The elimination of the Spanish team of Eurobasket will allow Pedro Martínez to count With almost the entire template available earlier than expected in the preseasonsince the nine players who are already training in La Fonteta will immediately add Sergio de Larrea, López-Arostegui, Josep Puerto, Jaime Pradilla and Jankuba Sima.
With them there is already the return of a Darius Thompson that continues in the Eurobasket with Italy, Taronja coach will have 14 players (Ethan Happ is still not available and with his future without deciding) in the next few days, although he stops complicated that they can play in Sunday's game in Yecla, where Valencia Basket will play its first pre -season friendly against UCAM Murcia.
At the moment, The five Spanish internationals travel to Valencia this Friday And, as he did with the previous international of other selections, the idea is that they have a rest day on Saturday, in the previous game against UCAM. From there, it is not ruled out that they can travel to Yecla, but without having made any training with the group, most likely they join the group on Monday.
Ready for the second friendly
They could be available to the Second friendly preseason, scheduled for Wednesday, September 10 against Casademont Zaragoza in the fifth edition of the Pepe Lanzuela Memorial in Teruel, at 6:00 p.m.
It would be the only game of the week, since the next against Hípos Lleida on Sunday in Salou had to be suspended, without an alternative match.
Italy-eslovenia earrings
Darius Thompson is the only player to return to València from among those who were with his selections, since Italy qualified for the round of 16 as the first of the group. The new taronja signing It will be measured on Sunday (17:30) to the Slovenia de Luka Doncic, in a match that could further delay its incorporation into the taronja preseason or accelerate it to be with its new companions next week.
