The Association of Professional and International Basketball Players like Dani Pérez attacks the process that will allow the American point guard to play the Eurobasket with Spain
Schism in Spanish basketball. The express nationalization of Lorenzo Brown, who will be able to play the next Eurobasket with Spain, has drawn criticism from the Association of Professional Basketball Players (ABP) and from international players such as Dani Pérez, BAXI Manresa base, who has on its social networks the process labeled “unfortunate, no, the following” that allows the American to place himself under the command of Sergio Scariolo. On the contrary, Jorge Garbajosa, president of the Spanish Basketball Federation, hastened to “welcome Lorenzo Brown to the Spanish basketball family” and has framed his inclusion in the “strategic line of expanding the base of players and talent” being carried out. by the federated entity to “raise the level” of the national team and “continue to take Spain’s name to the top of international competitions”.
«Lorenzo Brown (Roswell, United States, 1990) acquires Spanish nationality after expressing his desire to participate in the game of the national team, whose career he has admired in recent years. His arrival will provide an immediate solution to the loss due to injury of some of the most charismatic members of our team, a role that he will later expand as a team player, thanks to his versatility on the court.” a statement thanking the Higher Sports Council (CSD) for the steps taken to authorize the Council of Ministers for a very controversial procedure, given that the American had no roots whatsoever in Spain. “This temporary measure is in addition to the training work by the FEB to ensure generational changes,” adds the FEB.
A radically different view from that of the Association of Professional Basketball Players (ABP), which believes that Lorenzo Brown’s express nationalization conveys a “very damaging” message to Spanish players and “has a negative impact on both the present and the future”. “Is it credible that the current world champion team will not find Spanish players to compete with at the highest international level?”, they ask the association.
“For years, the ABP has systematically denounced the normalization of marriages of convenience and passports from other countries with the same system that the FEB and the CSD now use,” they explain from the union, who understands that such actions are “far from done.” to help, they energize the expectations of the players, alienate the fan and eliminate the sporting merit that allows one to dream of playing for the national team».
Despite being a true globetrotter, it should not be forgotten that Lorenzo Brown has never played for a Spanish League team. Chosen in 2013 for 52nd place in the NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, after training at North Carolina State University, he went through the ranks of the Philadelphia 76ers, the Phoenix Suns and several teams in the development league before moving to China where he played for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls and the Guangzhou Loong Lions. His last campaigns have been spent in Europe, where he integrated the Red Star (2019-2020), Fenerbahçe (2020-2021) and UNICS Kazan (2021-2022) rosters, before signing for Maccabi Tel-Aviv this summer.
Source: La Verdad
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