Bnei Herzliya Basket

Bnei Herzliya Basket (Hebrew: בני הרצליה, lit. Sons of Herzliya), is a professional basketball club that is based in Herzliya, in the Sharon district in Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top division of Israeli basketball.^[1] The club was founded on 1985.^[2]

Bnei Herzliya
Leagues	Israeli Basketball Premier League
Founded	1985; 39 years ago (1985)
History	Bnei Herzliya Basket (2012–present)
Arena	Hayovel Sports Hall
Capacity	1,500
Location	Herzliya, Israel
Team colors	Blue, White
CEO	Amit Zdkiya
President	Eldad Akunis
Team manager	Zeev Bara'am
Head coach	Dan Shamir
Team captain	Willy Workman
Ownership	Lenny Rekanati Tal Rekanati
Championships	Israeli State Cup (2)
Website	bhbasket.co.il

History

The club was originally founded in 1985, under the name Hapoel Herzliya.^[3] In 2002, the club merged with Maccabi Ra'anana in a neighboring town, and was re-named Bnei HaSharon.^[4][3][5] The merger was entered into because of Maccabi Ra'anana's financial problems and Bnei HaSharon's relegation from the top-level Israeli Basketball Premier League, following the 2001–02 season.

At the end of 2010–11 season, the merger ended, and the team started playing only for the Israeli city of Herzliya. In 2012, the club was re-named Bnei Herzliya.^[3] In 2022, the club won the Israeli State Cup for the second time, beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 87:82 in the final.^[2]

Titles and honors

Domestic competitions

• Israeli State Cup

Winners (2): (1994–95, 2021–2022)

Runners-up (3): (2004–05, 2006–07, 2009-10)

• National League (2nd)

Winners: (2019-20)

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	European competitions
2009–10	1	Premier League	8th
2010–11			5th
2011–12			10th
2012–13			11th
2013–14			11th
2014–15			9th
2015–16			7th
2016–17			5th	4 FIBA Europe Cup	R2	5–7
2017–18			10th	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS	4–6
2018–19			12th
2019–20	2	National League	1st
2020–21	1	Premier League	11th	Balkan League	RS	2–2
2021–22			2nd
2022-23	1	Premier League	7th	Champions League	RS	2-4

Players

Current roster

Bnei Herzliya roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G/F 1     Cohen, Sandy 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1995-09-22)22 September 1995 SF 2     Workman, Willy 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1990-03-14)14 March 1990 SG 3     Banks, Adrian 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 38 – (1986-02-09)9 February 1986 F/C 4   Stone (basketball), Tyler 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1991-10-04)4 October 1991 PG 5   Carr, Marcus 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (1999-06-27)27 June 1999 SG 8     Bourdillon, Frédéric 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1991-03-16)16 March 1991 PG 10   Gat, Shoham 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – (2002-08-10)10 August 2002 G 20   Rotem, Orr 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2005-10-15)15 October 2005 C 22   Lynch, Reggie 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1994-11-30)30 November 1994 PG 35   Burg, Ethan 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – (2002-09-04)4 September 2002 G 77   Mor Yosef, Evyatar 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2002-09-04)4 September 2002 G/F 98   Akrish, Noam 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2001-10-10)10 October 2001 F 99   Thomas, Adonis 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1993-03-25)25 March 1993	Head coach   Dan Shamir Assistant coach(es)   Golan Jablonowsky   Liad Schneider Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: December 3, 2023

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Robert Carter	Adonis Thomas
PF	Reggie Lynch	Willy Workman
SF	Sandy Cohen	Eitan Burg Batler
SG	Adrian Banks	Frédéric Bourdillon	Evyatar Mor Yosef
PG	Ryan Boatright	Shoham Gat

• 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.
• The BCL requires at least 5 "homegrown" players on a 12-man game sheet.

Source: basket.co.il

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

•   Paul Thompson 3 seasons: '92–'95
•    Earl Williams 1 season: '93–'94
•   John Hudson 3 seasons: '93–'96
•    Steve Malovic 1 season: '95–'96
•   David Thirdkill 1 season: '95–'96
•   Lior Arditi 3 seasons: '95–'98
•   Amir Muchtari 3 seasons: '95–'98
•   Terence Stansbury 1 season: '96–'97
•   Todd Mitchell 1 season: '96–'97
•   Darnell Robinson 1 season: '97–'98
•   Tal Burstein 3 seasons: '97–'00
•   Terrence Rencher 3 seasons: '97–'99, '05–'06
•   Augenijus Vaškys 1 season: '98–'99
•   Petar Arsić 1 season: '98–'99
•   Mark Dean 1 season: '98–'99
•   Yaniv Green 3 seasons: '98–'00, '01–'02
•   Norris Coleman 1 season: '99
•   Greg Sutton 1 season: '99–'00
•   Ufuk Sarıca 1 season: '01
•   Tyson Wheeler 1 season: '01–'02
•   Bryan Bracey 1 season: '01–'02
•   Kenny Williams 1 season: '01–'02
•    Andrew Kennedy 1 season: '01–'02
•    Jarod Stevenson 3 seasons: '01, '02–'04
•   Guy Pnini 4 seasons: '02–'06
•   Meir Tapiro 3 seasons: '03–'04, '07–'09
•   Alvin Young 1 season: '04–'05
•   Nitzan Hanochi 5 seasons: '05–'08, '18–present
•    Ugonna Onyekwe 3 seasons: '05–'06, '08–'10
•   Ousmane Cisse 4 seasons: '05–'09
•   Cookie Belcher 5 seasons: '05–'10
•   Lee Nailon 2 seasons: '06–'07, '10–'11
•   Jason Williams 3 seasons: '06–'08, '11–'12
•   Erez Katz 6 seasons: '06–'12
•    Shawn James 3 season: '08–'11
•   Ira Newble 1 season: '09
•    Isaac Rosefelt 4 seasons: '09–'13
•   P. J. Tucker 1 season: '10
•   Maceo Baston 1 season: '10–'11
•    Dan Grunfeld 2 seasons: '10–'11, '13–'14
•    Bryant Dunston 1 season: '11
•    Ekpe Udoh 1 season: '11
•   Tweety Carter 1 season: '11–'12
•   Derrick Caracter 1 season: '12–'13
•   Jumaine Jones 1 season: '12–'13
•   Romel Beck 1 season: '12–'13
•    Michael Umeh 1 season: '13–'14
•   Oz Blayzer 2 seasons: '13–'15
•   Josh Selby 1 season: '14–'15
•   Julian Wright 1 season: '15
•   Drew Crawford 1 season: '15–'16
•   Karam Mashour 3 seasons: '15–'17, '18–'19
•   Tom Maayan 3 seasons: '15–'18
•    Taurean Green 2 seasons: '16–'18
•   Jeff Adrien 3 seasons: '16–'19
•   Orr Leumi 4 seasons: '16–20
•    D'or Fischer

•   Shimon Amsalem

References

1. "בני Ofek Dist הרצליה". Retrieved February 18, 2022.
2. "בני הרצליה ניצחה 82:87 את הפועל תל אביב וזכתה בגביע השני בתולדותיה". Walla! Sports (in Hebrew). February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
3. "Group A preview: Three teams with history to kick off in the BIBL". balkanleague.net.
4. "2008-09 Club Profile: Bnei Hasharon". Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup.^{[dead link]}
5. "Basketball - Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya (Israel) : palmares, results and name". www.the-sports.org.

External links

• Official website (in Hebrew)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile