At the beginning of the last century, it was once a rich country with the fourth largest economy in the world, and as a result, it fell into a weak state for nearly a hundred years. Relying on the ancestral foundation, it took the last place at the G20 Summit, and its international influence declined. Today, most people only have sports, to be exact, football.
It's a pity that football seems to be no better. In the summer of 20 14, they can still compete with German luxury masters. In the next World Cup, they will be the classic cars that attack the strong and defend the weak. They were determined to upgrade in the Copa America, but they were completely defeated in the opening match of June 16, which made Messi very depressed.
Even so, basketball, one of the two gold medals in Athens Olympic Games, can hardly escape the curse of decline. Compared with football, the situation of basketball is obviously much more severe.
At the end of last century, the Argentine men's basketball team was on a par with China, relying on the appearance of stars such as Ginobili to forcibly raise the ceiling of the team, and at one time became a giant who reached the semi-finals of at least two consecutive World Cups and three Olympic Games. The fiasco of the Rio Olympic Games officially declared that Argentina has entered a long era of talent decline.
You can say that Argentina 12 beat the United States nine times in the qualifiers, and they will still rank in the top five in the world. But it is undeniable that these guys still have a long way to go from the talented and unconstrained "Golden Generation" in memories of youth, a fan of the 1980s and 1990s.
There is hope for the future, but not now.
To be fair, there are still some good young people born after 1995 in Argentina.
For example, Gabriel Decker, the most famous striker of Real Madrid, juan vaulet, who was selected by the Nets four years ago, Luca Dozza, a 23-year-old point guard from Bascan, Spain, and Leandro Bormaro, a post-00 small forward of Barcelona's second team,
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Cafaro's three brothers: the oldest Agustin cafaro is already a member of the national team; Second, center Francisco cafaro of NCAA University in Virginia is only 19 years old; And the second one, esteban, a 2-meter-tall small forward, just played the US Championship on behalf of U 16, and played very well.
If the main players of the national team are just trying to delay the decline of Argentine basketball, then these newcomers may undertake the mission of helping the team return to the peak.
None of them may even stand out in the NBA talent show, and there is no convincing youth championship result to prove that they deserve high attention from the outside world. However, several young players have experience in many leagues such as the Champions League and NCAA. The platform is big enough to hone for several years and the potential can be further tapped.
You know, Ginobili is not to mention, NoSioni, Oberto and Puri Ghioni, who were selected by the Spurs in advance, have all played in the Basque Country, which is a frequent visitor to the Champions League, and have gradually gained the favor of NBA teams.
So Argentine basketball is certainly promising, but not now.
Look at the main player of the Argentine national team at present: luis scola, a national treasure, is still the inside overlord with a white beard. He has devoted himself to Argentina, even came to CBA, and insisted on crossing the sea cucumber to increase some preliminaries. As long as the 39-year-old veteran stands on the court, he has fully explained the weakness and emptiness of Argentina's inside.
Facondo Campazzo, Nicola Brucino, Patricio Garinaraud, Nicolas Laprovittola, etc. Most of them have a low starting point.
Campazzo was most famous early in his career, but he didn't play in the Champions League giants Real Madrid until last season, when he was 27 years old. At present, it is reported that some NBA teams have expressed interest in him. As for whether he can land in the NBA, it is still unknown, but obviously, the basketball World Cup is likely to be a good stage for him to show himself.
The other three were invited by NBA teams, and Garinaud and Lapro were highly recommended by Ginobili to the management of the Spurs. As a result, they have not been able to gain a foothold, have returned to Europe, and have not played in the Champions League A-level license club.
As far as talent is concerned, they may not be as good as those younger generations.
Guess ‖ the structure is stable and go into battle lightly.
Argentines have always advocated winning glory for their country, and all players who have the strength to contribute to the national team have always appeared in international competitions as much as possible.
The strength of the "golden generation" for more than ten years is not only the embodiment of the superb competitive level of these famous houses, but also related to the precious quality of their motherland's honor first. Scola, a "living fossil", is the epitome of the "golden generation", and he set an example for Mesozoic people. In the Americas preliminaries, several major rotations of the Argentine men's basketball team participated in the competition. Campazzo, who is restricted by the official regulations of the Champions League, also played four games for the team during the offseason.
Although there is no official training list at present, referring to the lineup sent by Argentina in the world series in the past two years, as long as there are no accidents such as injuries, the lineup of "Pampas Eagle" can still be predicted to be close, and the only variable may be Marcos Mata's appointment.
The player, who has never even participated in the Copa America, performed well in the preliminaries and gained quite a lot of playing time. Head coach Hernandez likes him very much.
This time, Argentina, traveling light, will certainly achieve ideal results if it can break into the quarter-finals.
Dual-core drive: tough diamond+jumping elf
Argentina is still Scola's team. In the preliminaries, "Diamond" played 9 games, averaging 25.7 minutes, handing over the team's highest 16.7 points and 8. 1 rebounds, with a shooting percentage as high as 47.2%, and remained the soul of Argentina. During the 20 17-20 18 season, as a big foreign aid of CBA Shanxi Men's Basketball Team, at the age of 38, he responded to the query with the dominance data of 27.8+ 13.8. Although the data has shrunk since coming to Shanghai this year, Scola still makes fans gasp in admiration that this is an evergreen tree of basketball.
