Maccabi Tel Aviv BasketBall Club | Former Player

#	Team	W/L
5.	Barcelona	0-0
6.	Fenerbahce	0-0
7.	Maccabi Playtika TA	0-1
8.	Baskonia Vitoria	0-0
9.	Anadolu Efes	0-0
10.	Virtus Bologna	0-0
11.	Partizan Belgrade	0-0
12.	Olimpia Milano	0-0
13.	Zalgiris Kaunas	0-0

Team captain and the most senior player on the roster, this is Pnini’s ninth season in the yellow and blue. He is that rare breed, a player with heart. He plays with confidence and knows how to fire up the fans. Despite his height he has a soft touch from outside the arc. He is a true winner with tons of game smarts and defensive skills, one who excels at delivering the right pass to the big men in the paint.

Pnini grew up playing in the youth department of Maccabi Tel Aviv, and reached the pro team in the summer of 2009 after 5 seasons with Ra’anana/Bnei Hasharon, 2 years in Jerusalem, and one season playing in Serbia and Cyprus.

Even in 2009-10, his first season with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Pnini was the top Israeli player on the team, averaging 14.1 points in the Israeli League (fifth place in the league). He has been one of the leading Israeli players and the heart of Maccabi ever since. His best season so far came in 2011, when he averaged 7.2 points per game in the Euroleague and was ranked fourth in Europe in shooting percentages from three point range (46%). His best game was against Caja Laboral, when he scored 22 points, including 5 three pointers in the fourth and final game of the quarterfinal round.

His most exciting season was 2013-14, in which he averaged 5.6 points in the Euroleague (41% shooting from downtown) and attained a childhood dream when he raised the Euroleague trophy at the end of the Final Four in Milan. His most painful season came last season, when he was injured in November in the derby against Hapoel Tel Aviv, tearing his Achilles’ tendon and ending his season before it had truly started. Pnini has won 12 titles so far with Maccabi: 7 Israeli Cups, 3 Israeli Championships, 1 Adriatic League Championship, and 1 EuroLeague Championship.

Pnini left Maccabi in the summer of 2017 in favor of Hapoel Holon, where he played for five seasons and won another championship and cup. In 2022, nearing the age of 39, Pnini returned home to Maccabi for one last rodeo.

Career Stats

GP

Min

Pts
2 Pts
%
3 Pts
%
1 Pts
%
Rebounds
DR    OR    TR
Fouls
FF    FA

ST    TO    AS
Blocks
BKF    BKA

Val
2011 Season
56
22.7
8.3
67%
39%
76%
1.5
0.4
1.9
2.0
1.1
0.9
0.9
1.9
0.1
0.1
7.8
2012 Season
67
18.2
6.7
53%
39%
80%
1.4
0.2
1.6
1.6
1.3
0.6
0.9
1.9
0.1
0.1
6.5
2013 Season
51
15.2
4.6
58%
29%
68%
1.2
0.5
1.7
1.5
1.2
0.5
0.7
1.1
0.1
0.1
4.3
2014 Season
69
20.0
6.3
54%
38%
68%
1.8
0.3
2.1
1.9
1.1
0.5
1.0
2.3
0.1
0.1
6.8
2016 Season
53
20.9
7.3
50%
39%
74%
1.8
0.3
2.1
1.8
1.2
0.8
1.2
1.9
0.1
0.2
6.9
2017 Season
71
18.2
6.3
59%
37%
76%
1.8
0.3
2.0
1.6
1.3
0.7
0.9
1.7
0.1
0.0
7.0
2023 Season
32
12.0
2.7
57%
40%
64%
0.8
0.2
1.0
1.3
0.4
0.2
0.6
1.8
0.2
0.0
3.1

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