Tiktukno: summary of the day's events in sports, 1.12 (Sport1)
Darren Hilliard's suspension from Maccabi Tel Aviv did not go quietly, at least as far as his fellow American players in the Euroleague are concerned.
Ex-Yellows Othello Hunter, who will play against them tomorrow (Friday) in a Bayern Munich uniform and was looking forward to meeting the guard, tweeted in response to the news: "Wow, this is crazy. How do you suspend my man? Someone here is really sensitive. It's very rare that a guy with a great character and work ethic Finds himself suspended by his team. God sees everything."
And Hunter wasn't the only one.
Former Maccabi Tel Aviv star Tyrese Rice added that "I'm trying to understand how you suspend someone in the middle of the season, without explaining why."
Will Clyburn of Anadolu Eps, who will play tonight against Olympiakos, wrote: "I'm always curious to know how players who go through great seasons, move to other teams and suddenly they're no longer good... I'm sure it's the same player, so what's the story? Let the man go" .
Although the announcement of the disciplinary action against Hilliard came out only yesterday, it turns out that the player has not been with the team since the loss to Hapoel Jerusalem on Sunday.
That night he tweeted the phrase in question ("Real eyes detect real lies"), which was interpreted by the club's staff as an implied criticism against coach Oded Ketch, and since then he has not trained with the team - but alone, personally.
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Hilliard (Photo: Danny Maron)
And what about Hilliard himself?
After deleting the tweet that confused him, he wrote yesterday to the fans from Gate 11 that he loves them, and in response to the support he received he promised to come tonight to the volleyball team's game at the club against Pauk Thessaloniki.
Maccabi Tel Aviv's troubles ahead of the game in Germany do not end there.
Apart from Wade Baldwin, who will also remain in the country due to hamstring pain (and due to the fact that his wife is kneeling to give birth), center Alex Poithers is also not 100 percent fit.
Poithers has been carrying a hand injury for several weeks, and it got worse in the last few days and caused him to miss yesterday's practice.
Either way, he will take off with his friends to Munich.
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