A three-day visit became 17 seasonsSourced
He visited friends for three days.
Then signed to play basketball there.
American basketball player Barry Leibowitz stopped in Israel for a three-day visit with friends during a vacation. He unexpectedly signed with a local team instead of returning to the US and played 17 seasons in the Israeli league. He later named the sea, hummus and tahini among his reasons for staying.
A short detour
became a long career.
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