Scola is 2.08 meters tall, which is the standard height in the position of power forward, and there is nothing extraordinary. Considering this gentleman's general physical dynamic quality, he has never been a master of flying and hiding. If he can play professional basketball for 24 years, he must have a way to survive. As we all know, Scola's footwork under the basket is perfect and can be called textbook level. He makes good use of turning shots and scores points by using the time difference. Cunning, he can be as cool as a cucumber even in the face of tough guys in the NBA. During the rocket period, he scored 44 points 12 rebounds in 25 games, which exceeded Chairman Yao's single-game scoring record. Scola was 30 at that time.
In the NBA, the value of "diamond" is further amplified in the international arena. During his 17 national team career, he played 13 1 game, nearly 30 games more than Ginobili, during which he could contribute 18.5 points and 6.9 rebounds, winning many trophies for Argentina, including the Olympic champion. 20 10 Men's Basketball World Cup Many people think of Pau Gasol when they mention FIBA's God of War. Actually, Scola deserves a name. In any way, he is the second person in the history of Argentine basketball.
Campazzo only played four preliminaries, but he averaged 12.8 points, 7.8 assists and 3.2 steals, making him the king of assists and steals in America. As early as 20 16 Rio Olympic Games, Campazzo was already the hidden core of Argentina's backcourt. In the face of Brazil scoring 33 points, 1 1 assist 4 steals, Campazzo took over the game in double overtime. The 28-year-old point guard, whose actual height is less than 1.80 meters, currently plays for Real Madrid. In the Champions League semi-final that just ended last month, he set a new Champions League record by averaging 15 assists and 10.5 assists per game. In the 78 games that have ended this season, Campazzo averaged 9.6 points, 5.0 assists 1.4 steals. After winning the third place in the Champions League, Real Madrid also won the match point in the ACB League final.
Campazzo was widely regarded as the next generation leader of Argentine basketball seven years ago. He is the only post-90s national player in London Olympic Games and an important rotation in the team. It's a pity that he stayed in Penarol Club of domestic league for too long, and when he joined Real Madrid, he was almost 24 years old, and the prospect of NBA was even more out of the question. However, I believe that as long as the audience has watched the Argentine game, they will not deny Campazzo's personal ability. His vision, overall situation and players are excellent, and he has an indomitable anger, which can be regarded as inheriting the spiritual core of the "golden generation".
Appearance configuration: more than enough.
Nicolas Laprovittola is the Argentine player who has brought the biggest surprise to fans this year, even surpassing Campazzo. Lapro, who also focuses on point guard, was signed by the Spurs after the 20 16 Olympic Games, but his actual ability is far from the team's requirements. Throughout the 2065438-20 17 season, he only played 18 times, averaging 3.3 points. He was abandoned in the middle of the season and later joined Bascani, Spain. However, even in European teams, Lapro did not show any bright performance. He can only play more than 9 minutes in the Champions League, and the data is even worse than that of the Spurs.
Nicola Lavitola
So the outbreak of Lapro this season is really unexpected. After coming to this small club of Juventus, he became the scoring champion of ACB League in Spain, averaging 6.4 assists per game 17. 1 minute, with a real hit rate of 56.9%. The only thing he didn't do well was to make 4.7 mistakes. Lapro's outbreak is related to his personal progress, as well as his team's low level and low possession rate. In the Argentine national team, he is not enough to replace Campazzo's starting position, but judging from his performance in the preliminaries (1 1.5 points, 4.6 assists 1.5 steals), Lapro did improve a lot of goals.
Patricio Garinaud and Nicolas Brucino are two musketeers in the starting lineup. Similar to Lapro's experience, both of them have become passers-by in the NBA. Garinaud's career trajectory is slightly different from that of other Argentines. He played for George Washington University in NCAA for four years, during which he was selected as the best defensive team in the Atlantic League for three consecutive years and the best team for two times. Last season, Gary Naught began to travel to Europe, and he is moving away from his goal of establishing himself in the NBA. Like his predecessor, he chose Basque as his first stop. Compared with Lapro, Garinaraud plays better in this club. This season 18 minutes averaged 6.9 points 1.35 steals, and the three-point shooting rate was as high as 44.6%. This player is a standard 3D player, which is of great significance to the Argentine tactical system.
The handsome Brucino is a purer pitcher, and his strength is slightly inferior. After being rejected by the Lone Rangers and Eagles, Brucino signed a contract with Spain's Gran Canaria, a middle-class team that didn't even qualify for the Champions League. However, Brucino did not become the thigh or the main force in Gran Canaria, but still played the role of a substitute, which shows that he did not get much recognition. Brucino, who moved to Tenerife this season, played in the domestic league and FIBA Champions Cup with the team, averaging 7.2 points per game and shooting 4 1.3% from three-pointers.
It is worth mentioning that Brucino's performance in the national team is much better than that in the club, and Hernandez is willing to give him more opportunities and tolerance. In the preliminaries, his 12.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists proved that he was worthy of the trust of the coach. He and Gary naud, two shooters, added firepower to the attack of Pampas Eagle, which belongs to the X factor of the team.
Three young people, Redivo, Will Dozza and Dirk, theoretically have a better future than Mesozoic. They all play in Spain. In terms of club performance, Redivo is already the sixth person in Bilbao and has performed well in the European Cup. Born in 1996, Ville Dozza has gained a firm foothold in the Basque country, averaging 9. 1 3.8 assists10.06 steals in the Champions League, far exceeding Garinod and Lapro. If he is not young, he still has a chance to compete with Lapro for the number one backup point guard in Argentina. At present, Dirk is only the younger brother of Real Madrid. Last season, he shined brilliantly in the domestic team San Lorenzo, averaging 19.6 points in the honorary league. As a striker, Dirk is regarded by some media as the leader of the future Argentine men's basketball team.