The guard appeared in just 8 games for the Israeli champs
Maccabi releases Saben Lee
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Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv announced on Saturday that it had released guard Saben Lee less than six weeks after he originally joined the club. He immediately re-signed with Manisa Basket, the Turkish club for which Lee had played earlier this season.
In eight games with Maccabi, Lee averaged 12.0 points, 2.5 assists and 1.2 steals over 19:21 minutes. His biggest highlight was making the game-winning jumper in a Round 7 victory over Real Madrid.
Lee’s place with Maccabi seemed in jeopardy after he was not used at all in the team’s road loss at EA7 Emporio Armani Milan on Thursday. After that game, head coach Oded Kattash discussed the situation.
"I am trying as much as possible despite the circumstances to build a way, to build a process. And the fact that [Lee] is not with us every day makes it very difficult. I have no complaints about him. This is what was agreed to with him. But it’s an impossible situation," Kattash said.