The president of the Dominican Basketball Federation indicated that, after the Dominican team change, clarity about his participation is up in the air.
Chris Duarte He is one of the basketball players who promoted Dominican Republic to qualify for the fourth FIBA Basketball World Cup in its history and one of the names that the country has in the NBA. It is for this reason that his participation in the World Cup event that brings together the world powers in the discipline was practically certain, however, the president of the Dominican Basketball Federation (FEDOMBAL), rafael uribedeclared that things are not clear with the native of Puerto Plata.
“It is good to clarify that Chris Duarte, due to his team change, which entails many things, there is a new ingredient that we do not know yet, but before the change, he was sure that he would“, said Uribe when questioned by the Dominican journalist, Frank Camilo.
What Uribe specifically refers to with the change of team is the transaction he made Indiana Pacerssquad that selected Duarte in the Draft of the NBA a few years ago, towards Sacramento Kingsafter a season in which he again faced injuries that limited him to just 46 games and a drop in performance.
Chris Duarte was the co-leader in scoring for the Dominican Republic. FIBA
The issue of injuries is what has limited the Dominican player selected in the first round of the draft the most, being able to play only 101 games during his two seasons in the NBA. For now he is averaging 10.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.
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A possible drop in Duarte would be a sensitive blow to the aspirations of Dominican Republic in the Basketball World Cup, a team that probably does not have its oldest player in the NBA, Al Horford (Boston Celtics), aunque Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves) has repeatedly expressed his interest in returning to uniform with the Caribbean team.
2023-07-22 07:39:50
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