Impumelelo engalindelekanga yokukhethwa kwi-Eurobasket yokugqibela iye yatshintsha ubomi bamalungu ayo amaninzi. Amadoda afana no-Alberto Díaz (Málaga), uJaime Fernández (Tenerife) okanye uJaime Pradilla (iValencia) baye basuka ekungaziwayo ukuya kwindawo yoluntu ukuze basebenze njengamaqhawe kulo lonke uloyiso lwelizwekazi. Kodwa ayingabo kuphela abaziwayo abancinci abafumene i-endorphin rush. Abadlali abathathu abadlala kwi-NBA nabathathe inxaxheba kwi-feat (abazalwana bakaHernangómez kunye neGaruba), ababenexesha elinzima kakhulu kwiligi yaseMelika kunyaka ophelileyo, banqunyelwe ngokwamathuba kunye nokuzithemba kwabaqeqeshi babo abahlukeneyo, ngoku ijike yaba yilekese kumashishini abo. I-NBA, eqala uhlelo lwayo lwama-76 ngale ntsasa izayo, iphinda iqaqambe neSpain. Akungabazeki ukuba ilizwe lethu kunye ne-American League yabelana ngovakalelo olukhethekileyo ("Ndiye ndadlala amaxesha amaninzi ngokuchasene neqela laseSpain kwaye livelisa kuphela abadlali abanobukrelekrele obuninzi enkundleni", yaqaphela inkwenkwezi yeenkwenkwezi, LeBron James, ngo-2019). ISpain lilizwe lesithathu laseYurophu elizisa iimbaleki ezininzi kukhuphiswano ngeli xesha (6), kuphela emva kweFransi (11) kunye neJamani (7). Ukongeza, ngowesine ngokweentshatsheli, ezintathu (abazalwana bakaGasol kunye no-Ibaka). Nangona kunjalo, nangona ixesha elidlulileyo elizukileyo, apho i-DNI yaseSpain yayijongwe ngokulindelekileyo, isizukulwana sokugqibela sabadlali bebhola yomnyazi besizwe siye sabandezeleka kakhulu kwiminyaka yamuva. Kwiphulo lokugqibela, uWilly Hernangómez (iminyaka eyi-28) wabonwa ehluthwe lukhuphiswano oluphezulu kumdlalo wangaphakathi wePelicans kwaye wangena kwaye waphuma kwi-rotation veki nganye. Umntakwabo uJuancho (iminyaka eyi-27 ubudala) wayengenalo ithamsanqa kakhulu, owathi kunyaka ophelileyo wongeza kuphela imidlalo ye-40 edlalwa kumaqela ahlukeneyo (Celtics, Spurs kunye neJazz). Ngaphambi kokwakha neqela lesizwe, wachitha unyaka kunye neToronto Raptors ngenani eliphantsi (ngaphezu kwezigidi ezibini zee-euro). Kwaye u-Usman Garuba (iminyaka engama-20 ubudala), owafika e-United States kunyaka odlulileyo ngandlela-thile eluhlaza, wakhokelwa kwixesha elidlulileyo kwiligi yophuhliso, ukhuphiswano lwesatellite ukuqeqesha iiprojekthi ezincinci. Iimeko ezintathu ezinokuthi, emva kwezinto ezibonwe kwi-Eurobasket, zingatshintsha kwiinyanga ezizayo. "Kukho amaqela amaninzi e-NBA anomdla kum emva kwe-Eurobasket," uWilly wavuma ku-Efe xa efika e-United States. I-pivot iyonwabele imizuzu kwi-preseason kwaye iye yavuyiswa ngabalandeli bakaPelicans, abakhwaza "MVP" kuye ngexesha lemidlalo. Kuya kuba nzima ukuba ingaphakathi lifumane isikhundla esisisigxina kujikelezo lwaseNew Orleans, kodwa i-franchise yamjonga ngeprism eyahlukileyo ukusukela oko wabizwa ngokuba ngumdlali we-Eurobasket mjor. Iindaba eziyeleleneyo ibhola yomnyazi / iSpain, intshatsheli eqhelekileyo yaseYurophu Ewe Ukubhiyozelwa kokungenakwenzeka: iqela lesizwe libhiyozela isihloko salo nabantu UJosé Ignacio Fernández “Ungaze ubavumele bakuxelele ukuba akukho nto unokuyenza; hamba ngayo», I-Scariolo's harangue kwipati ye-WiZink Centre ukuba ukuba uqhubeka egcoba uya kumvumela ukuba aphucule imeko yakhe kwiligi ("Ndonwabile kakhulu naye. Ndicinga ukuba ngakumbi ekuqaleni kwesizini uya kufumana indlela yokujikeleza ”, ngokuqinisekileyo umqeqeshi wakhe uNick Nurse). UGaruba unokufumana indawo yakhe kwiRockets, iqela elongeza iminqweno emininzi yokuphumelela kunye nezicwangciso zokuphuhlisa izithembiso zayo, njengoko kunjalo ngeSpanishi. Ukongeza kuWilly, uJuancho kunye no-Usman, kuya kubakho abanye abadlali abathathu abamele iSpain. U-Ricky Rubio (iminyaka eyi-31 ubudala), ulinganisa umnqamlezo ophukileyo kwixesha elidlulileyo, uhlaziywe iminyaka emithathu kunye ne-18 yezigidi kunye neCleveland Cavaliers, umcebisi wakhe wezemidlalo nguJosé Manuel Calderón. Ukuba ukhangeleka ekwisimo esihle, iya kuba yenye yamanqaku okunduluka kweqela, elikwanyusa izinga emva kokutyikitywa kukaDonovan Mitchell. Kwakhona ukusuka kwisiseko, uSanti Aldama (iminyaka eyi-21) ejongene nexesha lesibini kunye neMemphis Grizzlies ukwandisa inxaxheba yakhe kwi-franchise (imizuzu eyi-11 yexesha elidlulileyo).
