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Cycle 19 – 07/03/2022
- Hapoel Holon
- 70 – 87
- Hapoel Haifa
- Hapoel Galil Elyon
- 72 – 74
- Hapoel Eilat
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
- 83 – 109
- Maccabi Rishon LeZion
- Gilboa / Galil
- Monday, 07/03, 18:00
- Hapoel B’Sh
- Hapoel Tel Aviv
- Monday, 07/03, 18:30
- Urban Ness Ziona
- Hapoel Jerusalem
- Monday, 07/03, 20:30
- Bnei Herzliya
Gidi Lipkin
James Ennis in Orlando uniform (Reuters)
One of the biggest signings ever at Hapoel Haifa. The team today (Monday) officially announced the addition of 31-year-old James Ennis, who has gone through more than 400 games in the NBA, as first reported in ONE. He is expected to earn $ 90,000 by the end of the season.
In the 2020/2021 season he played 37 games for the Orlando team and averaged 24 minutes per game, 8.4 points, two blocks and four rebounds, with his record game being in a 106-115 loss to the Chicago Bulls, finishing with 22 points and four assists.
In the 2021/2022 season he played on short contracts at Toronto, Brooklyn, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Denver Nuggets. The group stated: “This is a significant strengthening and a very important signing for us on the way to achieving the goals. “The club is making great efforts, nights and days, in order to strengthen the team and build a strong staff and allow the coaching staff all the conditions necessary for success, and such a signing is a statement of intent – we want a top playoff.”
The team coach, Elad Hussein, He said: “We are happy and proud that a player like James Ennis joins Hapoel Haifa. James is an NBA player and when the opportunity arose to bring him in, the club management made a brave decision and did everything they could to bring in the player and for that they deserve great credit.
We believe that James is the player who will give us the boost so that we can get as far as possible this year. ‘
Chairman of the Club, Yuval Rossman, Added: ‘It’s definitely one of the most impressive players to be here with a record of a five-man NBA player in recent years. For Hapoel Haifa, this is surely the player with the most impressive record signed at the club. We harnessed to the interest of all our sponsors – B-Cure Laser, Shoval Engineering, Tomer, Altshuler Shaham, Canada Israel Hotels and Black Burger – who gave the green light for the signing and of course without them it would not have happened.
“This is another way to show our audience in particular and basketball fans in general that our goals and intentions are to keep the club at the top of Israeli basketball for the long term, and we already hope that Anis’ arrival will make the desired change.”
Ennis is expected to land in Israel on Wednesday evening, and on Thursday after medical tests he is expected to take part in the team’s training in the afternoon, and he will also play in the important league game against Hapoel Jerusalem (Monday, 21:00).
