Sergio Scariolo announced on Tuesday the list of thirteen players with whom the Spanish team will face the last classification window for the Eurobasket of this summer, for which it is already classified, and in which the presence of the eave of Real del Real Madrid Hugo Gonzálezwhich will debut with the national team.
The Italian coach has configured a call in which he has been able to include team players who play Euroleague such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, taking advantage of the fact that the maximum continental competition stops during this window in which the current European champion, already Classified, Latvia will be measured, in Riga, on Thursday, February 20 (18.30) and, in León (17.00), Belgium three days later. Two parties that will define how this group C is configured of the classification phase and before two rivals against which the national team was defeated in the first round.
The only new one in the Scariolo list is the young forward Hugo González, a member of the Golden Boys 2.0 program who is already having minutes at Real Madrid and who could have his debut with an absolute in which other young people like the pivot Izan follow Almansa (Perth Wildcats), Base Rafa Villar (Lleida) and the escort Mario Saint-Supery (Manresa), who already debuted in the previous window against Slovakia.
In addition, although for various reasons he could not summon a large nucleus of players of his usual block such as the Hernangómez brothers, the nationalized Lorenzo Brown, Alberto Díaz or Alex Abrines, for “different physical reasons in most cases,” Scariolo will have the escort Darío Brizuelawhich will act as Captain, and the Wing-Pive Joel Parra, of FC Barcelona, and that will give more experience to a team where the Valencia Basket Xabi López-Arostegui and Jaime Pradilla players are, also European champions three years ago in Berlin .
Santi Yusta (Zaragoza), hero in the previous window against Slovakia, Miquel Salvó (Gran Canaria), Rubén Guerrero (Granada), Josep Puerto (Valencia Basket), which also debuted in the last call, and Eric Vila (Breogán) completed a List in which, in addition, Jaime Fernández (Zaragoza), Guillem Ferrando (Basketball Girona) and Lucas Langarita (Oviedo Basketball) will be present as invited players in a concentration that starts on Monday, February 17 in Guadalajara.
Scariolo analyzed the importance of these two meetings that are presented to the National Team despite their zero classification relevance. «These commitments remain important in our evolution and in our work progression. We will work with a group in which we will continue giving minutes and experience to Young players who will be part of the Tomorrow’s team And we consider that they are an important heritage of our basketball, ”explained the Italian.
«The February window is always a critical moment for the selections because the players arrive with a large load of matches after the Copa del Rey. And on many occasions we have not had the availability of all the players we had contacted. In fact, in this call, there are a number of players with whom we had contacted and who finally do not come for different physical or personal reasons, ”said the coach.
Scariolo call for the last window for the Eurobasket
Bases: Rafa Villar and Mario Saint-Supery.
Escorts: Darío Brizuela.
Aleros: Xabi López-Arostegui, Eric Vila, Hugo González, Josep Puerto and Miquel saved.
Ala-Pivots: Santi Yusta, Jaime Pradilla and Joel Parra.
Pivots: Izan Almansa and Rubén Guerrero.
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