{"id":502330,"date":"2018-07-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/johnny-obraynt-joins-maccabi-fox-tel-aviv\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:17:31","slug":"johnny-obraynt-joins-maccabi-fox-tel-aviv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/johnny-obraynt-joins-maccabi-fox-tel-aviv\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny O\u2019Braynt Joins Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv"},"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\/GX9HUVXIvo0\" 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<div style=\"direction: ltr;\"> \t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The 25 year old PF Johnny O\u2019Braynt has signed with Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv. Last season Johnny played in the NBA for the Charlotte Hornets where he averaged in 36 games 4.8P and 2.6R in 10.5 MPG. He had a season high of 16P in 19 minutes against the Sacramento Kings on the 2nd of January 2018.<\/p>\n<p> \tJohnny is a physical player who can play both in the 4&#038;5 positions, has a great post up game and can also score with his face to the basket. He\u2019s a great rebounder that can also make shots from distance and mid range. His dunks will definitely get everyone going at the Menora.<\/p>\n<p> \t\u201cJohnny is a great addition for our team\u201d said<strong> Coach Spahija <\/strong>to Maccabi\u2019s official website. \u201cHe has experience in the NBA and he will a key role in the roster. I hope that together with him we\u2019ll make another jump this season. He\u2019s a hard worker and a great man\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> \tAfter being drafted at number 36 in the 2014 draft, Johnny played for two years with the Milwaukee Bucks. Before moving to Charlotte, O\u2019Braynt also played for the Denver Nuggets and for the North Arizona Suns of the G-League where he averaged 18.4P and 8.8R giving him a spot in the All Star game.<\/p>\n<p> \tBorn in Cleveland Mississippi, Johnny O\u2019Braynt who\u2019s also known as JOB is a LSU alumni. In his senior year in the NCAA he averaged 15.4P and 7.7R. As a high school player Johnny was an All- American and he played for the USA youth team that has won the Americas Championship in 2009 and the world championship in 2010.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American forward (25, 2.06) who last played in the NBA has signed a one year deal with the yellows. Coach Spahija: \u201cA great addition for our team\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":502327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"custom_author":[],"class_list":["post-502330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-54"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502330","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=502330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502333,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502330\/revisions\/502333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502330"},{"taxonomy":"custom_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_author?post=502330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}