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Coach Itoudis Reveals Reason for Chris Jones' Departure from Hapoel Tel Aviv
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First reported by Sport5 · 1 day ago
What happened
Hapoel Tel Aviv coach Dimitris Itoudis stated that Chris Jones left the team due to trauma his family experienced from the situation in Israel and the team's relocation to Bulgaria. Itoudis also praised Jones' and Jonathan Motley's signings by Crvena Zvezda.
- 01Coach Itoudis cited Israel's situation and team relocation as reasons for Chris Jones' departure.
- 02Jones reportedly wanted to stay with Hapoel Tel Aviv.
- 03The team recently defeated Partizan Belgrade in a preseason game.
- 04Itoudis praised Jones' and Motley's new team, Crvena Zvezda.
- 05Coach Itoudis also commented on player Vasilije Micić's readiness.
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