The year 2021 is coming to an end, and the summaries of the year in sports are popping up and coming into the world at a dizzying pace.
You have probably already read about the player of the year, the breakthrough of the year, the team of the year and the coach of the year, so this time we decided to choose those who will not star in the traditional outstanding lists and bring the outstanding behind the scenes or broadcast position, as well as the picture of the year
taking off.
Judge of the Year
Adar Peer / The Choice of Yaakov Meir
The most prestigious stamp for a referee in European basketball is to referee in the Euroleague.
That means you are one of the best in your field on the continent.
Adar Peer, a Jerusalemite (well, in recent years living in Tel Aviv), sales manager at the Ministry of Sports Tourism, entered the honorable list before the age of 30.
Maple for.
Entered the glorious list, Photo: Alan Schieber
When talking about starting from the bottom, one should look at splendor.
He has been a referee since the age of 15, having played in all the youth leagues and lower leagues, and this is already his third season in the Premier League.
In the meantime he is a judge in the EuroCup, the second most important event, but if all goes well already during 2022 he is expected to be included in the senior tournament in Europe.
Glory is the best example of the fact that nothing stands in the way of desire, and that age is just a number.
That is why he is my referee of the year in Israeli basketball.
Broadcasters of the Year
Daniel Zilberstein and Gil Barak / The choice of Ido Eshed
The quality of Israeli basketball broadcasts often exceeds the level of the games themselves, also because we have excellent commentators, but mainly thanks to the excellent broadcasters, Daniel Zilberstein and Gil Barak.
The two have a huge passion for sports and a deep love for the game, have vast knowledge of Israeli basketball in particular and international sports in general, and extensive general knowledge that enriches the spectator experience, thus making every league game a sporting event and cultural encounter.
Gil Barak.
Invented local speech and slang, Photo: Bernie Ardov
Barak and Zilberstein use the Hebrew language deeply and richly, and also invent local expressions and slang that are appropriate for the language of the sport (for example, Barak's "less-range" for a player whose shooting range is unlimited).
Thanks to their understanding of the game, they create for commentators who have a perfect environment to explain moves and analyze events, because the viewer knows exactly what is happening on the field all the time.
The exciting broadcast of the year was Ness Ziona's miraculous winning game in the European Cup, which was broadcast by Zilberstein and Shai HaOzman in a perfect combination of emotions and professionalism at the right levels, making all viewers feel at home in the hall.
After all, this is the purpose of sports broadcasting in every industry.
And so all the basketball fans won the broadcasting championship.
Assistant Coach of the Year
Amit Sharaf, Hapoel Holon / Eli Sahar's selection
Amit Sharaf, the 33-year-old redhead, assistant coach of Hapoel Holon, was the busiest basketball man of the year.
Hapoel Holon played 65 games (!) Last season (only seven games less than Maccabi Tel Aviv) in five settings: League, Cup, Champions League, Balkan League and Winner's Cup. In all settings it was relatively successful and reached the end. Resin hardly saw a home.
Fellow Resin.
Leap in ascent, Photo: Liron Moldovan
While most of the other teams boast two or three assistant coaches (Maccabi Tel Aviv for example), Sharaf should have been everything. Stefanos Dadas In five games he was forced to be the head coach following his coach's short fuse, which was removed three times last year.
Professional Director of the Year
Daniel Ravitz, Hapoel B'Sh / Avi Segal's selection
A professional manager is a very important thing, although our league has not yet internalized it.
Almost half of the groups do not have this function.
The proof of the importance of the position comes from the humble Hapoel B'Shlosha, where Daniel Ravitz does significant work.
His appointment in 2018 is one of the reasons for the club's establishment in the senior league, and why things there are done in planning and not in retrieval.
Ravitz signed in the summer for another three years, which also shows appreciation for him, and also gives him space to continue developing the club.
Daniel Ravitz.
Worked in harmony with Rami Hadar,
Ravitz, 35, was a players' agent (he brought Mike James to the Upper Galilee in the Second Division) and later held the position of professional manager at Ness Ziona.
He worked in harmony with Rami Hadar.
During his time in the south one can clearly see his familiarity with the player market with the signing of cheap and good foreigners.
A prominent example of this is Caleb Agada.
At the same time, good things are happening in the field of Israelis: Amit Ziss is developing well, Neta Segal is suddenly flourishing, and in the summer of BS she got her hands on a great young talent - Ron Zipper - on a long-term contract.
Picture of the Year
Quiet please / Yiftach Samuel's choice
The 2020/21 season was not particularly successful for Hapoel Jerusalem, to say the least.
