{"id":28904,"date":"2009-07-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/maccabi-tel-aviv-inks-andrew-wisniewski\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:29:31","slug":"maccabi-tel-aviv-inks-andrew-wisniewski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/maccabi-tel-aviv-inks-andrew-wisniewski\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv Inks Andrew Wisniewski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\">By Amy Samin<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\"><o:p><br \/><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\">Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv signed American guard Andrew Wisniewski (28, 1.91 meters) to a one-year contract with an option for an additional year.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><br \/> <\/SPAN>Wisniewski, who goes by &#8220;the Wiz,&#8221; will wear jersey number 7.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\"><o:p><br \/><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\">Wisniewski, who can play both the 1 and 2 positions, loves a fast game and getting his teammates involved in the action.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><br \/> <\/SPAN>He has an excellent long shot and makes an impact on rebounds as well.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><br \/> <\/SPAN>Last season Wisniewski led <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:Street w:st=\"on\">Partak St.<\/st1:Street> Petersburg to the semi-finals in the Russian League championships, and averaged 14.4 points, 4.2 assists (fourth in the league), 3.6 rebounds, 1.4 steals and an impressive 60.5% shooting from the field, 42.5% from outside the arc, and 84.9% from the line.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\"><o:p><br \/><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\">Wisniewski, born and raised in <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:City w:st=\"on\">Staten Island<\/st1:City>, <st1:State w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:State><\/st1:place>, started his European career with the 2004\/05 season with Red Star Belgrade.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><br \/> <\/SPAN>In 2005\/06 he played for Telekom Baskets Bonn and finished his time with the team as the king of baskets in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Germany<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> with a 20.6 point average per game.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><br \/> <\/SPAN>He started the 2006\/07 season with Italian team Snaidero Udine, but played most of the season with Cibona Zagreb.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><br \/> <\/SPAN>His averages in the Euroleague were 11.9 points, 2.3 steals, and 1.7 assists per game and his percentages were once again impressive: 71% from two, and 50% from three.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><br \/> <\/SPAN>Wisniewski and Cibona won the Croatian championship.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\"><o:p><br \/><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\">In 2007\/08 Wisniewski moved to the Russian League and Ural Great.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><br \/> <\/SPAN>His averages there were 15.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists (fourth in the league).<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><br \/> <\/SPAN>The team reached the semi-finals of the playoffs in the Russian League and the quarterfinals of the Eurocup.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><br \/> <\/SPAN>Last year, he stayed in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Russia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> but switched to Partak St. Petersburg.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\"><o:p><br \/><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\">Wisniewski will be starting his sixth season playing in <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Europe<\/st1:place>, and he knows all aspects of the competition: Euroleague, Eurocup and the Adriatic League.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\"><o:p><br \/><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE\"><o:p><br \/><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: HE; mso-bidi-language: HE\"><A href=\"mailto:samintranslations@yahoo.com\">samintranslations@yahoo.com<\/A><\/SPAN><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guard Andrew Wisniewski, who just finished a season with Partak St. Petersburg, has signed a deal with Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv.  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