Israeli National Team

[Billy Bounce]

C: Green, Kukia
PF: Eliyahu, Kadir
SF: Pnini, Blu
SG: Halperin, Nissim, Burstein
PG: Ohayon, Mekel, Naimi

Official now (src)

[cscarlos]

With this roster I can say that probably Tal burstein will play SF and by that blu will be free to play also PF.

[ip84]

I didn't find more related topic, so I'll put it here:

[ip84]

[cscarlos]

someone can translate what the commentter are saying?
After all...Israel is Russia...just smaller.

[ironwill23]

erick shibek chosing the next players who will [lay as non-israeli born, the is:
alex tious
landsberg
david blu
jordan farmar.

my opinion is that they should try get amare-and i serious.

[cscarlos]

erick shibek chosing the next players who will [lay as non-israeli born, the is:
alex tious
landsberg
david blu
jordan farmar.

my opinion is that they should try get amare-and i serious.

David or Alex for sure. although the talent of farmar and landsberg we as a team need big guy not guards.

[Czarkazem13]

my opinion is that they should try get amare-and i serious.

Well if you are serious: 1. He's not Jewish, and didn't they already establish that they don't know of him having any Jewish ancestry?. 2. I believe he has already rep'd the Red, White and Blue.

[Billy Bounce]

Shivek announced extended roster :

יובל נעימי, גל מקל, יוגב אוחיון, מורן רוט, יותם הלפרין, עמרי כספי, גיא פניני, ליאור אליהו, אלישי כדיר, אורי קוקיה, עידו קוז'יקרו, ניצן חנוכי, דגן יבזורי, רוברט רות'בארט, שון דניאל, אפיק נסים, יניב גרין, סילבן לנדסברג, טל בורשטיין, דייויד בלו, דן גרונפלד, אייזיק רוזנפלט.

Mekel, Naimi, Ohayon, Roth, Halperin, Casspi, Pnini, Eliyahu, Kukia, Kadir, Kuzikaro, Hanokhi, Yavzuri, Rothbart, Sean Daniel, Nissim, Yaniv Green, Landesberg*, Burstein, Blu*, Grunfield*, Rosefeld*

Naturalized players are marked by *

Picking guards will be a major headache, bigs selection seems mucho clearer. The elders of Zion: Kuzi, Green & Blu are expected to rest, so it leaves K+K ( Kukia, Kadir ) as a lone option to fill vacuum @C. Rothbart may join as a backup .

From naturalized players ( no Farmar ?) Landesberg seems like the best option.

[[M-120]]

Do you guys think Landesberg will ever agree to play for Israeli NT even if he is in NBA (heard he's trying to get in NBA soon?) ?

[ironwill23]

From naturalized players ( no Farmar ?) Landesberg seems like the best option.

farmar is gonna marry this summer, he said that from next year he will with the NT if they wull want to.

[Billy Bounce]

Farmar found the least convenient time to merry : just before qualification with Serbia and Montenegro in our group


I wish Alex Tyus will get his passport soon enough to help this summer, but knowing how Ministry of Interior works, it would take years

[cscarlos]

great news!
Alex tyus, 24 years old ,205 cm center just got his citizenship after he complete his gyur and will play for the NT.
FINALLY WE GOT SOME GOOD SO CALLED CENTER!!
for the users that dont know him...Alex his a maccabi ashdod player (the finalist) and the league dunking champion (something like 3 dunks per game)
his stats are 13.3 pt and 8.3 reb and 1.4 blocks per game.
Alex played in college for florida stat .

Alex is in a process to become jewish after he fall in love with the religion back in the stats.
now look on this starters:
PG Yogev hochayon(MTA)\ Moran roth (hapoel hulon)
SG Yotam halperin ( russian league)
SF Omri casspi (cleveland cavaliers \ NBA)
PF Lior elyahu (MTA\ BSL)
C Alex tyus (maccabi ashdod\BSL)

[[M-120]]

great news!
Alex tyus, 24 years old ,205 cm center just got his citizenship after he complete his gyur and will play for the NT.
FINALLY WE GOT SOME GOOD SO CALLED CENTER!!
for the users that dont know him...Alex his a maccabi ashdod player (the finalist) and the league dunking champion (something like 3 dunks per game)
his stats are 13.3 pt and 8.3 reb and 1.4 blocks per game.
Alex played in college for florida stat .

Alex is in a process to become jewish after he fall in love with the religion back in the stats.
now look on this starters:
PG Yogev hochayon(MTA)\ Moran roth (hapoel hulon)
SG Yotam halperin ( russian league)
SF Omri casspi (cleveland cavaliers \ NBA)
PF Lior elyahu (MTA\ BSL)
C Alex tyus (maccabi ashdod\BSL)

Awesome! Source?

[cscarlos]

http://www.one.co.il/Article/201066.html
You know hebrew?

[[M-120]]

http://www.one.co.il/Article/201066.html
You know hebrew?

Nope
So it's confirmed that Alex will play for the NT?

[Billy Bounce]

Nope
So it's confirmed that Alex will play for the NT?

It's up to Shivek to pick him or not. The source says he's already got citizenship, so he may play this summer.

PS. Great for NT, we're in business. Can't wait to see Alex dunking on Pekovic.

[cscarlos]

It's up to Shivek to pick him or not. The source says he's already got citizenship, so he may play this summer.

PS. Great for NT, we're in business. Can't wait to see Alex dunking on Pekovic.

To tell you the truth now. If we got Alex and Casppi and every one will be fit for the games it wont be surprise if we will take the first place for me.
Im not saying that now we are the best team in the group but thanks god we got Alex and finally we will have alittle bit peace with the inside game. How much David blu was good he wasnt a center and had alittle bit inside game.
Now our team is more complete.

[Billy Bounce]

To tell you the truth now. If we got Alex and Casppi and every one will be fit for the games it wont be surprise if we will take the first place for me.
Im not saying that now we are the best team in the group but thanks god we got Alex and finally we will have alittle bit peace with the inside game. How much David blu was good he wasnt a center and had alittle bit inside game.
Now our team is more complete.

We're in the same group with Serbia & Montenegro. I can't believe we will beat Serbia head-to-head and minding Serbia & Montenegro is like the same country they could share points between them and leave Israel only 3-rd spot.

Tyus gives Shivek some new options , but I don't see him scoring on/defending Krstic, Pekovic one-on-one. Alex also has to improve his FT percents , otherwise it would be 'hack-the-shaq' all the way.

[cscarlos]

well there go one of our problems...Pekovic wont play for montanegro. montenegro best C after pekovic is vusevic.... although he is a NBA player he is very young and didnt had an impact on the league yet so its wont will be a surprise if Alex will do a good job on the front line.(the diffrences are not that big than with Pekovic).

we have some chance to finish second and if we will play strong we may finish with very difficults at first (remember, in the eurobasket we almost won, its can be reach )