By Amy Samin<\/FONT> Pini Gershon has arrived in Israel and will attend his first practice with the team this afternoon (Tuesday). \u201cWhy come back? To make people happy. \u201cI\u2019ve come back to do what I do best, and I hope it will work out well. \u201cI can tell you that Eric Crane is smarter than I am, and than Maccabi. Gershon briefly addressed professional matters: \u201cMaccabi Tel Aviv has players who can score 200 points, but there\u2019s not enough time or enough basketballs. \u201cI\u2019m sorry that Maccabi lost in the derby.
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Gershon, who arrived from Athens, was welcomed at the airport by dozens of fans and photographers.
Like a flashback from half a decade ago, he mesmerized them all.<\/FONT>
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First of all, to make my mother happy.
There\u2019s no shame in coming back.
Let\u2019s say that until yesterday it wasn\u2019t in my plans, but I\u2019m very happy and excited about being back.\u201d<\/FONT>
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I know that a lot of people are happy I\u2019ve come back.
My daughter told me to enter the country on the right foot, but I didn\u2019t pay attention to which foot I used.
I can\u2019t tell you things were bad for me there, and I can\u2019t say that if you\u2019d asked me these questions yesterday morning whether I would have given you the same answers.\u201d<\/FONT>
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I have no idea how he did it.
Yesterday in Athens I bought enough food for three weeks; I guess someone else will be eating that food.
My mother was very happy; she barely saw me during the last two years.
Honoring your father and mother is part of the morning prayer service.
I don\u2019t have a father, so I do everything I can to honor my mother.\u201d<\/FONT>
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I believe that with those players, with maybe a small change, it\u2019s possible to change something, to cook something up.
We\u2019ll try to make the changes in the best possible way, if they\u2019re necessary.
We\u2019ll know more about that within the next ten days or so.
It depends on the circumstances and on the financial situation.\u201d<\/FONT>
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Unfortunately, I didn\u2019t have time to see the game; but it\u2019s better I didn\u2019t see it.
After what I saw yesterday, if I can make some of the Maccabi fans happy at least in those moments, then I\u2019m happy to return their smiles.
I hope that the results of my return to Yad Eliyahu will be like the results from the last time.\u201d<\/FONT>
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