After the embarrassing 71:59 loss against Bnei Herzliya, James Nanley returned today (Tuesday) to Maccabi Tel Aviv's training ahead of the game against Basconia on Thursday in the Euroleague.
It is currently not known if the player, who was deducted from the squad on the eve of the game against Monaco and since then there are only two personal training sessions, will take part in the game against Nevan Spahija's team but he may be on the squad.
Meanwhile, the league administration this evening addressed the claims of Yannis Sapropoulos, who lamented after the loss to Bnei Herzliya that his team had to play twice within 48 hours.
"The rules of the league administration allow games to be held two days apart from game to game, we have never promised any team not to play two games a week," the principal wrote.
"We consider the teams playing in Europe as much as possible as part of the possibilities. Maccabi Tel Aviv wanted to move one of the games against Hapoel Jerusalem and Bnei Herzliya to March, the two rival teams refused and the manager saw fit to hold the games as early as possible, wanting to keep the hello." M planned and avoid as much as possible the postponement of games.
Yannis Sapropoulos.
The administration answered him, Photo: Maor Elkelsi
"What's more, in March Maccabi Tel Aviv has a busy schedule and in any case it would have played two league games 48 hours apart.
It is important to remember that the number of games in the league dropped from 29 games per team last season, to only 27 this season, which makes it especially easy for Maccabi Tel Aviv and reduces the number of times the team plays double games in the league.
In recent years, the Euroleague has added a considerable amount of games that create a load that was not present in previous years. "
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