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Garbajosa: “This team transcends what a basketball team is”

Archive – The president of the FEB, Jorge Garbajosa – Oscar J. Barroso / AFP7 / Europa Press – File

MADRID, Sep. 14 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The president of the Spanish Basketball Federation, Jorge Garbajosa, acknowledged on Wednesday that “no one believes” in the chances of the Spanish team in the Eurobasket as much “as they do” because of “the heart” they have and assured that, for him, “transcends what a basketball team is.”

“I am convinced that in the semifinal Spain is going to stop, and that is because this team transcends what a basketball team is. Nobody believes in them like themselves. The potential, the heart that this team has. We can talk of tactical variants and a thousand things, but without the heart of the ‘capi’ and of all the others, what we are experiencing would be impossible,” he assured in a huddle with the press in Berlin (Germany).

Jorge Garbajosa qualifies the national team as one of the “most beloved teams in history” in Spain for what it transmits. “Yesterday someone told me that one of those phrases that move you is how nice it is to see how we make people happy, and I think that’s what inspires this team and what has been inspiring for twenty-odd years, which was inherited from a generation and that has been passed down from generation to generation,” he said.

“We faced a very complicated semifinal, but after the game, seeing the press conference and what I was able to talk to them about, they told you that there are two left, to play a final or for a third and fourth place,” said the former player, who got four medals (one gold, two silver and one bronze) at the Eurobasket.

Garbajosa wants it to be “hopefully a European Championship final”, because “it was a team that for a short time generated many doubts, but they themselves have come up against those doubts”. “It makes me very excited,” he added.

The president of the FEB wanted to send a message of calm about the future of Sergio Scariolo, assuring that “there is no doubt about his continuity”. “He has a contract until 2024, but above all a commitment. This year was complicated. After Pau (Gasol), Marc (Gasol), Ricky (Rubio), there could have been doubts,” he said.

“We want him to be here yes or yes. We have a good relationship with Virtus Bologna and there is no problem. He is the leader of this team,” Garbajosa said. The former player says he knows Saciolo “since prehistory”. “We don’t even need to talk. He has always maintained a hierarchy to have a united and competitive group. It was said ‘this team trains itself’ and making a team in 10 days is very difficult,” he said.

The man from Madrid also wanted to remember those absent in this final phase, but who have been part of the process. “Apart from these 12 players, the staff, the federation personnel, I remember a lot about the players who are not here, some due to injury and others due to discards,” he commented.

“Only 12 fit but they deserve to be here, I’m talking about Fran (Guerra), Quino (Colom), Yankuba (Sima) and many players, Alberto Abalde, who made a huge effort knowing that it was almost impossible for him to arrive and wanted to try , about Sergi Llull, who I spoke with him yesterday, and about all of Spanish basketball,” he said.

The president of the FEB valued “the clubs, the regional federations or the training coaches”, because for “the jewel in the crown” to shine, a very important base work is needed so that the players develop and return “to excite everyone”.

Source: Europa Press

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