the forward (2.01, 27), who played last season at Climamio Bologna, won the Euroleague title with Maccabi in 2004
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv announced the return of sharp-shooting forward David Bluthenthal (2.01, 27), a key player in the club’s first Euroleague title of the decade in 2004. Bluthenthal, a U.S. forward with an Israeli passport, arrives from Fortitudo Bologna, where he averaged 16 points and 4.2 rebounds in Euroleague play last season.
according to his new contract, Bluthental can join an NBA team until August 1st 2007, otherwise he will play for Maccabi in the coming 2007/08 season.
Maccabi had been Bluthenthal’s first European team. He capped his two seasons there by scoring 20 points in the 2004 Euroleague title game, which Maccabi won by a record 118-74 over Fortitudo. In between those two clubs, he won the 2005 FIBA Europe League with Dynamo St. Petersburg of Russia and later played for Benetton Treviso and Virtus Bologna of the Italian League before joining Fortitudo last season.
