Instead of showing videos of only his weaknesses from 2 years ago then saying that they are all you need to know, I went and compiled his actual stats in the last couple months from Maccabi's website. Then I went to their YouTube page and got the highlight videos.
Bender is jersey #3
vs Ironi Nahariya on 4/18
11 Min, 1 pt, 1 board, 1 assist (first game back from injury. I don't even think he's in this video other than just being open in the background, but I feel it's important for fairness to include it.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWrEHLAZwWEvs Haifa - 4/3
13 min, 5 points, 2 boards, 1/2 from 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xXD8nCG9J0vs Ashdod - 3/28
19 min, 13 points, 1/3 from 3, 4 boards, 1 st, 2 assists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W7R-i88zqc - he has a nice shot around 2:00 in this one, then gets taken off the dribble, then has a nice assist on a fast break.
vs Jerusalem - 3/21
23 min, 11 points, 3/5 from 3, 5 boards, 1 steal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqaqcHETDDMGreat post defense around 1:30, but gets taken off the dribble around 2:30. He has good team defense/positioning in the rest of the clips. His main weakness on D I am seeing is against the drive.
vs Nes Ziona - 3/13
12 min, 7 pts, 1/2 from 3, 4 boards, 1 steal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8_xWDy0kpQAwesome shot around the 1 minute mark with a hand in his face on a broken play
vs Tel Aviv
13 min, 4 points, 0/2 from 3, 6 boards, 2 steals
Game seems to be missing?
vs Eliat
22 min, 11 pts, 2/6 from 3, 5 boards, 1 steal, 2 assists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Eg9UyJfB0So after watching these, I think he could come in and be kind of a role player the first year, but he has the potential to be good. The main concern for me is that he is not a power forward or center, he is almost certainly a wing. However, it seems like he can be taken off the dribble. The good news is that I don't think it's because of a lack of lateral quickness, but because he is 17 or 18 in most of these videos and is just kind of green.
Also, his rebounding no longer seems like a weakness. He was boxed out a couple times, but he has very respectable #s overall.