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Bynum scored a franchise
record 26 points in the quarter on
his way to a career-best 32 points.
The 104-97 victory helped the
Pistons lock the final playoff spot
in the Eastern Conference and
proved the undrafted 26-year-old
otherwise disappointing season.
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After 20-year-old Israeli for-
through individual tryouts, Bynum
went abroad. He landed in Tel
Aviv, a city he had never heard of
to send frequent videos of Casspi's
games with Macabbi ,and was
instead impressed with Bynum's
in a land he had previously only
heard negative things about.
quickness and dogged defense.
The Pistons invited him to the
NBA summer league and signed
Israel was skewed by the images
of conflict and suffering from news
broadcasts but that it didn't take
him to a two-year contract.
He didn't expect many minutes
playing behind all-stars Hamilton
long to appreciate his surround-
ings.
and Chauncey Billups. But when
the team dealt Billups to Denver
after four games and superstar
Allen Iverson's adjustment was
slowed by a bad back and even
worse attitude about contributing
out there was a lot to love."
Part of it was the thrill and
pressure of playing for Maccabi,
from the bench, Bynum stepped
up.
which consistently dominates
Israeli basketball and is among the
averaging more than seven points
and nearly three assists in barely
most successful franchises in the
European League.
14 minutes a game off the bench.
But in the final month he played
largely with the starting unit when
Bynum helped the club win
the Israeli national championship
He finished the regular season
the games were on the line and
more than doubled his averages
for scoring and assists.
The club also consistently woos
and retains top players from
around the globe, like Bynum's
replacement this season, former
"I knew that if I had the oppor-
tunity, that I'd be ready; so I tried
to stay mentally ready, always pre-
Piston and Puerto Rican native
Carlos Arroyo.
said after a recent practice.
"Israel was a critical, critical expe-
rience for me. Mentally, I'm much
keeping NBA-level talent on
the team like only a handful of
European clubs do, and competing
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ward Omri Casspi opted out of
last year's NBA draft, Pistons'
President Joe Dumars asked David
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"I was just amazed at how
Americanized the country is, from
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Bynum then starred at Georgia
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The 23-year-old small forward
now plays for Maccabi's cross-
town rival, Hapoel Holon.
contender, and played well before
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franchises consistently referring
American players to Israel because
they'll feel like they're not that far
from home, added David, who
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paring like I was going to play," he
more mature now, so I appreciate
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