And Aito Garcia Reneses is no longer a big fan of the FIBA windows, now that the players of the Basketball Girona that they will be called up with their selections, it is likely that they will be even less amused, although it can also be seen as recognition of his work with young players. The Madrid technician will only be able to count on four players from the squad for the next training sessions: Quino Colom, Pol Figueras, Kameron Taylor and Marc Gasol.
The other eight will travel with their national teams to compete in the qualifying matches for the 2023 World Cup. For the Spanish national team, Èric Vila will repeat, already called up for the past November windows, and the novelty of Jaume Sorolla stands out. Scariolo has given the Tortoise pivot a chance after his last good performances.
The other novelties are the presence of the two Argentines, Maxi Fjellerup and Pato Garino, with their selection, that of Jeremiah Hill with Cameroonhaving achieved dual citizenship as an American and a Cameroonian, and Hanzlík’s debut with the absolute selection of the Czech Republicafter their calls with the lower divisions.
Apart from Vila with Spain, too Dusan Miletic will repeat with Serbia and Roko Prkacin with Croatia. The young Balkan pearl has been called up to play two qualifying matches for the 2025 Eurobasket.
Among the four players who will not leave with their national teams, it will also have to be seen which of them Aíto will be able to count on, since Marc Gasol is suffering from an injury and in the case of Kameron Taylor he may have taken advantage of the stoppage to spend a few days in his country.
On the other hand, Colom and Figueras have not been selected by Scariolo even though they also had good numbers. The Andorran has contested several windows with Spain and was preselected for last year’s Eurobasket. Meanwhile, the player from Tarragona has made merit in the last matches to go with the absolute, and more so considering that Scariolo’s list is full of unusual faces, but for the base position the selector has preferred to have players already more consolidated in windows. Spain will face Italy and Iceland, two inconsequential duels for classification purposes because the absolute has already certified the classification for the World Cup in the commitments of November.
In the absence of official data from the other clubs, Basketball Girona will be one of the teams in theACB that more players will be called up with their selections.
