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When Money Spoke: About Elijah Bryant's move from Maccabi Tel Aviv to Milwaukee
The rumors about the rejected contract extension, the desire to get to the NBA last summer, the follow-up of Milwaukee and who will get into his shoes at Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Elijah Bryant leaves the Yellows for the Bucks in a deal that will bring the club $ 600,000: "Overall, this is a lucrative deal for both us and Elijah"
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Sunday, 09 May 2021, 06:14
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And so whoever was an anonymous player at Hapoel Eilat gets a long contract in the best league in the world.
Bryant (Photo: Danny Maron)
Just two weeks ago, it was reported in the European media that various Euroleague teams, including CSKA Moscow, are interested in joining Elijah Bryant for next season. It was clear to Maccabi Tel Aviv that the guard will not continue for another season in February, when inquiries about a contract extension were denied. On his part and his agent Adam Pansack, but even the Euroleague teams that groped about Bryant were surprised to get the same answer - the guard wants to return to the United States with his wife Jennell and little baby Blue.However
, Bryant also believed in late April that less than a month In the Euroleague of the Yellows, he will find himself on the plane back to the United States and join the Milwaukee Bucks at the end of the NBA season and in the playoffs, with a contract that promises him to be part of the team for the next two years. $ 70,000, for a NBA championship reinforcement player.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv: The transfer of Elijah Bryant to Milwaukee Bucks has been agreed
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When Maccabi realized that he wanted it, and quickly - she had no choice.
Bryant (Photo: Danny Maron)
The deal to transfer Elijah Bryant to Milwaukee first came to the table last weekend when Adam Pensak, Bryant's agent, approached the Yellows and updated them on the offer from Milwaukee. Maccabi were in no hurry to respond positively to the offer, but when they realized that Bryant's wish was to leave now, they decided to promote the move.
"On the one hand we have two degrees on the table, on the other hand there is an option to receive a considerable amount of money compared to zero money when the contract expires at the end of June," says one of the Maccabi Tel Aviv staff. "What joins here is the fact that if we "Elijah, it is very likely that we would not get the same player until the end of the season and it was not clear how his teammates would get it. It is a move that once it comes to the table, at the current point in time, there are not too many questions on our part."
Until the night between Thursday and Friday, there was no direct connection between the people of Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Milwaukee Bucks, and initial doubts have already begun as to whether the deal that Pensak closed will be implemented.
Once the NBA team began talks with the Yellows, those doubts were also removed and the deal was executed for a total of $ 600,000.
In his two years at Maccabi, in the two-month reduction of the salary he will not receive after leaving for Milwaukee, Bryant earned an amount approaching $ 600,000, or as one of the people involved in the deal says, "Maccabi received Elijah for two years for free."
Bryant did not believe either, but Yannis and friends are waiting for him, just before the playoffs.
Milwaukee (Photo: GettyImages, Stacy Revere)
So what will Bryant do in Milwaukee? At this point it is not clear how much he will get a chance this season to show what he knows, but what is known is that the team members want to join him for a long time.
After his great ability in the summer league in the team uniform in 2019, Milwaukee decided not to give the player a guaranteed contract and he came to Maccabi Tel Aviv. As his first Euroleague season progressed, the team's desire to see him grow, but Bryant's guaranteed contract prevented the move. Another thing that bothered was the fact that the Yellows started training on September 1st while the NBA season only started in December.
Bryant was delayed back from the United States following the birth of his eldest son, and by the time his wife and child joined they were almost packed back. In November, after Maccabi had already started the season, rumors began on the part of Pensak about a transfer, which did not materialize in the end.
What made the move possible now?
According to various players in the player market, the fact that a large number of players are making their way these days from Europe to the NBA, has made Milwaukee and Pansack a desire to try the move again.
"If Gabi Dek and Luka and Wildosa do not move, Elijah Bryant would have finished the season at Maccabi Tel Aviv," a source close to the deal estimated last night.
Will fill his place?
Jones will try (Photo: official website, the official website of Maccabi Tel Aviv)
On the professional side, Maccabi Tel Aviv should not be badly damaged.
Bryant was an important player on the Yellows' roster, with only Ante Zizic signing for more league games this season from among the team's foreigners, but Tyler Dorsey and Chris Jones are certainly able to fill the gap.
Yannis Sapropoulos has already marked Dorsey as someone to step into Bryant's shoes when he signed him for today's game (17:30, Sport5) against Hapoel Eilat alongside Wilbkin, while Jones sits outside.
"It's a gamble, one injury from one of the guards and we can regret it. It could cost us a title as well," Maccabi admitted last night. There was not really too much deliberation. "
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