Report: Jeff Dowtin Jr. signing two-year deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv

The 28-year-old Dowtin marks another player from last year’s Sixers roster heading overseas.

As the final pieces of this summer’s NBA free agency continue to fall into place, we receive reporting from NBA correspondent Marc Stein that another member of the 2024-25 Philadelphia 76ers will be heading overseas to ply his trade for the upcoming season, with Jeff Dowtin Jr. joining Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Stein would later amend that Dowtin is actually the third member of the 2024-25 Sixers to join Maccabi Tel Aviv, adding Oshae Brissett to the list. So if you were looking for a side to root for in EuroLeague during the upcoming year, there’s your club.

Following a previous season in Toronto during Nick Nurse’s tenure there, Dowtin appeared in a total of 53 games across the past two seasons for Philadelphia. He took the floor 41 times for the Sixers last season (three starts), averaging 7.0 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.9 assists. It reached the point where Dowtin was running into the 50-game limit for being active at the NBA level for two-way contract players. His highlight was probably a season-high 30-point effort in the penultimate game of the season against Washington.

Dowtin was dominant in the G League and proved capable of being a contributor as a deep reserve at the NBA level. However, he has now recorded four years of NBA experience and is no longer eligible for a two-way contract. At 28 years old, the ceiling is pretty well-known and teams aren’t inclined to spend a regular roster spot on someone fitting Dowtin’s profile, especially in the current salary cap environment where even some solid veterans are getting shoehorned into minimum deals.

Thanks for the memories, Jeff. Best of luck in Israel.