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The past was so prosperous that the future cannot be anything other than vertigo. But the dreaded change of cycle in the national team is not new. A warning, trumpeted over and over again - since 2008, Pau has been 'fired', who has already been buried. The evidence shows that nothing will be as full as yesterday. Even this selection of

Sergio Scariolo

in recent years already had to resort to other 'things' (defense, tactical wisdom ...) to extend the fullness. That baggage and the irruption of the new generations is what Spanish basketball grasps that the transition is smoother.

There will no longer be any of the gold juniors, with

Pau Gasol

as the last vestige. Neither did Marc. And perhaps

Rudy, Sergio Rodríguez and Llull

have already played their last game with Spain. A

Ricky Rubio

cost him enough even to

go to the Games, but his age (30 years) and fusses with that shirt ( it

is impossible to overlook its 38 historical points against the USA Team), makes it

very likely to follow the basis of the controls. Reasons to continue believing? This Tuesday, in the moments of truth, the future was already on the track:

Willy Hernangómez, Usman Garuba, Abalde

...

"For me a cycle does not end, because the cycle has never finished evolving and continues to do so. Logically it is a moment of change,"

Garbajosa

reasoned

.

If there is one thing the Federation has endeavored to do, it is that those values ​​of La Familia, which can be summarized in commitment and competitiveness, be 'tattooed' to the new generations by those who made them a legend.

For this reason, that Pau, Marc or

Navarro, Felipe or Calderón

in their day

extended their careers with Spain was not just a tribute.

"Llull, Abrines, Abalde, the Hernangómez ... have had the privilege of learning how to compete, how to play for the national team," stressed the president.

The Windows

Added to this feeling of belonging is the technical work headed by Scariolo himself, even with the training categories. And, of course, proper names. Because, in full age there are still a good handful. Yesterday, for example,

Juancho Hernangómez

was in the rostrum

.

Pierre Oriola and Sebas Saiz

, two guarantee towers, stayed in the cuts. And Nikola Mirotic was absent from the appointment. Many of the Windows could have been in Tokyo as

Xabi López-Aróstegui

was urgently

(with the misfortune of injuring himself as soon as he arrived).

Darío Brizuela, Carlos Alocén, Sergi Martínez, Jaime Fernández, Alberto Díaz, Tyson Pérez

...

And even younger still but almost present, two names recently

drafted

, who will play in the NBA next season:

Usman Garuba and Santi Aldama

. Next summer, at the Eurobasket (Spain plays the first phase in Cologne), it may be the first time together of a couple that astonished in lower categories.

"We have to think about the future, in everything we have learned and in all the young people who have been hitting hard from the quarry. We still have a lot of war to give", challenged Willy, perhaps the most positive note in the personal thing that these Games leave . Despite starting the penultimate in the rotation, he managed, with humility, to become strong until he ended up displacing the Gasols. And wowing the NBA. "I do not think that what lies ahead is vertigo. It is illusion, desire and try to show that we have been smart and we have learned all those lessons well," he said after his 10 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks ...

"We are prepared, we have been working for years under my personal supervision in lower categories and in the B or Windows selection. The process has been underway for some time, with clear ideas on how to follow it," admitted Scariolo, who warned: "We will have to understand the new role, the new way of competing for the team, of playing. And it is a challenge for everyone. For those who will continue, for those who will enter, for us ... ".

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