Eugene Banks, who played with MJ on the Bulls in the 80's, came to my home team (Rishon Le Zion) in 1990 and, togeter with Andre Spencer (a high-flyer), made our team a serious contender. I once won a flight with the team to a game and it was fun 
Anyway, Banks came here at age 31 and is one of the best foreign players to ever play in Israel. We used to call him 'Gino'
Last year he visited here and took part in a nostalgic meeting with all the players and staff of 1990-92.
Here's a vid of him speaking (as well as other team members). Sorry for the Hebrew, but Banks talks numerous times in this vid:
And here are some pics of Banks from last year too:
(First small pic with Whoopi Goldberg, second pic with his daughters and Dick Vitale, third pic with friends from Duke university)
BTW one of the people on the vid (wearing a shirt at the same colour of Eugene's) is Mickey Berkovich, who's considred the greates I sraeli player of all time. He was offered a contract in the NBA during the 80's but he never agreed to play in another country.
Anyway, Banks came here at age 31 and is one of the best foreign players to ever play in Israel. We used to call him 'Gino'
Last year he visited here and took part in a nostalgic meeting with all the players and staff of 1990-92.
Here's a vid of him speaking (as well as other team members). Sorry for the Hebrew, but Banks talks numerous times in this vid:
And here are some pics of Banks from last year too:
(First small pic with Whoopi Goldberg, second pic with his daughters and Dick Vitale, third pic with friends from Duke university)
BTW one of the people on the vid (wearing a shirt at the same colour of Eugene's) is Mickey Berkovich, who's considred the greates I sraeli player of all time. He was offered a contract in the NBA during the 80's but he never agreed to play in another country.