BEAUTIFUL, THEY ARE.-.- The Sonorans shone during the week of concentration that the Mexican basketball preselection held in the city of Hermosillo, and Diego Willis, Alejandro Reyna, Jorge Camacho and Bryan Ceballos advanced to the cut of 17 players made by coach Omar Quintero.
Those selected will leave this Tuesday for Poland for a European competition tour where they will also be joined by Francisco Cruz, the Nogalense and absolute international veteran with Mexico.
Likewise, Quintero himself pointed out the importance that the incorporation of Gustavo Ayón had for the youth of the national team last weekend in the capital of Sonora, contributing the veteran and experience of the former NBA and Most Valuable Player with Real Madrid in the final. of the Copa del Rey.
“It is important that players like Gustavo have come to the concentration, that these guys can have that friction with them. Pako Cruz, who comes from being the leading scorer in the Turkish League, will also join, and they cannot get that background anywhere else. “
Despite not having made the cut, the Nogalan coach highlighted the delivery of Jorge Moreno, the native of Cananea who, with Ceballos and Willis, forms the future of the Mexican team.
“The truth is that the young people earned it. They came here as one of us, we had high expectations. We didn’t really know how they were going to answer the call. They have an impressive future. That they have this experience and this blank is priceless. They are going to teach them how a professional player has to be and what they have to work on in order to reach the next level ”.
Juan Toscano, Paul Stoll and Alex Pérez complete the list of players who will join at some point on the European tour, players who, as Quintero pointed out, bring with them a different background and a hierarchy, so the rest of the selected players will have a win. again a place in the team of 12 players participating in the pre-Olympic to be played in Croatia from June 29 to July 4.
The list of those selected also stood out for the omission of the names of the international Jorge Gutiérrez and Gael Bonilla. Quintero mentioned that both players were called, but the Chihuahuan will not participate in this stage for personal reasons, and Bonilla is already committed to the Barcelona club, but they will have the doors open for future windows.
Thus the national team was armed with the best possible talent, whose goal is to qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time in its history.
“It is a nice challenge. Let’s go with everything, our goal is to improve, to build day by day, it is a completely new process, as seen in the list. If the process is respected, this team can give a lot to talk about in future tournaments and that is where we will begin to see our hand, already with results ”.
