Elijah Bryant and Antonio Blakeney Close to New Deals as Hapoel Tel Aviv Plans for the Future

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Elijah Bryant Virtus Bologna - Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv Euroleague 2025/26 Round 15 Bologna, 12/12/2025 Foto S.Ponticelli / Ciamillo-Castoria

The Israeli team sits alone at the top of the EuroLeague standings with 12 wins in 16 games.

Hapoel Tel Aviv is already looking ahead to the future and appear to be close to locking up Elijah Bryant with a lucrative contract extension.

The guard’s current deal runs through June 2028, with an annual salary of about $2.8 million and an opt-out clause that can be exercised as early as next summer.

According to Noa Poplinger of Sport5.co.il, the Israeli club has made Bryant an offer that would keep him with the team through the end of the 2028/29 season, remove the exit clause, and include a significant salary increase.

At the same time, Antonio Blakeney is also in negotiations over a new contract. The talented scorer, who currently earns $1.4 million per season and is under contract through the end of the 2026/27 campaign, told The Sports Channel last night after the win over Red Star Belgrade — a game in which he scored five crucial points in the fourth quarter —: “As far as I’m concerned, I love Israel and I would like to stay. This place feels like home to me.”

Bryant and Blakeney are Hapoel Tel Aviv’s two leading scorers in the EuroLeague, averaging 15.4 and 13.5 points per game, respectively.

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