/ By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net
Sonny Weems himself confirmed via twitter to Eurohoops that he returns to Europe with a two year deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv, saying “I am back”.
The former CSKA Moscow star who started the season in Phoenix and finished it with the Sixers had been in contact with the Israeli club since the 16th of February, as local reporter Moshe Barda has twitted. But now the deal is all but official.
Weems can be one of the main anchors in the effort of Maccabi Tel Aviv to build a new team which will be ready to compete again in the highest level of Europe, after the current season in which Maccabi for the first time ever failed to make the Euroleague Top16 and can’t be considered at this point not even the favorite for the Israeli league title.