2023-09-04 15:23:03
Spain has fallen in the World Cup. The National Team, led by Sergio Scariolo, has been eliminated in the second round after two consecutive defeats against Latvia and against Canada, which makes it even more difficult for the 2019 champion and also the 2022 Eurobasket champion to be in the Olympic Games of Paris next year.
And now, once the national team is eliminated, the ‘zascas’ have not been long in arriving. The darts. The sticks. The critics. The toughest, that of Hakan Demir, coach of Iran.
“A player makes a big difference. Last year Spain won the Eurobasket for nationalizing a point guard. Now they don’t have it, and it seems that they no longer have that sharpness…”, he affirms.
He forgets the absence of Ricky Rubio
The point guard he is talking about is Lorenzo Brown, although he forgets the more than sensitive loss of Ricky Rubio, who said ‘no’ to the World Cup for mental health reasons.
In this sense, the Iran coach considers that these practices of nationalizing players should be “prohibited”.
“It’s a FIBA decision. Surely many coaches complain about this situation, but they can make the decision not to accept this. That’s over,” he says.
And he continues: “Nationalizing a player is hiding the problems of a country. You have to work on it, talk about it and do something.”
And Paris 2024…
Spain, after losing to Canada, says goodbye to the World Cup and will have to face the pre-Olympic to be in Paris 2024. There are many coconuts… and the road can be arduous.
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