Sherwood Brown Cut By Maccabi Haifa

Courtesy of Linwood Ferguson

Sherwood Brown, after signing with Maccabi Haifa in July, was cut by the defending Israeli Winner League Champions. This came after Haifa choose not to register Brown for the Winner League and benched him for their Euro Cup games.

As outlined in this previous article, his non registration and now release was the culmination of many factors. These include roster restrictions that put foreign players at a disadvantage.

It was rumored back in September that Haifa coach Danny Franco wanted to cut Brown but nothing came of it until now. After Brown's senior season at FGCU, in which he led the team in rebounding and scoring, he worked out with many NBA teams including the Houston Rockets and Memphis Grizzlies.

In Haifa's NBA tour, Brown scored eight points against the Suns, was benched against the Pistons, and ended with two points against the Grizzlies and familiar foe Jamaal Franklin.

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