Spain's first list for the Eurobasket: five world champions and Lorenzo Brown

• Basketball Spain led by Juan Núñez, champion of Europe sub-20

• Basketball Spain nationalizes Lorenzo Brown, who will play the next Eurobasket

Sergio Scariolo

already has his first list for the

A generous list, with 22 players, to face the summer of the great transition in the Spanish men's basketball team.

Five world champions are mixed there (Rudy Fernández, Sergio Llull, the Hernángómez brothers, Quino Colom) and three rookies: Juan Núñez and Héctor Alderete, invited as a prize for their gold in the European sub 20, and Lorenzo Brown.

The American, who coincided with Scariolo in the

It is the solution that the Federation has found to cover casualties in the point guard position, where they cannot count on Ricky Rubio or Carlos Alocén, injured, nor Sergio Rodríguez, already retired from the national team.

Brown, a player with three years of experience in Europe and four remaining seasons in the NBA, received Spanish nationality by naturalization letter this month.

Among the skeptical voices with this movement, Rudy Fernández, team captain, stood out.

His 'signing' is expected to help the Spanish team in a Eurobasket with an uncertain prognosis, as

.

"We know the difficulty of the moment. The generational change we are in is a great challenge. The values ​​of the team do not change,

", Said the Italian coach.

Six players from the

although the presence of Usman Garuba and Alberto Abalde will depend on the evolution of their injuries. And Juancho returns, who had to return from Japan because the Minnesota Timberwolves were going to transfer him. His situation this summer is no more stable: he has just signed a non-guaranteed contract with the Raptors and will have to earn a place in the preseason.

López-Arostegui or Sebas Saiz, pillars of "Spain of the windows", and Joel Parra,

Last season, Yankuba Sima or Jaime Pradilla.

Meanwhile, Núñez or Alderete appear, who will not be on the final list but represent that new future that the team is looking for.

Summer double date

Spain will concentrate

to prepare for a well-charged summer.

The tightening of the FIBA ​​calendar will make the teams link the qualifying matches for the 2023 World Cup with the 2022 Eurobasket.

The preparation tour will be very short this summer: only four friendlies with a double match against Greece (in Athens on the 9 August, in Madrid on the 11th) and Lithuania (in Gran Canaria on the 16th and Vilnius on the 18th).

Then a crack.

Spain will close August with two qualifying matches for the 2023 World Cup: on August 24 in Pamplona against Iceland in Pamplona and on the 27th in the Netherlands.

These are the first matches of the second phase, where the team is tied for first place with three wins from the previous round.

And then the 2022 Eurobasket, which will be held from September 1 to 18 in four countries: Germany, Georgia, Italy and the Czech Republic.

The Spanish team, bronze in 2017, was drawn in group A along with Turkey, Montenegro, Belgium, Georgia and Bulgaria.

The top four will advance to the round of 16.

Spain should have no problem getting through the first phase.

The unknown in this summer of transition will open up at the crossroads, where for so many years there were certainties.

Alberto Abalde (Real Madrid)

Héctor Alderete (Movistar Estudiantes)

Jonathan Barreiro (Unicaja Basketball)

Darío Brizuela (Unicaja Basketball)

Lorenzo Brown (Maccabi)

Quino Colom (Basket Girona)

Alberto Díaz (Unicaja Basketball)

Jaime Fernández (Lenovo Tenerife)

Rudy Fernandez (Real Madrid)

Usman Garuba (Houston Rockets)

Fran Guerra (Lenovo Tenerife)

Juancho Hernangómez (Toronto Raptors)

Willy Hernangómez (New Orleans Pelicans)

Sergio Llull (Real Madrid)

Xabi López-Arostegui (Valencia Basket)

Juan Núñez (Real Madrid)

Joel Parra (Joventut)

Jaime Pradilla (Valencia Basket)

Sebas Saiz (Alvark Tokyo)

Miquel Salvó (Gran Canaria)

Yankuba Sima

Santi Yusta (Casademont Zaragoza)

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