After being named playoff MVP in May and helping the Ryukyu Golden Kings secure their fourth championship in the bj-league's 11th and final season, Evan Ravenel is taking his hoop talents to Israel.

Instead of remaining with Ryukyu during the inaugural B. League campaign, the 26-year-old post player will ply his craft for Maccabi Haifa in the Israeli League after recently finalizing a two-year deal with the team.

Ravenel joins a team that captured its first league title in the 2012-13 campaign and earned a runner-up finish in the finals the next season.