{"id":497723,"date":"2013-10-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/david-blu-undergoes-physical-cant-wait-to-get-on-the-court\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:54:01","slug":"david-blu-undergoes-physical-cant-wait-to-get-on-the-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/david-blu-undergoes-physical-cant-wait-to-get-on-the-court\/","title":{"rendered":"David Blu Undergoes Physical: &#8220;Can&#8217;t wait to get on the court.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-video-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CxO9lZlDHdk\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">By Amy Samin<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Forward David Blu, who will be evaluated by Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv in the coming weeks, underwent a fitness test today (Sunday) at the Medix Institute at Hadar Yosef under the watchful eyes of fitness coach Avi Kowalski and his assistant Regev Fanan.\u00a0 Later he was given a physical by team physician Dr. Guy Morag, and is expected to take part in his first practice with the 2013-14 model of the team this evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&#8220;The test results show that I am in pretty good shape,&#8221; said Blu. &#8220;It&#8217;s necessary, and it&#8217;s\u00a0 nice for me to know where I stand. The most important thing was to see that I passed the tests, and now I need to get out on the court tonight at practice and see how I fit in. With all due respect for this fitness exam, the real test will be to play strong defense, to make shots, and to take rebounds.&#8221; When asked about the reaction he has gotten to his return, Blu said, &#8220;Everyone in Maccabi supports me. I played here for six years and everyone is behind me &#8211; the fans, the management, and the professional staff.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&#8220;The other players don&#8217;t need to worry, because they will be my teammates and will benefit if I am in good shape and can contribute to the team. As far as other teams go, the Euroleague and the Israeli League are tough leagues, and I hope to be at my best.&#8221; When asked if he had spoken yet to David Blatt, head coach of Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv, Blu replied, &#8220;We spoke for the first time this morning, before the fitness test. He welcomed me, wished me luck, and we&#8217;ll probably sit and talk before tonight&#8217;s practice.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Blu, who will be evaluated by Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv in the coming weeks, underwent a fitness test and physical today (Sunday) at the Medix Institute at Hadar Yosef.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"custom_author":[],"class_list":["post-497723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-54"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497725,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497723\/revisions\/497725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497723"},{"taxonomy":"custom_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_author?post=497723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}