From this week on, Sito Alonso can count on his full squad and on the two friendlies left before the start of the ACB
The Eurobasket and the AmeriCup finished ahead of UCAM CB Murcia. All the international players of the Murcian team have completed their participation in the national team tournaments and today they participate in the pre-season training sessions of the team led by Sito Alonso, who has already recovered Jordan Sakho, an international of the Democratic Republic, the from Congo the week before, but which had no more engagement than the ‘FIBA windows’ of qualifying for the 2023 World Cup, days before the continental championships.
This means UCAM is adding almost half a team to its pre-season in one fell swoop with just two weeks and three days to go before its debut in the official league, scheduled for September 29 in the Endesa League, and less than a week later, on September 4. October in the Champions League. McFadden, Rojas, Jelínek, Radovic and Pustovyi will join their team-mates more or less immediately and will be able to play the last two preparatory friendly matches that UCAM has left, first tomorrow in Lleida against Baskonia (8:00 pm) and then Saturday in Puertollano (Ciudad Real) against Real Madrid (7:30 PM). UCAM continues to look for a final prep match to play in San Javier or Yecla, but for now they remain unmatched.
For example, after three friendlies (a win in extra time against Gran Canaria and two clear defeats against a more experienced Betis and the German EWE Baskets), there are only two matches in which Sito Alonso’s ‘staff’ with your whole team. And for the former, there’s little that can be explored as some players were able to arrive with just one training session.
Sadiel Rojas is the one who has gone the farthest with his team, started last… and the one who has played the fewest games. Circumstance created by the fact that the AmeriCup is contested by only twelve teams, half that of the Eurobasket.
Thus, just two days after McFadden and his Georgia were knocked out in the first round last Wednesday and after having played five games, the Dominican Republic fell in the quarterfinals of the American tournament against Brazil on Friday. In the round of 16, Montenegro of Radovic, Ukraine of Pustovyi and the Czech Republic said goodbye to the Greece of Giannis Antetokounmpo and former UCAM player Giannoulis Larentzakis. They are all available now.
Source: La Verdad
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