019m not going to lie that we aren\u2019t thinking about these things, but there isn\u2019t anything yet. If we had an Israeli center that would solve many problems and we have to look ahead to the BCL playoffs, I am happy that Adam and other players are really getting into the swing of things because this is now money time.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Smith is hot, red hot\u2026 or shall we say, yellow and purple hot? It really doesn\u2019t matter what type of hot he is but the Hapoel Holon guard certainly took the crowd\u2019s pregame pyrotechnics to an absolutely other level with his play. 38 points, 9 triples and we can add 4 rebounds and 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":54517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4752,127,53,97],"class_list":["post-54516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-adam-smith","tag-guy-goodes","tag-hapoel-holon","tag-hapoel-tel-aviv","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scottie Wilbekin? NO! Adam Smith! 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