By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Maccabi Tel Aviv announced the signing of guard Frederic Bourdillon for the rest of the season. Bourdillon arrives as a temporary replacement for the injured John DiBartolomeo.
Per Maccabi:
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv signed Frederic Bourdillon until the end of the current gaming season. Following the injury of John Dibartolomeo, management and the professional team decided to take a quick course, so the 29-year-old guard (1.93m), who opened the current season in Maccabi Rishon Lezion uniform.
“We decided to bring a good player after the injury of John Dibartolomeo in order to give us quality. A player that has the character to fight for the goals of Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv”, said coach Giannis Sfairopoulos to maccabi.co.il. “I want to add that We are all with John, we all love him and wish him to come back stronger than ever”.
Frederic Bourdillon was born to a Jewish family in Grass, France, in March 1991. He played on the French youth team and at an early age joined INSEP, France’s national sporting institute where stars such as Tony Parker, Boris Diao and Evan Fournier were also trained. He started his professional career with Antibes, won the French Cup with Chalon and also moved to Etouille Charleville and Rueil before returning to Antibes.
In September 2017, Bourdillon signed with Maccabi Haifa and later continued the season with Hapoel Eilat. In June 2018, he signed a new contract in the southern city and last season helped it reach the Israeli Final Four, where he and his teammates lost to Maccabi in the semi-finals.
Last October, Bourdillon signed with Maccabi Rishon Lezion on a two-month contract with an extension option. The team was pleased with the guard and in January granted him a one-and-a-half-year contract extension, but the season’s pause due to the Corona epidemic also left him at home and away from the basketball court.
Last season with Eilat Bourdillon played 32 games, averaged 24.1 minutes per night and provided 8.7 points (57% for 2pt, 40% for 3pt) along with 2.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals. This season with Rishon he contributed 7.2 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 assists in 24.9 minutes per game.
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