{"id":542036,"date":"2026-08-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8081\/maccabi-signs-armando-bacot-jr\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:12:23","slug":"maccabi-signs-armando-bacot-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/maccabi-signs-armando-bacot-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Signs Armando Bacot Jr."},"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\/is5yXPtVTU4\" 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 dir=\"ltr\"> \t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv has signed Armando Bacot (2.08m \/ 6&#8217;10&#8221;, 26) for the next two seasons. Bacot, who played for Fenerbahce last season alongside Bonzie Colson, is a versatile American center known for his sharp off-ball movement, strong pick-and-roll play, and efficient finishing inside the paint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&#8220;Armando Bacot is a player we have been monitoring for a long time &#8211; a talented big man with high-level offensive skills&#8221;, said head coach Oded Kattash following the signing. &#8220;We are confident he still has plenty of room for growth, and we love that about him. He is an intelligent player who operates with a high basketball IQ. We are delighted to have him join us and look forward to getting to work together.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&#8220;I am really excited to join a historic organization like Maccabi Tel Aviv and to help win and keep improving&#8221;, Armando Bacot told the club&#8217;s official website after signing his contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ab20169.jpg\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\" class=\"wp-image-542034 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ab20169.jpg 980w, https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ab20169-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ab20169-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Armando Bacot Jr. was born on March 6, 2000, in Richmond, Virginia. He was a standout recruit in high school, earning offers from numerous top universities before choosing to play for North Carolina &#8211; one of college basketball&#8217;s most prestigious programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Bacot appeared in 50 games for Memphis&#8217;s NBA G League affiliate, averaging 16.8 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. Early last September, he was signed by Fenerbahce, winning the Turkish League championship, the Turkish Cup, and the Turkish Super Cup last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">In his debut EuroLeague season, Bacot saw limited action under head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius. In domestic league play, he averaged 17.5 minutes per game, recording 6 points and 3.7 rebounds. In EuroLeague competition, he averaged 10 minutes per game, producing 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American center (2.08m \/ 6&#8217;10&#8221;, 26), who played for Fenerbah?e last season, joins on a two-year deal: &#8220;Thrilled to join a historic organization.&#8221; Oded Kattash: &#8220;We&#8217;ve been tracking him for a long time &#8211; a talented big man with top-tier offensive capabilities&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":542033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"custom_author":[],"class_list":["post-542036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542036","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=542036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542039,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542036\/revisions\/542039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542036"},{"taxonomy":"custom_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_author?post=542036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}