She lost coach Oded Katash, was eliminated in the home stage of the Champions League and also in the local league had a hard time producing victories.
One moment of contentment was for the Reds, and it was immortalized in a picture that entered the collective memory of basketball fans.
This happened in May, when Maccabi Tel Aviv arrived in Jerusalem and met a bruised team that had lost some of its prominent players, who left the country following Operation The Wall Guard. , Until the dramatic end.
Adam Ariel.
There are also stickers, Photo: Alan Schieber
23.7 seconds before the buzzer, when the scoreboard showed 79:79, Scotty Wilbkin buried a huge three and marked a motion of silence - with his finger on his lips - towards the home team fans.
The movement acquitted him of a technical foul, and after a free throw the difference dropped to just two points.
0.7 seconds to go Adam Ariel got the ball after an outside pass, and released a quick shot from outside the arc that set up a sweet win for the Reds.
Ariel celebrated after the three-pointer by imitating Wilbkin's silence movement, and even in the nightmare season the Reds got one memorable moment.
Dressing up this year
Zofi Abdia / The Choice of Aviv Cohen
It is said that the apple does not fall far from the tree, so in the case of Danny and Zoffy Abdia it is probably not only the abilities of the two on the field, but also their fashion sense.
After seeing several impressive Danny Abdia clothing shows last season in the corridors of the best league in the world - which do not fall short of Bradley Bill, and this year neither of Kyle Kozma - this season, we discovered the source in the Premier League stands.
Zofar is lost in the shrine.
Unusual fashion sense, Photo: Alan Schieber
With the appointment of Zofi as the professional manager of Bnei Herzliya, the Swag also arrived at the Jubilee Hall.
Armed with hats, with an entire Air Jordan wardrobe, laden with style and colorful masks, Zoffy arrives every night to knock off a show, and it’s hard to ignore.
At 62, staying up to date on the fashion order is no easy task, so he overtook his son in the photo finish for the title of Best Dresser of 2021.
Media Team of the Year
Urban Ness Ziona / The Choice of Yaakov Meir
In the last year, there has been a big change in the social networks in Israeli basketball, in the clubs and also in the official accounts of the various leagues.
The pioneers of the revolution, if you can call it that, are the media people of Ness Ziona, Yonatan Sean and Gil Peleg.
With a lot of initiative, creativity and motivation, the two turned the humble Ness Ziona into a kind of empire on social media.
Funny videos, in-depth interviews with the actors and follower numbers that climb non-stop on the various platforms.
The tremendous sporting achievement last season with the memorable European Cup win along with the good marketing work, gave Ness Ziona a big strategic boost, and also made the other teams take the investment in connection with the fans more seriously.
On Twitter they would write to them: A huge nose.
Throw of the Year |
Onoaco's "Grandma" / Yiftach Samuel's Choice
We’ve seen players throwing threes with a high arc, and also others throwing “guavas” from half distance.
Each has its own technique, and its own way of inserting a ball into the ring.
But a free throw like that of Chinano Onoako, it is doubtful if it was in the modern age.
For those of you who missed the Bnei Herzliya games this season, we are told that this is an excellent 25-year-old chin and 2.06 m tall, whose brother Arinza played for a short time at Maccabi Tel Aviv and left no mark. His physical ability causes his opponents to stop him in fouls, which gives him quite a few shots from the line - 5.6 on average.
Standing on the penalty spot, Onoako rolls the ball into the ring using a "grandma shot," not the most standard shot for a professional basketball player.
But who are we to argue?
Although he is not empty of Barry, Chinano scores 64.3% from the line (8 of 8 (!) In the last game) and presumably his percentage would have been lower if he had thrown orthodoxly.
In any case, it's a viewing experience not to be missed.
Scout of the Year |
Yaron Arbel, Golden State Warriors / The Choice of Yaakov Meir
Each of us wants to be one of the best in the world in his field and work in the largest organization there is, but only a few of us succeed.
One of them is Yaron Arbel, who has worked with the New Orleans Pelicans for over a decade, and in September was appointed head of the Golden State Warriors' international scouting division.
Steph Kerry.
He has someone to rely on, Photo: AP
The team from San Francisco is considered one of the largest, most innovative and leading sports organizations in the world.
At the beginning of the last decade it completely changed the industry and the way it is played today all over the world, and Arbel was given the prestigious role and responsibility to be a central and significant part of building the future of the vast organization and continuing its dominance in world basketball.
Many professionals in Israeli basketball see the key position he has reached, and know that they too can strive as far as possible.
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