on july 10, 2018, wilbekin signed a two-year deal with israeli team maccabi tel aviv of the euroleague. on october 18, 2018, wilbekin scored a euroleague career-high 28 points, shooting 10-of-16 from the field, along with five assists and four rebounds in a 78–68 win over budućnost. two days later, wilbekin was named euroleague round 3 co-mvp, alongside rodrigue beaubois. on january 20, 2019, wilbekin recorded a season-high 36 points, shooting 7-of-15 from 3-point range, along with four assists and three steals in a 94–104 overtime loss to hapoel tel aviv. in the fourth quarter of that game, wilbekin scored an israeli league-record 25 points for a single quarter. on february 7, 2019, wilbekin recorded 17 points, including a game-winner shot with 4.4 seconds left in a 65–64 win over olympiacos.