Now it's final.
Noam Dovrat has concluded a long-term contract with Hapoel Jerusalem in one of the most impressive deals of Israeli basketball in recent years.
The 19-year-old spokeswoman grew up in the youth department of Maccabi Rishon Lezion and from a young age was marked as a potential to reach the Euroleague and even the NBA.
In recent years he has already been a significant part of the Orange team's senior team.
Last season he was injured, and from the start of the current season has had a hard time recovering.
Yesterday (Thursday) he provided his best game of the season with 14 points, including 4 of 8 from outside the arc, but Rishon LeZion lost 81:80 in Kfar Blum to Hapoel Galil Elyon.
Hapoel Jerusalem is making an impressive move on a player who has been mentioned in recent years as a candidate to join Maccabi Tel Aviv and is joining him for a few years with options to leave for the NBA and the Euroleague.
Yuval Schneiderman, who also did not get significant playing minutes this season, is expected to ask to leave.
It also remains to be seen how Amit Gershon will react, whose game minutes have seen a significant devaluation in recent times.
On the other hand, Rishon LeZion is expected to use the amount of money that will go into the club's coffers from the transaction to register a fifth foreigner and strengthen the staff with quality foreigners in order to get out of the relegation struggles.
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