Friday, August 7th, 2009 at 11:07 am | 130 responses
Jeremy Tyler Makes History, Signs in Israel
A few months ago, Jeremy Tyler announced that he would be skipping his senior year of high school to play in Europe. According to an early report, from an Israeli newspaper, the 6-11 would-be high school senior has agreed to a deal with Maccabbi Haifa. Haifa, owned by Jeff Rosen, an American, is now a part Tyler’s trailblazing attempt to make the NBA while skipping a year of HS and all of college.
Last year’s Israeli Premier League runner-up, Haifa (formerly the Haifa Heat) had one of the best American players in Israel last year in Davon Jefferson (USC), and returns a strong lineup.
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doyouwantmore- hahahaha
My statement was only about the Israeli GOVERNMENT.
I just think your ‘ideas’ of Israel are sort of way off based and do seem biased. Especially not considering it a country.
But anyway, it was good to have an intelligent discussions. Later man.
2. The Mullahs who dictate Sharia law and radical Islam itself is finally put to rest, because of generations of hate and propaganda against Judaism, Christianity, and America. That hate is ingrained so deeply in Palestinian, Saudi, Syrian, etc. cultures that peace seems to be only possible after a total victory against radical Islam. That’s why there’s no peace without victory. Wishy-washy types naively wonder why we can’t just stop being so ‘oppressive’ to our enemies, while those enemies plan for nothing but victory.
For shame…
get your facts straight before you comment! in 1947 israel was attacked by Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt. israel won that war, and gained concquered territories. in 1963, israel started a preventetive war after Egyptian and Syrian forces were mobelizing towards israel, the war lasted 6 days, in which israel concquered a large portion of Egypt which was later given back in a peace treaty with Egypt initiated by Israel. in 1973, once again Egypt and Syria attacked Israel, but again, israel prevailed. those were the wars that Israel used “execive force to gain more and more lands”… ha!
2) Unlike particular countries in that area who run fake elections and stifle any dissent whatsoever (iran,cough,cough), Israel has the freedom of press, religion, sexual orientation, etc. whereas members of my synagouge (or their families had to flee iraq,iran,egypt,libya, or syria because they were jewish..
3) israel is currently threatened by terrorist governments who believe it is more beneficial to their people by killing innocent civilians in buses, malls, pizza parlors instead of striving towards peace. in addition, it faces a looming iran whose president is a holocaust denier and wishes of obliterating israel if given the chance.
My game always improves more when I play against kids I can absolutely annihilate, but considering I was a bench warmer for a D3 High School, that’s really nothing, I guess.
Now, about college- ball players in college usually get some made-up degrees that cant really help them with anything. So hes not going to lose nothing by not playing college ball.
Now, if he will get injured, hell have enough money to go back to the US, and if hes smart enough he could get a real degree. So i think skipping college isnt a bad choice at all. Since im Israeli myself, i will only add that if u want to learn some history- check out Wikipedia. What ever going on right now is that both Hamas leaders and Fatach leaders- the major political wings of Palestine, are fighting each other, but are unite under one idea: A Palestinian state must rise on all Israeli land, and its capital will be Jerusalem. Replace “Mexican” with “Palestinian”, “Texas” with Israel, and choose ur own new capital. could u agree to that? and we acctually bought most of the lands were living on today.
And if ur British, French or something like that- uve done worst things as a country then any others in the world.
There are American International Schools wherever there are American Embassies in a country.. just WOW. How can American citizens not know that?
["Israel is a democratic country that has never in its history committed an act of aggression or act of war on another country based on religious belief."]
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Now thats not actually true, the bible highlights quite clearly the path of activity that the nation of Israel took up regarding the nations around them for many years.
One period regarding this:
From 1473 B.C.E they embarked on a six year campaign west of the region around the Jordan river and and defeated 31 KINGS, such fortified cities as Jericho and Ai. This was activity and warfare condoned by their God as they journied to the ‘promised land’and for many centuries they got caught between the battling world powers (of the time), such as Egypt, Syria, Medo-Greecian rulerships and so forth….
they did their share. Just some facts, if you care to learn. “DOYOUWANTMORE”..?
