Maccabi Ra'anana

Maccabi Ra'anana
Maccabi Ra'anana
Leagues	Israeli National League
Founded	1980; 44 years ago
History	Maccabi Ra'anana; 1980–2002; Bnei Hasharon; 2002–2011; Maccabi Ra'anana; 2011–present
Arena	Metro West
Capacity	1,850
Location	Ra'anana
Head coach	Ofer Berkovich
Team captain	Willy Workman
Home	Away

Maccabi Ra'anana (Hebrew: מכבי עירוני רעננה) is a professional basketball club that is based in Ra'anana, Israel. The club plays in the Israeli National League, the second-tier division league of Israel.^[1]

History

Maccabi Ra'anana was founded in 1980. The team won the Israeli 2nd Division championship of the 1995–96 season. The club then competed in Israel's top-level Israeli Super League, for the first time, in the following 1996–97 season.

Maccabi Ra'anana competed in the European-wide secondary level FIBA Saporta Cup, in the 1999–00 season. They also finished as the runner-up of the Israeli Super League in the 1999–00 season. After that, the team subsequently competed in one of the two top-level European-wide competitions at that time, the FIBA SuproLeague, in the following 2000–01 season. In the 2001–02 season, they competed in the Pan-European third-level competition, the FIBA Korac Cup.

In 2002, due to financial problems, the club merged with Hapoel Herzliya, which was then renamed to Bnei Hasharon. In 2011, the merger of the two clubs ended, and from that point, the club again competed under its original Maccabi Ra'anana name.^[2] Maccabi Ra'anana won the Israeli Basketball Association Cup (Israel's 2nd Division Cup), in the 2011–12 season.

In 2022, Maccabi Ra'anana made a preseason tour through the United States, facing three National Basketball Association (NBA) teams: the Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers and the Oklahoma City Thunder, losing all three games.^[3]

In 2023, Maccabi Ra'anana made another preseason tour through the United States, facing three National Basketball Association (NBA) teams: the Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Minnesota Timberwolves, losing all three games. However, the tour was overshadowed by the October 7 attacks that occurred five days prior and the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war.^[4]

Titles and honors

Domestic competitions

Israeli Championship

Runners-up (1): 2000

Lower division competitions

Israeli 2nd Division

Champions (1): 1996

Association Cup

Winners (1): 2012

Players

Current roster

Maccabi Ra'anana roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
C	0	Morse, Anthony	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	30 – (1994-04-13)13 April 1994
G	1	Siggers, Jason	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	39 – (1985-08-24)24 August 1985
SF	2	Workman, Willy (C)	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	34 – (1990-03-14)14 March 1990
PG	3	Leder, Alex	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	27 – (1997-08-29)29 August 1997
G	4	Bar, Yuval	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	22 – (2002-08-06)6 August 2002
F	5	Lewis, Jordan	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	35 – (1989-02-17)17 February 1989
F	8	Sapir, Alon	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	30 – (1994-03-26)26 March 1994
G	10	Hillel, Daniel	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	21 – (2002-11-02)2 November 2002
G	12	Maoz, Ziv	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	22 – (2002-09-12)12 September 2002
G	14	Melnik, Gilad	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	23 – (2001-03-01)1 March 2001
F	15	Avidan, Niv	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	20 – (2004-05-07)7 May 2004
PG	17	Geffen, Rom	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	30 – (1994-08-17)17 August 1994

Head coach

Yehu Orland

Assistant coach(es)

Abe Kuhn

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: October 2, 2022

Notable former players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Dror Cohen
Austin Price (born 1995), American

Games against NBA teams

1 October 2022

Boxscore

Maccabi Ra'anana	81–121	Los Angeles Clippers
Scoring by quarter: 16–37, 14–28, 29–29, 22–27
Pts: Morse 20 Rebs: Workman 10 Asts: Sapir 5		Pts: Kennard 16 Rebs: Brown 13 Asts: Preston 10

Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
Attendance: 9,333
Referees: Tony Brothers, Kevin Cutler, John Butler

6 October 2022

Boxscore

Maccabi Ra'anana	85–138	Portland Trail Blazers
Scoring by quarter: 22–39, 26–24, 23–41, 14–34
Pts: Cole 19 Rebs: Jones 9 Asts: Cole 6		Pts: Sharpe 27 Rebs: Walker 7 Asts: Johnson 11

Moda Center, Portland, OR
Attendance: 10,622
Referees: Marat Kogut, Karl Lane, J.T. Orr

9 October 2022

Boxscore

Maccabi Ra'anana	97–144	Oklahoma City Thunder
Scoring by quarter: 29–33, 25–38, 23–48, 20–25
Pts: Siggers 40 Rebs: Workman 10 Asts: Cole 6		Pts: Omoruyi 25 Rebs: Omoruyi, Jay. Williams 12 Asts: Jal. Williams 13

Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Attendance: 18,203
Referees: Eric Dalen, Kevin Scott, Tyler Ricks

12 October 2023

Boxscore

Maccabi Ra'anana	103–135	Brooklyn Nets
Scoring by quarter: 39–34, 21–40, 25–30, 18–31
Pts: Bacon, Weatherspoon 17 Rebs: Caboclo 7 Asts: Alber, Bacon 5		Pts: Bridges 23 Rebs: Bazley 14 Asts: Simmons 9

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 12,346
Referees: David Guthrie, J.T. Orr, Cheryl Flores

16 October 2023

Boxscore

Maccabi Ra'anana	89–120	Cleveland Cavaliers
Scoring by quarter: 19–31, 23–34, 27–31, 20–24
Pts: Diakite 17 Rebs: Caboclo 9 Asts: Weatherspoon 5		Pts: Bates 16 Rebs: Wade 8 Asts: Jerome, Porter Jr. 6

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
Attendance: 13,377
Referees: Zach Zarba, Jason Goldenberg, Tyler Ricks

17 October 2023

Boxscore

Maccabi Ra'anana	111–138	Minnesota Timberwolves
Scoring by quarter: 38–33, 22–39, 38–36, 13–30
Pts: Bacon 26 Rebs: Caboclo 9 Asts: Hagans 9		Pts: Garza 30 Rebs: Miller 15 Asts: Nix 10