Scotty Wilbkin says goodbye to Maccabi Tel Aviv: "I will remember this period forever"

The Yellows have confirmed the departure of the star who signed for Fenerbahce.

Wilbkin: "Thank you to the management and the fans, we will miss Israel and the homely feeling we had"

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25/06/2022

Saturday, 25 June 2022, 22:02

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It has been on the air for the past two weeks, but now it has become official and final: Scotty Wilbkin is leaving Maccabi Tel Aviv and next season will play for Fenerbahce who will buy him from Maccabi Tel Aviv for an estimated amount of over a million dollars.

Wilbkin said goodbye on social media and wrote: "These four years are a time I will remember and cherish forever. I want to thank Maccabi and the management for the opportunity and concern during my time in Israel. I am grateful for the championships we won and the relationship I created along the way. I want to thank the fans for all the love "And the support. My wife and I will miss Israel and the feeling of home we had. Come on, Maccabi."

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Scotty Wilbkin (Photo: Danny Maron)

Wilbkin (29, 1.88) reached the Yellows in the summer of 2018 after being bought from Turkish side Drushpaka for about a million dollars, the team he played for for three years and led to a EuroCup win a season earlier.

He immediately became a star of Maccabi Tel Aviv and one of its most significant players in the Euroleague.

After a season and a half in team uniform he signed for another three years, with the team in his time managing to get into the Euroleague playoffs once, this season, and once again finishing in fourth place, but the playoffs did not take place following an outbreak of Corona virus.

His peak display in the yellow uniform came this season in the home game against Monaco when he scored 37 points and finished with an index of 37. He scored 1,771 points in the Euroleague in the Maccabi uniform in 124 games, an average of 14.2 points per game.

His best season was the 2019/20 season, when he averaged 16.1 points per game.

In the Premier League he finished with three championships and one state cup, scoring 1,262 points with an average of 13.4 points per game.

The peak of his career came in the 15th round of the 2018/19 season when he bombed 36 points in the away game against Hapoel Tel Aviv.

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