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| Israeli basketballJohn Dibbler is one of the best three-pointers in the history of the Euroleague, but finger surgery and the Corona virus caused him to be out for a whole year after arranging two million dollars for his teammates • Now he is coming to Hapoel Tel Aviv Dibbler. In the drive will not fall in love? Photo:  Gettyimages You said John Dibbler, you said marksmanship. All European basketball fans in t


John Dibbler is one of the best three-pointers in the history of the Euroleague, but finger surgery and the Corona virus caused him to be out for a whole year after arranging two million dollars for his teammates • Now he is coming to Hapoel Tel Aviv

  • Dibbler.

    In the drive will not fall in love?

    Photo: 

    Gettyimages

You said John Dibbler, you said marksmanship.

All European basketball fans in the last seven to eight years will say.

This is exactly what Hapoel Tel Aviv was looking for, especially after the shooting problem last season (22 percent to 3 in the playoffs).

Walter Lemon Jr. will bring the athletic abilities and penetration to the ring, Yam Madar will concentrate, penetrate, keep and make his friends better, Bar Timor will bring a little of everything and also Reggie Apshou brings athleticism from position No. 4. But in modern basketball without absolute shots Outside the arc, it is impossible to really succeed, so the Reds were looking for the man to grab the slot and seem to have found it.

How many shots?

Let the numbers speak for themselves.

In 78 Euroleague games, Dibbler scored 47 percent for 3 percent.

In fact it is ranked eighth in the history of the continent's top factory in percentage terms, with the exception of one (James Nanley), all ranked above it played far fewer games.

His record game in the Euroleague was in the Glatsray uniform against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 2016/17 season when he scored 21 points (6 from 7 to 3) in the Turks' huge victory, 63: 102.

Dibbler in Anadolu uniform.

Crazy the Turks // Photo: Gettyimages 

Stunned Turkey

Most of his career has been spent in 51st place in the draft, Turkey.

In fact he has spent his last seven seasons in the top teams in the country.

The breakthrough came in the 2014/15 season when he won an incredible championship with Karsiyaka. 

His coach that season and in fact the professional closest to him is the coach of the Turkish national team Ofok Sarica.

The former star, who also played briefly for Bnei Herzliya in 2001, coached him for three seasons at Karsiyaka and in 2017 took him to Besiktas.

"John is a top-scoring scorer," Saricha told Israel Today. 

Opposite Fenerbahce.

Injury that devoured the cards // Photo: Gettyimages 

Injury, kidnapping and two million dollars - and surgery

So how does a player like Dibbler, who in recent seasons has played for Euroleague and Eurocup teams for Hapoel Tel Aviv, get?

This is how it is after being off the field for an entire year.

Looking for the right place to get back to business.

In recent years, Dibbler has played in the TBT League (a tournament that takes place every year in the United States and the winning team receives millions of dollars that are divided equally among its players).

In the summer of 2019 he injured his finger during the championship game, but after a short treatment he returned to play, grabbed a crucial ball in the closing seconds in front of Chris Paul who was in the stands and arranged for Carmen's crew to win the championship and his friends - among them Dashon Thomas and Lenzel Smith Jr. - two million Dollars.

After the game he had to undergo finger surgery and was sidelined from the first half of the season.

Just when he wanted to return to play, the corona plague broke out and so it turned out that Deebler actually missed an entire season. 

The memory of the injury from last year did not really deter Dibbler who last June returned to training with his team and as he said recently in an interview in the United States spent several hours every day in the training facility to get back into shape.

Unfortunately, his team was eliminated after just one game.

Dibler is considered a professional and a serious player, and Hapoel claim that the tests performed by the player are in relative shape and are now making great efforts to reach the Champions League qualifiers as high as possible later this month.

Saricha.

"Great personality" // Photo: Reuters 

Saricha: "Good deal for Hapoel"

The 32-year-old Dibbler replaces Dequan Cook who was the Reds' first option, but his contract was canceled due to passport problems.

If the new player arrives fit and manages to leave behind him the records of the year he was off the field, it is very possible that Hapoel Tel Aviv only benefited from the move. 

Sarica is confident: "John may need some time to get into things, but I think it's a very good deal for Hapoel. He's a great personality and a player who works very hard. I believe he's fine.

Can he give other things besides shooting?

"He can play in position 2 (in a high lineup) and in position number 3, lower the ball to the floor not bad and sometimes also play pick-and-roll."

Source: israelhayom

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