Hapoel Tel Aviv today (Monday) added an important part to the puzzle.
Guard Xavier Manford.
When Hapoel saw the new acquisition, it saw Jacoben Brown.
The goal was to find the most suitable player to play near the Hapoel Tel Aviv quarterback.
On this match the team may rise or fall this season.
Two conclusions were from last season of the Reds which was Brown's first on the team.
He must have someone by his side who will take the load off him and help him transport the ball.
The team needs someone dominant who can move to the coordinator position in case of need because Brown is known to suffer full of minor injuries.
In other words, on the one hand an attempt to help Brown become better, and on the other hand to reduce his dependence on him:
Hapoel Tel Aviv Basketball Club is happy to announce the addition of American guard Xavier Manford (30, 1.93) who will wear the red uniform in the 22/23 season!
For the full post -> https://t.co/ErEpytPlAx pic.twitter.com/OBH1BVBjVE
- Hapoel Tel Aviv BC (@HapoelTLVBC) July 18, 2022
Hapoel Tel Aviv hope they made the right match. Monford is a second guard who can also play as a center. He can contribute in a number of ways in his positions and most importantly can complement Brown. Great if this chemistry would work because Monford is a player who needs the ball and has never had a second violin
Another important point that Hapoel Tel Aviv emphasizes is the shooting from the outside, a figure that must be improved from last season.
Monford is not an absolute scorer but can provide his new team with about 35 percent of that range.
The 30-year-old player brings with him a lot of experience in the European team in his third.
He was in the top (for a short time) in Barcelona and made the Eurocup season in Borasaspor, Turkey.
To remind you, Hapoel Tel Aviv is also about to play in the EuroCup this season.
Jacoben Brown.
Hapoel Tel Aviv will continue to worry ?, Photo: Alan Shiber
He came to Barcelona in the last part of the season in an attempt to help them save a very bad season in which they flew already in the quarterfinals of the Spanish playoffs.
He played alongside Tyrese Rice and his coach was Greek Yorgos Bratzokas.
In Boraspur, he played under Serbian coach Dusan Alimpayevic, who was mentioned this summer as a candidate to join Maccabi Tel Aviv.
The young club is known for its good selection of foreigners and last season it reached the Eurocup final.
Beyond that, Monford played a significant part of his career in the Development League and made two short passes to the NBA - to Minnesota and Milwaukee where he played 24 games together.
He also represented the U.S. team in two tournaments - at the 2017 FIBA Americap and the World Cup qualifiers now being held by the windows.
Quite a few players have come to Israel in recent years from the Australian League.
Both Scott Machado, who arrived in Eilat this summer, and Caleb Agada, who was Hapoel's previous candidate for this position, were there last season.
Monford also come from the Australian League after a good season.
He averaged 16.6 points for Southeast Melbourne, which finished in sixth place.
The thing with the new Red Guard is its diversity and contribution in other aspects.
Ball delivery we have already said, delivery ability - last season 4.2 assists per game, shooting from the outside and also a nice contribution under the basket relative to the guard.
Equally important is the fact that the player also has the ability to make a basket one-on-one, when the offensive attack gets stuck.
This is called personal ability.
Xavier Manford / came to Jacob Brown's aid, Photo: South East Melbourne
Tel Aviv Hapoel coach Danny Franco said this was not the first time he had tried to add the player: "I am very happy that Xavier is joining us.
A relationship of several years is now maturing into a timely collaboration.
Xavier can play in 1-2 positions, likes to make his teammates better and at the same time create an attack for himself. "
Modi Maor met Monford in the Australian League last season as Dan Shamir's assistant coach at the New Zealand Breakers (next season he will be the team's head coach).
Maor believes that Monford thinks first of all of a shot in the basket: 'This is a combo guard.
Is a second guard who can also play coordinator.
He has a scorer mentality.
He is diverse in his ability to score points.
His three-point shooting is good, but not excellent. "
Monford is the first new foreigner of the season.
Brown and JP Tokoto continue from last season.
The foreign quota will be completed by Small Forward and Center.
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