After four months of measurements, designing and production the players and staff members of the club received their suits that were made according to their “big and good sizes
The club’s chairman Shimon Mizrakhi and general manager Eli Driks flew to Madrid last night to meet during the day with representatives of the Euroleague and the three other clubs which qualified to the event to discuss all the logistic and technical details regarding the Final Four.
Here in Israel the team renewed its basketball practices after yesterday was held an athleticism work out and an optional practice for some of the players. From now on the team will practice outside of Nokia Arena that will host several events during the holiday. Maccabi will practice in Hadar-Yosef, Metro-West, Ramat Gan and several other arenas until the Final Four. The team will play road games in the Israeli Basketball Super League until the Final Four starting with the game at Holon on Monday (20:50, Channel 10) and the following week at Nahariya on Sunday night, five days before the tip off against Montepaschi.
Towards the Final Four today in the afternoon the players had measured their suits for the Final Four. After four months of measurements, designing and production today the players and staff members of the club received their suits that were made especially for them, according to their “big and good sizes” from the high-fashion for men company – Jenudi.
Mr. Yossi Jenudi, general manager of the company, which is one of the leading companies in the high-fashion for men industry, mentioned that in the 25 years of since its foundation of Jenudi, it was the most special order manufactured by the company so far – when exact measurements were taking from each player not only for the length (For Nikola Vujcic were sewed the longest pants ever to be made in Israel – 1.25m) but also for the periphery of the arms and thighs (Marcus Fizer’s thighs are in periphery of 88cm).
The overall periphery of fabric that was used to make the suits was about 187 meters. The ties, which were made especially in an authentic loom, in the colors of Maccabi and the team’s logo, are in a 1.70m length, compared to a 1.45m standard tie.
