Gal Mekel has certainly played in a number of countries but he will definitely be remembered for being Israel’s second NBA player when he donned the Dallas Mavericks uniform. The guard is coming off a year and half with Maccabi Tel Aviv and will play for Gran Canaria next season. He’s thrilled to be back representing Israel.<\/p>\n
A flattering honor:<\/strong> Goals:<\/strong> Importance of having the Eurobasket in Israel:<\/strong> Gal Mekel has certainly played in a number of countries but he will definitely be remembered for being Israel’s second NBA player when he donned the Dallas Mavericks uniform. The guard is coming off a year and half with Maccabi Tel Aviv and will play for Gran Canaria next season. He’s thrilled to be back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":8362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[572,24,1018,29,4,48],"class_list":["post-8361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-european-competitions-holy-land-hoops","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-gal-mekel","tag-gran-canaria","tag-israel","tag-maccabi-tel-aviv","tag-nba","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s very flattering and I\u2019m very proud that I will be able to be a member of this National Team. It\u2019s one of the biggest honors that a player can ever receive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe want to do something special and to do something big together. It\u2019s important that we prepare properly this month for the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s very important that it\u2019s here as it\u2019s something that happens once a career.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"