Maccabi will skip 'Pavlos Giannakopoulos Tournament' / News - Basketnews.com

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After missing two pre-season competitions, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv will not travel to Athens for the "Pavlos Giannakopoulos Tournament" too, due to COVID-19 cases, according to George Zakkas of SDNA.

Ratiopharm Ulm will take part in the tournament and will replace the Israeli squad. This means that Jaka Lakovic (head coach of Ulm) will return to the OAKA arena.

Maccabi agreed with two local rivals - Hapoel Eilat and Bnei Herzliya - to play training games in Israel, after the infected people can leave isolation and return to full team activity. However, the games' dates remain unclear.

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