The Cordoba Pablo Prigioni, who is Minnesota’s assistant in the NBA, will join the preparation of the Argentine preselection on the 27th of this month, which will be in Las Vegas.
“I am very grateful and happy with the possibility of being with Sergio (Hernández), his staff and the team during the preparation for the Games. It gives me the chance to be close to FIBA basketball again after three years only NBA and refresh different concepts to which I am used in recent times, “said Prigioni.
He also referred to the importance of being close to Bolmaro.
“Knowing Leo even more after we selected him in last year’s draft is also a very important point for me personally and as a representative of the Timberwolves,” he added.
There will be the start of the preliminary to Tokyo, a stage in which the former player of the National Team and now coach would accompany, in principle.
Prigioni with Campazzo, when they crossed Denver-Minnesota.
After considering various options, taking into account this context of a pandemic, the decision was made to accept the invitation from USA Basketball.
The national delegation will travel on the 26th to work there until the 16th.
Those chosen by Oveja
On the 17th he will fly to Japan to enter the Olympic village on the 18th to do the final part of the qualifying round until the debut, on the 26th, against the winner of the Pre-Olympic to be held in Kaunas (Lithuania).
On the 29th he will face Spain, in the reissue of the World Cup final two years ago, and will close the first phase on August 1 against Julio Lamas’ Japan.
In Las Vegas, Argentina will play four friendlies against three rivals: the United States, Australia and Nigeria.
The bad new
Melisa Gretter and Agostina Burani, players of the Argentine women’s team, tested positive for coronavirus according to the results of the tests that the Argentine delegation took upon arrival in Puerto Rico, where the AmeriCup will play.
Captain Gretter and Sub-captain Burani are the first positive tests for COVID-19 for the Argentine team in a month and a half, two days before the debut in the tournament against the Dominican Republic (on Friday at 4:00 p.m.).
After the swabs decreed by FIBA when arriving at the Hotel Verdanza de San Juan, the positives of Gretter and Burani were known, which also affects their roommates, Andrea Boquete and Macarena Rosset, considered close contact.
Both players will take two more retests, according to the tournament protocols. (CAB press).
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