2019–20 Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. season

The 2019–20 Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. season is the 77th season in the existence of the club. The club will play in the Israeli Premier League. It will also play in the regular season of the Basketball Champions League.

Hapoel Jerusalem

2019–20 season
Chairman	Eyal Chomsky
Guy Harel	Guy Harel
Israeli Premier League	Scheduled
State Cup	Scheduled
Basketball Champions League	Scheduled
2019 Israeli Basketball League Cup	Won
All statistics correct as of 1 July 2019.

It will be the second season under head coach Oded Kattash, who was appointed in February 2018.[1]

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Hapoel Jerusalem roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 2 Cousins, Isaiah 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – 13 March 1994 G/F 5 Rosenbaum, Daniel 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – 11 February 1997 PG 6 Blatt, Tamir 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – 4 May 1997 G 11 Timor, Bar (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – 3 February 1992 SG 14 Feldeine, James 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – 26 June 1988 F 15 Levi, Nimrod 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – 24 March 1995 F/C 17 Braimoh, Suleiman 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – 19 October 1989 F/C 20 Zalmanson, Idan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – 18 April 1995 G/F 22 Ringvald, Dvir 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – 6 July 1999 G/F 24 Lockett, Trent 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – 10 December 1990 PF 35 Thomas, TaShawn 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – 27 February 1993 C 49 Kupšas, Mindaugas 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 29 – 9 April 1991 G 69 Brown, J'Covan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – 14 February 1990	Head coach Oded Kattash Assistant coach(es) Jonathan Alon Liam Flynn Athletic trainer(s) Roberto Iezzi Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 14 August 2019

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Suleiman Braimoh	Idan Zalmanson	Mindaugas Kupšas
PF	TaShawn Thomas	Nimrod Levi
SF	James Feldeine	Trent Lockett	Dvir Ringvald
SG	Isaiah Cousins	Bar Timor	Daniel Rosenbaum
PG	Tamir Blatt	J'Covan Brown

• The Israeli league rule requires every team to have at least one Israeli on the court at any time.
• There should be at least 7 Israelis and up to 5 foreigners on a 12-men game sheet.

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Date	Source
	C		Suleiman Braimoh	29	Hapoel Eilat		Free	2021	11 June 2019	[2]
20	PF/C		Idan Zalmanson	24	Hapoel Eilat		Free	2021	11 June 2019	[3]
	F		Nimrod Levi	24	Maccabi Ashdod		Free	2021
	G		Isaiah Cousins	25	Salt Lake City Stars		Free	2020	24 July 2019	[4]
	G/F		Trent Lockett	28	UNICS		Free	2020	7 August 2019	[5]
	C		Mindaugas Kupšas	28	Lietkabelis		Free	2020	7 August 2019	[6]
	SG		Dvir Ringvald	20
	SG		Daniel Rosenbaum	22

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Date	Source
12	PG		Yogev Ohayon	32	Hapoel Holon		End of contract	7 July 2019	[7]
22	PF		Josh Owens	30	Pallacanestro Reggiana		End of contract	10 August 2019	[8]
1	PF		Amar'e Stoudemire	36	Fujian Sturgeons		End of contract
	PF		Lior Eliyahu	33	Maccabi Ashdod		End of contract
	C		Alex Chubrevich	33	Maccabi Ashdod		End of contract
	C		Jo Lual-Acuil	25	Melbourne United		End of contract
	SF		Da'Sean Butler	31	Hapoel Be'er Sheva		End of contract
	G/F		Chris Johnson	29	JL Bourg Basket		End of contract
	CG		Malcolm Griffin	27	Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.		End of contract

References

1. "שינוי על הקווים: קטש חוזר לבירה". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
2. "Hapoel Jerusalem sign Suleiman Braimoh". sportando.basketball. June 11, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
3. "עידן זלמנסון מצטרף". hapoel.co.il (in Hebrew). July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
4. "Hapoel Jerusalem inks Isaiah Cousins". Sportando.basketball. July 24, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
5. "Hapoel Jerusalem signs Trent Lockett". Sportando.basketball. August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
6. "חיזוק ליטאי: קופשאס מצטרף לירושלים". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
7. "Yogev Ohayon signs with Hapoel Holon". Sportando. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
8. "Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia sign Josh Owens". Sportando.basketball. August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.

External links

• Official website