By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Starting a new double-game week in the 2025-26 EuroLeague Regular Season, Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv is dealing with a depleted roster.
The team coached by Oded Kattash is traveling to Greece on Monday to take on Olympiacos in the Peace and Friendship Stadium on Tuesday. Beyond the Round 23 fixture, Round 24 gets fellow Greek powerhouse, Panathinaikos Aktor, in Menora Mivtachim Arena on Thursday.
Lonnie Walker IV (shoulder) and Zach Hankins (ankle) remain on the injury report, with the addition of captain John DiBartolomeo due to a groin injury during Round 14 of Israel’s Winner League Regular Season opposite Hapoel Netanel Holon in Holon Toto Hall on Saturday. With Hankins expected to be sidelined for at least two more weeks and DiBartolomeo projected to miss two weeks, Walker is likely to return sooner, considered day-to-day.
Keenan Evans (leg) and Moustapha Fall (knee) are out for the Reds, with the former sidelined for the remainder of the season and the latter expected to return later in the ongoing continental and domestic schedules. Furthermore, Monte Morris (knee) could be back earlier than the initial timeline of three to four weeks set approximately ten days ago, as revealed by head coach Giorgos Bartzokas following a winning effort in Round 15 of Greece’s Stoiximan GBL Regular Season opposite Maroussi Chery on Saturday.
Entering the EuroLeague’s next two-game week, the remaining players of both teams are available. Olympiacos carries a 13-8 record, sitting seventh on the standings, the highest end of the Play-In Showdown zone. At 9-13, Maccabi is three games away from the postseason picture.