I want to know if this decision was based on his possible lack of acedemia, and therefore his plausible inability to not get the necessary grades up for scholarships at your American universities?
I think this might of had more to do with taking advantege of opportunities as they present themselves, moreso than this being THE BEST decision.
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Personally I would of just hit the books a little harder back home.
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You obviously haven’t been to Ireland, the United States or Zimbabwe..
Josh D – Good work clearing that up on why Israel is in Europe. I was gonna say that.
1) Against better opponents, you can’t really go all out and test what works and what doesn’t work— you gotta play your game and make sure you dun get dominated. Against lesser opponents, you can sort of let go and see what works. Now, I can see for a player who depends on size how this logic doesn’t apply nearly as much, but it does apply.
2) If Tyler stays in Jerusalem, he will NOT have a problem with any English speakers. I did not find one person in Jerusalem who didn’t speak English, it’s not even funny. If he strays out, he may have some problems.
The homicide rate in Israel was around 2.5 per 100,000 last year, while in the US its about 7, and in Russia, for example, its 20 (!). So Israel isnt that dangerous.
jukai observe.
Sorry, but that’s wack. Plain ignorant – not you obviously Dave, but the other commenters here who asked ‘is he getting his education’? etc.
BTW, there are schools that teach the English, French, German, Russian curriculum etc as well – the U.S isn’t the only one….
BTW x2 that 30% stat is suprising, but not unexpected.
I’m tired of Europeans talking about how GLOBAL they are since they’ve visited all the countries around them: which is comparable to visiting all the states around me (distance wise).
That talk is total crap… I’d love to visit the world, and jealous of my girlfriend who has been to pretty much every place imaginable, but damn, being a tourist doesn’t make you cultured.
Americans are notoriously stereotyped as insular and self-orientated.
Sorry if that makes me sound like a prick, but it’s “a truth universally known”.
Rise above it, kid.
2)In Israel, English is taught as a second language, in some schools as early as 2nd Grade. This means Mr. Tyler will have enough people to communicate with at least to meet his basic needs or even find company at his age.
3)It is rumored that Tyler was persuaded to come to Israel by a former USC player named Devon Jefferson who successfully played after joining last year and will be Tyler’s teammate.
4)I’ve read reports that Tyler’s team in Haifa is considering enrolling him in a Local Israeli High School in a program that will enable him to finish his American High School education. In case you are all wondering, I’m sure it will not be such a big problem to find Local Israeli Teachers who will be able to assist him in this task.
5)In Europe, it is common that the best local teams in each country simultaneously compete in the local league as well as in intra European League play.
6)Even though it is geographically located in Asia, sports-wise Israeli teams fully participate in intra European Leagues, so in this respect Israel is a part of Europe. Based on its last year’s record, Tyler’s team has an option to play in one of these leagues. All in all, I would agree that Tyler is taking a very bold stance. However, comparatively speaking, for the most part Israelis tend to be American Friendly, so living in Israel will be much less of a cultural shock for a young American in his first experience away from home compared to other places one might think off.
first off im loving the debate, some very valid and intelligent comments have been made from both views, and i dig it.
next, let me tell you something. jeremy tyler is a beast on the court. i went to high school with him as well, and the truth is staying in high school for academic purposes would not have benefited him in any way. he will still finish school, hes a great kid, and regardless of what happens on the court in the next couple years, this is what he chose because he loves basketball and if this is the best option for him right now to get the best training, grow the most, and pursue his life dreams, then GOOD FOR HIM. if not now, when? we all ultimately live to do what makes us happy, and mazel tov(hehe) to jeremy for being a step ahead of the rest of us.
You’re forgetting that playing against tough competition isn’t all he’s looking for.. He shouldn’t make it too hard on himself on his first season as a pro, he won’t benefit from sitting on the bench and being frustrated during practice.
He doesn’t want to end up like Brandon Jennings. If he had signed with Ljubljana, I’m a 100% sure he wouldn’t get to play as much as he wants to.
In Haifa, though….
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