Such Israel

Today when I woke up I headed out to 'downtown' to do some errands. Got a haircut, took some money out of the bank and then was looking for some breakfast. Grabbed some fruit and hummus from this market-store and then stopped in the bakery to get some bread. While I'm in there looking around, I see a woman in her car stuck in traffic stick her head out the window and yell to the guy working in the bakery. She throws out an order and adds a "hurry up I'm about to leave". So the guy grabs some bread for her, runs out to the street and delivers it to her... all while she was waiting for the light to change. Hilarious interaction to watch.

Revolutionizing the Laundry Game

Got some freshly washed clothes and need a dryer? Too bad bitches, dryers don't exist out here. Just hang them clothes up outside and they'll be nice and crispy in no time.

A Taste of Israel('s gyms)

Although I haven't really traveled anywhere since being here in Israel (other than a weekend with my family in Jerusalem) I have been to a couple places solely for the purpose of basketball. The Universiade team has been practicing all over for the 3 weeks I've been here. We've played at Tel-Aviv University, the Yovel (my team's, Bnei Hasharon, gym), Hapoel Holon and Maccabi Rishon LeZiyyon (two other teams in the Ligat Lotto), as well as Ramat Gan. I think that's it... Rishon LeZiyyon definitely had the nicest facility we went too, and it makes sense because the building is only like two or three years old I think. I really like our gym at the Yovel though. Doesn't hold very many people but a nice court.

Today the last two guys were cut from the team so we're down to 12 and getting ready to head out. Last practice in Israel tomorrow before we fly out on Tuesday. Going to be an exciting trip.

This too

Oh yeah forgot, this is the practice jersey's they gave me

The Ship & some swag

We are the champions!!!!!!! of summer league. Not a big deal considering we were the only real team and the others were just kind of thrown together. Wasn't really worth it because one of our guys sprained his ankle in the second half... hopefully he'll be fine by next week. This was the only real game we've had out of all our exhibitions... we won by 8 i think. The other team had some good players, one guy plays in Euroleague i think and some other good ones as well. I had foul trouble and didn't do very much. Sad times. We did bring home some hardware though

We also got to keep our summer league jerseys, so that's cool. The single is huuuuge, but the shorts are legit. As you can see And 1 is still cool out here... sweeet

                    

Anyways we have today off then a couple days of practice before we head out on Tuesday. Looking forward to it.

Summer league

So the national team started playing in the Ligat Loto (the first division) Summer league this week. We played sunday and monday night. Sunday we won by like 45 and had over a 100 points, last night we won by 39 and put up over a 100 again... The other teams are just random guys, mostly from the first division, drafted by the respective coaches... so they aren't very good. Our last game is on Thursday and I think that's the next best team in the league so we'll see how that game goes. Sunday I did ok, but Monday's game was the first time I really felt comfortable playing since I got here... playing how I played at school. So I'm confident I'll keep playing better and be ready to go by the time the tournament is here.

Cariot Nougat Cream Filled Cereals

Best. Cereal. Ever. Guess it's only an Israeli cereal. They're like chocolate puffs with this other chocolate stuff inside, actually I just bit into one and I think it's nutella inside. Brilliant. Anyways been snacking on these things nonstop. Not very healthy but f it. We need these back home and we need them there yesterday