Spain nationalizes point guard Lorenzo Brown for the next Eurobasket

Spain signs Lorenzo Brown.

The American base has obtained the Spanish passport and may be summoned with the selection for his next appointments and with the Eurobasket from September 1 to 18 on the horizon.

The federation has made a move to cover an urgent vacancy.

The injuries to Ricky Rubio and Carlos Alocén, and the resignation of Sergio Rodríguez suddenly opened a hole in a key position, that of game director, with the European Championship just around the corner.

The chosen one has been this 1.96-meter point guard who will turn 32 five days before the continental tournament begins.

By then the idea of ​​the coach, Sergio Scariolo,

it is to count on him for the concentration that Spain will begin at the beginning of August and that will lead him to the Eurobasket after another round of qualifying windows (August 22-30) for the 2023 World Cup. Spain, without the figures of the NBA neither of Barça and Madrid, fell this Monday in this round of windows against Georgia by 82-76 and this Thursday they face Ukraine in Riga, a match postponed in February due to the war conflict.

Until the concentration in August, Scariolo will have time to draw up a list that will draw a Spain in transition, without the Gasol brothers, without Ricky, without Sergio Rodríguez... and surely with Lorenzo Brown.

game postponed in February due to the war.

Until the concentration in August, Scariolo will have time to draw up a list that will draw a Spain in transition, without the Gasol brothers, without Ricky, without Sergio Rodríguez... and surely with Lorenzo Brown.

game postponed in February due to the war.

Until the concentration in August, Scariolo will have time to draw up a list that will draw a Spain in transition, without the Gasol brothers, without Ricky, without Sergio Rodríguez... and surely with Lorenzo Brown.

The men's basketball team had not resorted to nationalizations since they captured Serge Ibaka in 2011. The Congolese center won the 2011 Eurobasket with Spain and was silver in the 2012 Games. His last service to the family was the 2014 World Cup (defeat in quarters), before the appearance of Nikola Mirotic opened the debate and forced a discard, since the regulations only allow recruiting a naturalized per tournament.

Between the pressure games of the NBA and the exchange of opinions about which card was better to play, Mirotic, of Montenegrin origin, won the gold in the 2015 Eurobasket and the bronze in the 2016 Games. There a parenthesis was closed, that of foreign signings, which now opens again with Lorenzo Brown.

Scariolo gets to know the new guy up close.

He directed it when he was part of the Toronto coaching staff in the 2017-18 season, the fourth season of the Georgia base in the NBA after Philadelphia, Minnesota and Phoenix, always with discreet numbers: 81 games played in total and 3.1 points , two rebounds and 1.6 assists per night in the regular season.

He then began a European tour in which after passing through Estrella Roja, Fenerbahçe and this last year by Unics, he will lead the next campaign to Maccabi.

From this traveler, beyond the statistics sheet, Scariolo values ​​his experience, the faith in an immediate performance and the physical strength that today any position on the court demands.

Most of the great teams have lined up with bases of almost two meters, great athletes, fast and strong,

and the coach needs a game director who fights in defense and at the same time generates and scores in attack.

In what he has in the basket, Scariolo does not doubt that there is talent, but he also observes little bodywork for the shock in some cases and little competitive maturity in others, two asterisks that have no reprieve in a competition like a European, a short tournament and that requires players made more than apprentices.

Without two life insurances like Ricky and Sergio Rodríguez,

Quino Colom, Guillem Vives, Alberto Díaz, Ferran Bassas and Dani Pérez have paraded through the

Lorenzo Brown, another express signing to gain muscle and flight hours for the Eurobasket, now joins the lineup of applicants.

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