{"id":95375,"date":"2023-09-21T18:08:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T18:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=95375"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:08:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T18:08:57","slug":"one-more-step-in-all-competitions-hapoel-jerusalem-opens-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/one-more-step-in-all-competitions-hapoel-jerusalem-opens-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"One more step in all competitions: Hapoel Jerusalem opens the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hapoel Jerusalem held their season opening press conference ahead of their Winner Cup quarterfinal matchup against Hapoel Beer Sheva on Saturday night (21:00) at the Drive In Arena in Tel Aviv. The Reds are looking to make waves this coming campaign as they fine tuned their roster to make a run at both the Basketball Champions League title after losing in the final last year as well as in the domestic league where they were eliminated in the semifinals by Hapoel Tel Aviv.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_95383\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95383\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2824.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2824.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2824-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-95383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aleksandar Dzikic &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWith the desire to go all the way, Head coach Aleksandar Dzikic spoke about his goals for the upcoming season, \u201cWe put a team together that we believe that will let us continue with something we started with last year. There were complaints last year about having signed no names so to speak, but this is a team sport that we have to work together and we will look to achieve results in order to not disappoint our fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to try and do one more step in every competition that we are competing in and that won\u2019t be easy, last season in my opinion we did pretty well. Some won\u2019t agree with that. But we will keep on the path that we have begun. Will it be enough, we will have to evaluate that later on.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_95387\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95387\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2826.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2826.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2826-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-95387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yonatan Alon &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIn order to take those next steps, Sports Director Yonatan Alon was tasked with finding the right mix of players that can take the club to the promised land and while that was no doubt a challenge, he feels that with the new management along with head coach Dzikic they were able to get the players that they wanted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe made plenty of changes over the course of the summer as we kept the roster together and we strengthened in certain areas in order to play well this season. I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d Alon began. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur first thoughts going into the summer was how the coach wanted to play and what type of players we would need to bring in. There was a methodology as to how we built the team and the decision was that the coach would run the show and we are happy about that. We will try our best and we are very content with the way the team looks.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_95389\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95389\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2827.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2827.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2827-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-95389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Levi Randolph &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nForward Levi Randolph will fill the role of captain after the departure of Itay Segev and the veteran feels that he can bring the right mix of leadership and experience to the table for the Reds, \u201cI feel at home after one season and my goal was to embrace the culture and do what the coach asks. This season it\u2019s an honor to be the captain. I know what coach wants and my goal is to lead and serve the team to the best of my abilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m coming in the same role ok the court as last season and I\u2019m a veteran. There isn\u2019t much that I haven\u2019t seen on the court. I was a captain of my team in college and naturally I\u2019m a leader and oldest of three brothers so I have always been in that position, I don\u2019t feel any different bring my energy and effort. We will try to work hard and play hard.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_95381\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95381\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2823.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2823.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2823-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-95381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yovel Zoosman &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThere was much fanfare over the summer with the signing of Yovel Zoosman who has played in Germany with Alba Berlin over the past couple of seasons. In addition to his overseas exploits, the swingman was also an integral part of Maccabi Tel Aviv beforehand and is excited about what he has seen thus far as the team continues to jell and mesh together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are coming together slowly but surely and now that we are home we will get to know one another even more as we continue to get onto the same page. I believe in the team and I am sure we will reach some solid results. The two years in Germany did a lot for me as I experienced some many different things. I\u2019m happy to be here and build with the club as we look to do something big with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the most interesting storylines for Jerusalem coming into the season is the Israeli citizenship status of Khadeen Carrington. The Israel Basketball Association had tried to move along the guard\u2019s application in order to have him available for the National Team Olympic Pre-Qualifiers this past summer but to date its still stuck in the realm of bureaucracy.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_95391\" style=\"width: 1096px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95391\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2767.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1086\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2767.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2767-610x719.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-95391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khadeen Carrington &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWith that being the case, Jerusalem still doesn\u2019t know if he will be registered to play this season as an Israeli or a foreigner as both Alon and Dzikic discussed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe request was from the IBBA and not from us,\u201d Alon explained. \u201cWe are just the beneficiary of that process. We will need to wait and see and we will wait right until the last minute that we can. If we can\u2019t wait any longer than we will register him as a foreigner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dzikic spoke about how having six imports rather than five impacted his coaching last season, \u201cWe have been trying to avoid to have 6 foreigners and the hardest part for me was to keep one guy out. I didn\u2019t adjust to that all season and this season we are trying to do something else but we will protect the interests of the club.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_95377\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95377\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2821.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2821.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_2821-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-95377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aleksandar Dzikic &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWhile the head coach wants to take the next step, he will need to also learn from last season when the team didn\u2019t look as fresh as they did earlier on in the year but it wasn\u2019t due to exhaustion Dzikic explained. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey weren\u2019t tired, they were empty emotionally after playing in the BCL finals. Also, our health report wasn\u2019t the way we wanted it to be. Simply we played Bnei Herzliya and Hapoel Tel Aviv and they were the better opponent, you can\u2019t be somebody who is underestimating Hapoel Tel Aviv. Every year the most important thing is the schedule and how deep you go. Sometimes you are on the good end and it\u2019s true as everyone in pro sports will understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the newly minted captain had a message to the club\u2019s supporters as the season gets going, \u201cIn pro sports it\u2019s always the same approach. We put in the hard work everyday, continue to get better and in the long run make the gains. Coach hasn\u2019t changed, so the mentality hasn\u2019t changed. We will continue to work hard and the rest will be the finished product. As for the fans, my message to them is to come out and we will bring the same energy as in the past. We look forward to seeing them in the arena.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hapoel Jerusalem held their season opening press conference ahead of their Winner Cup quarterfinal matchup against Hapoel Beer Sheva on Saturday night (21:00) at the Drive In Arena in Tel Aviv. 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