The Israeli team finished the first stage of the World Cup qualifiers yesterday, and qualified for the second stage.
Towards the continuation of the qualifiers and towards the big goal - the European Championships in two months, here are two points that are worth considering.
1.
This team is defined as the most talented Israel has had in years.
Expectations from her are high.
Despite this also in the last window and in fact in the whole first house in the World Cup qualifiers we saw that it has quite a few weaknesses, it is vulnerable in quite a few places, and it could be that the level of expectations is too high.
Stick and Sorkin, Photo: Oded Karni
The games showed that there is still a long way to go towards the goal - which is to reach a great achievement (first eight) at the European Championships in September.
This team does have quite a bit of talent, and it has also been running for a number of years together, but it needs to prove that it is worth more than a mediocre rank in Europe.
Ahead of the team window in August and later at the European Championships, the team will receive a major reinforcement in the form of Danny Abdia.
However, from now on it is not worth building only on him as the one who will bring the extra to the team.
That he with his own hands would be the one to bring her to the European summit.
An Israeli who plays in the NBA should take care of a soft landing, not put a mountain of expectations on him.
This is a 21-year-old guy, albeit one who has been playing at the highest level for two years, but still does not lead a team.
His last game in the Israeli national team uniform was two and a half years ago, and in total he has 3 appearances in the national uniform.
This is supposed to be a great addition of power, but one must consider the expected joining of the large diamond of Israeli basketball in proportion.
Not to treat him as a savior, not only does he have the key to get out of the mediocrity of recent years.
2.
The second point is the citizens.
In the past, citizens who were key players played in the national team.
Those who have completed what is missing, each team is known to be allowed to share one citizen, and in the last campaign nothing fell, the citizens were not significant and raise the question - if this is the case and there is currently no equal citizen - then maybe worth giving up.
For many years the citizens were domestic players.
There is currently no significant senior citizen, and we too are quite covered in these positions.
Coach Guy Goodes selected the nationals in the outside positions, the point being that their contribution was not significant.
The campaign in the first phase of the World Cup included John Dibertolomeo and Max Heidegger - the latter barely got a chance.
In the two games he was on the squad he played 9 minutes together.
Dibertolomeo.
Insignificant contribution, Photo: Alan Schieber
Dibertolmeo is a partner in 3 games.
In the last two minutes, his average is 11, and his average is 4. Beyond the mediocre contribution, it must not be forgotten that the Guard positions in Israel also have a good selection of players.
There is no doubt that we are seeing an erosion in the nationality of the national team and in preparation for the determination of the staff for the European Championship, this must be taken into account.
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