Dichotomy at Maccabi over Panathinaikos’ proposal for Gabriel

Today is the day of judgment as to whether his transfer will take place Wenien Gabriel from Maccabi to Panathinaikos. The 27-year-old center is the main target of the European champions to fill the void of Matias Lessor, who will be out of action for around 3-4 months.

In the ranks of Israel’s team, however, there is dichotomy on this particular case. THE Oded Katas made it clear that he wishes to keep the player on the rosteras despite the acquisition of Trevion Williams from Alba, Hasiel Rivero will remain out of action until the end of January and he wants a more rational rotation in the front line. However, he was out yesterday dozen in the match with Hapoel Jerusalem.

However in the ranks of the Maccabi administration there are serious thoughts of a concession of the South Sudanese ace. And that’s because the team with a record of 4-13 is essentially out of reach in the Euroleague and continuing to play for the Euroleague since last year in Belgrade and not in Tel Aviv, there is a financial opening.

That’s why some in the ranks of the Maccabi administration they look positively on the possibility of Gabriel’s concessionin order to get rid of part of his contract, as the two-year contract he signed in the summer provides $750,000 per year and it is third largest on the roster behind those of Jordan Lloyd (1.2 million) and Roman Sorkin (850 thousand). If, however, Maccabi obtains a buy-out benefit, the deal can be done more easily.

It is noted that in the summer, Panathinaikos had paid a buy out of 600,000 euros in Maccabi for the acquisition of Lorenzo Brown, while the relations between the two teams – despite the tension that existed in last year’s playoffs – are traditionally very good.

In any case, Gabriel’s matter will be cleared up today, tomorrow at the latest. After all, if Panathinaikos wants to acquire a player from a Euroleague team, it will have to complete the transfer by December 25, the eve of the start of the second round. The “greens” have 2-3 other cases that they have scouted, but at the moment it seems that Gabriel has priority.