The youth team’s point guard, who excelled in the FIBA U18 European Championship, joins Oded Kattash’s senior squad: “It makes us proud”
Mayer is a strong and athletic guard, who despite his age plays with great maturity. He is a great shooter and facilitator that can both drive to the hoop or pull-up from deep. He finished the European Championship with 15.6 PPG, 3.9 APG and 2.9 RPG while playing nearly 33 minutes per game.
“I am happy with the addition of Omer Mayer to the team”, said Head Coach Oded Kattash, “He grew up in our youth department and joins the senior team, and it makes us proud”.
“Omer Mayer is a product of our youth department and one of the leading players of the U18 National Team, “added Maccabi’s Sporting Director, Avi Even. “It’s important to us that our standout players continue with us and be a part of the first team. We see a great deal of potential in Omer and we will do our best to develop him”.
“I am happy and excited to start my journey with the 1st team of the club where I grew up and has become my second home”, Omer Mayer told maccabi.co.il. The young player, who came to Maccabi’s youth department while he was in the 3rd grade and joins the seniors already at the age of 16, added: “I can’t wait to start working”.
Omer Mayer was born on October 8th, 2006. He is a member of Maccabi’s youth department since the start, and came up through all the teams until he was promoted to the U18 team at the age of 15. In the past season in the U18 Israeli League, the guard delivered 12.2 PPG, 4.2 APG, 5.1 RPG, 1.6 SPG and 17.1 PIR per game. He helped the team win both the Israeli league title and Israeli cup.
