With the arrival of Jordan Sakho, UCAM is adding an extra cash to a preseason with many absentees. But for now, only he will arrive. Five more players continue to focus on their national teams and after friendlies and ‘FIBA windows’, the moment of truth has arrived for them. Radovic (Montenegro), McFadden (Georgia), Pustovyi (Ukraine) and Jelínek (Czech Republic) start today a Eurobasket that, at best for the interests of Sito Alonso’s men, they will not have in Murcia until almost mid-September , counting on their national teams who fail to make it through the first phase and have a few days off before starting a long season at UCAM.
The same goes for Sadiel Rojas, although the attacker will not start his journey in the AmeriCup with the Dominican Republic until Saturday.
The fact that Sakho is in Murcia for two days and has been training with UCAM since yesterday is due to the fact that the interior of the Democratic Republic of Congo (but with a player’s license trained locally in Spain) is the competition for the moment he country represents. Unlike the continental tournaments in Europe, America or Asia (which were played in July and with the participation of the oceanic teams), AfroBasket was already played last year and the next one will be in 2025.
In this way, Jordan Sakho can participate in the first friendly match of the UCAM Murcia CB of this preseason, tomorrow in Valencia against Gran Canaria and without television cameras. In addition to the homegrown players he considers appropriate, Sito Alonso can count on Trice, Bellas, Klavzar, Davis, Anderson, Luther, Diop and Sakho from his first team.
On Friday, September 9, at 7 p.m., the Murcian team will face Betis in the VII EncestaRías tournament, in the Galician city of Vilagarcía de Arousa.
Source: La Verdad
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