Hapoel Tel Aviv - The budget has been upgraded, the face is strong for Europe
After last season, which is considered relatively successful, and thanks to the participation in the prestigious Eurocup event in the upcoming season, there are positive energies and a sense of process and progress in the Red Club.
The hall is sold out, the team's roster closes early, expectations are high, and some new sponsors have also joined.
Thanks to all of this, the players' budget has increased significantly, and Hapoel Tel Aviv will pay some salaries in the coming season that it didn't think it could pay: about half a million dollars more than last season.
Tomer Ginat came after a big fight against Maccabi Tel Aviv, and will put in a decent amount of money to keep Jacob Brown.
The Reds once again put a hand deep in their pocket, and Chris Horton, one of the best tall players in the French league in recent years, will also get paid in a respectable way.
Zalmanson, Timor, Tokoto and Young, who continue for another season, will also profit handsomely, and in practice they hope that the fact that they managed to keep most of the players, along with quality reinforcement, will help them start the season well.
Hapoel Holon - most of the staff remains, the success too?
Hapoel Holon's impressive progress in recent years continues.
The champion of Israel, and one of the four best teams in the Champions League this past season, managed to do something that champions other than Maccabi Tel Aviv have struggled to do over the years - keep a significant part of the squad.
Joe Ragland will be the top earner in the history of Hapoel Holon, Chris Johnson will also earn respectably in his third season in the purple club, and even Hayden Dalton will earn a good salary, certainly relative to a player who rarely played in the last part of the season.
The Violets wanted to bring in a senior Israeli player and were even willing to invest extremely large sums of money in this, but did not meet the task despite contacts with several players.
Because of this, the champions will pay close to half a million dollars to three foreign interior players, and they are still trying to find an Israeli player to complete their front line.
Also, it is possible that another Israeli guard will join as backup in the back line.
The increase of about 300-400 thousand dollars compared to last season explains the place Holon has reached.
* All salaries appearing in the article are net, in thousands of dollars
* The total salaries of the teams last season is calculated relative to the start of the season, and does not include the changes made during it
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