August 04, 2025
Jeff Dowtin Jr. is leaving the Sixers and heading overseas, as Marc Stein reported Monday morning that the 28-year-old guard is following fellow 2024-25 Sixers guard Lonnie Walker IV and joining Maccabi Tel Aviv:
Jeff Dowtin Jr., who shot 40% from 3-point range last season for Philadelphia, is signing a two-year deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the EuroLeague, his agent Bill Neff tells me.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) August 4, 2025
Dowtin is Maccabi’s new PG and the second Sixer to join them this summer alongside Lonnie Walker IV. pic.twitter.com/lmHUbZsuIH
Dowtin, 28, joined the Sixers on a two-way contract near the end of the 2023-24 campaign. His time playing for new Sixers head coach Nick Nurse in the Toronto Raptors organization had earned Dowtin a fan, and Nurse advocated for him to be brought to Philadelphia.
Dowtin returned on another two-way deal the following summer, and in a miserable, injury-riddled season, the Rhode Island product took pride in the fact that he was healthy all year long, always available from a physical perspective. Because of the terms of his two-way deal, Dowtin could only be truly available on 50 occasions, and the Sixers used every one of those games as they fought their way through the final months of a nightmarish campaign.
There is little doubt that Dowtin is a good enough player to be on a two-way deal in the NBA, but he could never quite prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was worth more than that. Now that his two-way eligibility has run out, a move overseas appeared to be the likeliest pivot for Dowtin.
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