The Argentine basketball team began yesterday the preparation that he plans to carry out in Las Vegas for just over two weeks, before embarking on a trip to Tokyo where he will participate from July 23 in the Olympic Games.
Only nine players performed physical and ball movements at the Cox Pavilion, the stadium located on the campus of the University of Nevada, that connects with the Thomas & Mack Center of the aforementioned American city, headquarters of the preparation of the Argentine team.
Some of the basketball players who practiced under the supervision of coach Sergio Hernández and his assistants Gabriel Piccato and Maximiliano Seigorman they were Nicolás Laprovíttola (Real Madrid); Nicolás Brussino (Zaragoza); Máximo Fjellerup (San Lorenzo); Marcos Delía (Trieste); Leandro Bolmaro (Barcelona) and Patricio Garino (Zalgiris Kaunas), all from Buenos Aires and Europe.
The others who trained were those who reside in the United States such as Facundo Campazzo (Denver Nuggets), Luca Vildoza (New York Knicks) and Francisco Cáffaro (University of Virginia), as well as Pablo Prigioni, who joined this stage as a collaborator. assistant to the coaching staff, from which he develops a similar job in the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves
It was confirmed that today captain Luis Scola (Varese) will join the squad; forward Juan P. Vaulet (Manresa) and interns Tayavek Gallizzi (Córdoba Institute) and Lautaro Berra (Obras Basket).
Forward Gabriel Deck (Oklahoma City) awaits the negative of a second Coronavirus swab to obtain authorization that allows him to leave Argentina and travel to the United States.
The Argentine team, world runner-up in China 2019, has confirmed three friendlies in preparation. On Saturday, July 10, Hernández’s team will face Australia; on Monday the 12th they will face Nigeria and on Tuesday the 13th they will have as their rival the United States, the current three-time Olympic champion.
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