{"id":961683,"date":"2026-07-27T03:22:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/961683\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T03:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:22:40","slug":"international-notes-kleber-vildoza-lofton-cacok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/961683\/","title":{"rendered":"International Notes: Kleber, Vildoza, Lofton, Cacok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\">\n  By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/author\/rorymaher\" title=\"Posts by Rory Maher\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rory Maher<\/a> |<br \/>\n  at July 26, 2026 8:52 pm  <\/p>\n<p>Hapoel Tel Aviv is targeting <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/klebima01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-26_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maxi Kleber<\/a><\/strong> as the team looks to bolster its frontcourt, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.one.co.il\/Article\/529119.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Moshe Barda of Israeli outlet ONE<\/a> (story in Hebrew).<\/p>\n<p>Kleber, a 6\u201910\u201d forward\/center from Germany, has spent the last nine years in the NBA playing for the Mavericks and Lakers. The 34-year-old was a valuable role player in his prime, but injuries have sapped his athleticism and mobility and he has struggled with his outside shot the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/06\/free-agent-rumors-wade-watkins-kleber-bonga.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a> at the end of June that Kleber was \u201cactively\u201d exploring EuroLeague opportunities and was expected to continue his career overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s more from across the pond:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"longlis\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/v\/vildolu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-26_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luca Vildoza<\/a><\/strong>, who had a seven-game stint with Milwaukee in 2021\/22, has signed a two-year contract with KK Partizan, the Serbian EuroLeague team announced (link to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/partizan.basketball\/vesti\/aktuelno\/4228\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">press release<\/a>). The 6\u20193\u2033 point guard has played for a handful of EuroLeague teams since his brief tenure with the Bucks, suiting up for Crvena zvezda, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and \u2014 most recently \u2014 Virtus Bologna.<\/li>\n<li>Former NBA big man <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/loftoke01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-26_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kenneth Lofton Jr.<\/a><\/strong> has signed a contract with Hapoel Jerusalem in Israel, the team announced in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hapoel.co.il\/news?NewsId=75794\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">press release<\/a>. Lofton, who played for three different teams in his two seasons in the league, has spent the past two years in China with the Shanghai Sharks. He won the CBA\u2019s MVP award for the 2024\/25 season and the Sharks won the championship in \u201925\/26.<\/li>\n<li>Hapoel Jerusalem, which competes in the EuroCup and Israel\u2019s top domestic league, also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hapoel.co.il\/news?NewsId=74758\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed<\/a> ex-NBA forward\/center <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cacokde01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-26_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Devontae Cacok<\/a><\/strong> earlier this month, per the team. The 29-year-old, who spent parts of three seasons in the NBA from 2019-22, played in Spain last season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Rory Maher | at July 26, 2026 8:52 pm Hapoel Tel Aviv is targeting Maxi Kleber as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":961684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[386696,386697,386698,121575,1260,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-961683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-devontae-cacok","tag-kenneth-lofton","tag-luca-vildoza","tag-maxi-kleber","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116989797780142334","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}