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Will Rayman

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american-israeli basketball player who plays the power forward position for saint-quentin of the lnb pro a”. Today it says “israeli–american professional basketball player for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli basketball premier league a”.
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William Henry Rayman (ויל ריימן; born April 1, 1997) is an American-Israeli basketball player who plays the power forward position for Saint-Quentin of the LNB Pro A , on loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv .1 He played college basketball for Colgate , for whom in his senior year he was Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and All-Patriot League First Team.

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american-israeli basketball player who plays the power forward position for saint-quentin of the lnb pro a”. Today it says “israeli–american professional basketball player for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli basketball premier league a”. Read the current article and compare.
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american-israeli basketball player who plays the power forward position for saint-quentin of the lnb pro a

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israeli–american professional basketball player for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli basketball premier league a

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