Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv is pleased to announce the signing of power-forward Jake Cohen (28, 2.10 meters) for another season. This will be Cohen’s fifth season after he has undoubtedly become one of the most identified players with yellow-blue in recent years.

Even before the playoffs this year, Jake Cohen wore the team’s uniform in 179 league and European games. In 33 regular season games Cohen played 17.1 minutes, during which he scored 7.5 points and grabbed 4.3 rebounds. The forward has a very impressive shooting percentage both behind the arc and from the line (44.9% 3pt, 87.7% ft).

In the quarterfinal Derby series, he averaged 15.3 points per game, more than any other Israeli player in the league playoffs. In the playoff efficiency index (15.4 points) Cohen was ranked 16th in the league and second in the Israeli league.

Cohen’s top two games of the season were against Maccabi Ashdod and Bnei Herzliya, when he scored 20 points in each one. His best Euroleague game of the this season was in February vs Darussafaka, then he finished with 9 points in less than 13 minutes on the court.

“I’m thrilled to be back to Maccabi, specially after my second championship back to back”, said Jake Cohen to maccabi.co.il. “Made some great memories here and I’m excited to make some more next year. It’s really special, not a lot of players are able to say that they have played for a club like that for such a long time. It really means the world to me, I don’t take it for granted”.

“I am very happy that we have re-signed Jake Cohen, because he is a very important player for us”, explained coach Giannis Sfairopoulos. “Jake is a very experienced player, this will be his fifth season at Maccabi. he is very experienced in the Israeli league, but also in the Euroleague. I know him from the years he played in the Greek league and since then I respect him a lot. I’m Glad that Maccabi has re-signed him”.