Cuban basketball player Jasiel Rivero has a new team, but it does not belong to the National Basketball Association (NBA) of the United States, as seemed likely after the publication of a news item last June. The pivot will play in el Maccabi Tel Avivas announced by the Israeli club itself on its social networks of the Israeli club, this July 30.
“I am super happy and excited to be part of this beautiful family. I hope to arrive as soon as possible,” said the Cuban athlete in a video posted on Maccabi Tel Aviv’s social networks.
“Tell the fans and all the people who follow us to continue supporting us and contribute their grain of sand. Victory is always dedicated to you,” he added.
In June, when the Cuban basketball player ended his contract with Valencia Basketas well as his time in the Endesa League, of Spain, a report by the media SoloBasketwho cited as a source Totalbasket.gr and journalist Christos Harpidis, indicated that the doors of the NBA could just open for the 29-year-old player.
According to the sports media, Rivero would play with the Phoenix Suns, during the NBA Summer League.
The independent Cuban site PlayOff Magazine he recalled then that, “although it is not the highest basketball competition in the world, the NBA Summer League, which takes place in the summer, is designed to provide opportunities for rookie players to win a professional contract and enter the final squads of 15 players from each team from the following NBA season.
But, although the Cuban has a foray into American basketball this summerhis destination, for the moment, will be Israel, according to the recent announcement of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Rivero averaged 9.4 points and 3.5 rebounds in his last one, in which he started out as the most outstanding player, but later suffered injuries that kept him from being a regular in the team’s rotation.
Previously, when I played for the Spanish San Pablo Burgos, the Cuban was in the orbit of the Dallas Mavericks.
In his four years in the Endesa League, Rivero played 110 games, wearing the Burgos and Valencia uniforms. He played for an average of 21 minutes per game and averaged 10.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 0.9 assists. He posted a 61.2% 2-point shooting efficiency; 30.8% in triples, and 60% in free throws.
The Cuban says goodbye to Spain with two Basketball Champions League titles and an Intercontinental Cup with the Burgos team.
Rivero played with the Havana Capitals in the 2014-2015 season, in which he participated in 25 games with an average of 14.8 points and 4.9 rebounds per challenge.
The following year he went to Club Atlético Tabaré in Uruguay, and between 2016 and 2018 he was a member of the Argentine club Estudiantes Concordia, with which he competed in the first division of local basketball and in the continental competition Liga de las Américas.
It was in the summer of 2018 when San Pablo Burgos signed him, but he was loaned to the Argentine Boca Juniors for a season, until in the summer of 2019 he finally joined the Spanish team, with which his successes began in Europe.
2023-07-31 13:26:25
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