For many years, Maccabi Tel Aviv has been having a hard time with its Israeli acquisition. A significant Israeli acquisition did not land in the yellow for a long time until Roman Sorkin arrived last summer. Future for years to come.
Maccabi feared the absence of Ante Zizic in the series against Hapoel Tel Aviv and also replaced Jaylen Reynolds not in matters, so almost everything falls on the shoulders of Sorkin who does a great job and became the dominant man in color.
He started in the top five - playing 25 minutes and in the second derby provided 20 points and 9 rebounds.
Surprisingly, perhaps unexpectedly, the chin, the 25-year-old who arrived from Maccabi Haifa, became Maccabi's most significant Israeli acquisition in the last decade.
An analysis of the Israelis who came to Maccabi in the last decade clearly shows this.
In fact, the significant previous acquisition was Yogev Ohayon, who landed at the arena in 2011 and already in his first season with David Blatt became a significant player.
Since then there have been Sylvan Landsberg with partial success (potential that has not been used enough).
Gal Makal, who emerged from his European career and it did not work, Nimrod Levy who tried twice and it also did not work well, as Karem Mashur who came from Herzliya as a player of the season and disappeared at the end of the bench.
Amara Studmeier did not leave a mark, Oz Blazer who is in a situation where he is constantly struggling for his place and will open Ziv this season who has experienced quite a few difficulties.
Sorkin hovers.
Succeeds far beyond expectations, Photo: Alan Schieber
The more significant Israelis would not have purchased from another Israeli group.
Alex Tios who has been back twice and is no longer in the group.
Jake Cohen, who went to Europe twice and returned to Omri Caspi, who made a comeback from the NBA.
The two most significant Israelis of this period were not procurement.
They are two who grew up in Maccabi: Yuval Sussman and Danny Abdia.
It has been a long time since he landed in the yellow, an Israeli acquisition that is so successful and more in his first season in a team like Roman Sorkin and as we said it was not expected.
Sorkin played last season in a team that was relegated (Maccabi Haifa) and this is his first time in his career that he played in a European setting.
He enters the season with a question mark and leaves with an exclamation mark.
Were we wrong?
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