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2010 WC absentees

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ESP – Pau Gasol looking doubtful for Turkey

LOS ANGELES (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Pau Gasol has dropped his strongest hint yet that he’ll take this summer off and not play for Spain at the FIBA World Championship in Turkey.

The seven-footer was the most valuable player at the 2006 FIBA World Championship and at least year’s EuroBasket in Poland, with Spain winning gold medals at each event.

In an article in the El Mundo newspaper in Spain, the Los Angeles Lakers star said: "To play for the national team gives me great enthusiasm and a lot of pride.

“It's a luxury to be able to share that joy with the team we have. It's something I have enjoyed for many years and I hope I can enjoy it a few more times although this summer it's going to be complicated.

“It's clear that with the comments I have made so far, one should know where my decision is heading. You don't need to be an expert to decipher codes.”

Gasol sat out the early part of the NBA season because of right hamstring injury and then missed time at the start of 2010 with a left hamstring problem.

Since returning to America for this season, he has indicated that at some point, a player needs to take a break and that could come this year.

“My dream is to win many rings with the Lakers and to win gold at the 2012 Olympics in London,” he said.

“I continue to do what I enjoy, which is to play basketball and be efficient and go to bed calm.

“This is my personality.”

The last time that Gasol did not play for Spain was at EuroBasket 2005 in Belgrade and Spain had a solid tournament.

They reached the Semi-Finals but then lost to Dirk Nowitzki’s Germany.

France blew out Spain in the bronze-medal game.

At that tournament, one of the positive developments was the play of Fran Vazquez, the player who on Sunday was voted MVP of the Copa del Rey after leading Barcelona to the title.

Vazquez was in the Spain squad for the 2006 FIBA World Championship but withdrew with a back injury, and that opened the door for Pepu Hernandez to add Gasol’s younger brother, Marc, to the team.

While Vazquez hasn’t represented Spain since 2005, he could return for this year’s tournament in Turkey and play alongside Marc Gasol if Pau doesn’t play.
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http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/38708/arti.html
 
Parker: I might not play this summer

"I think it's finally catching up with me a little bit," Parker said before Wednesday's practice. "What it tells me is I'm going to have to make decisions about my priorities. At the end of the season, I'm definitely going to sit down and look at what happened this year, and make sure it doesn't happen again."

"I still want to play, because I still want to go to the Olympics (in 2012)," said Parker, who turns 28 in May. "But after (age) 30, it gets tough. I think what happened this year is going to affect my decision."
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http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/2010/03/parker-i-might.html
 
LBJ prob won't play because of free agency, but I don't think Kobe's going to play this summer either because of his recent injuries.
 
pohani komarac said:
http://www.kosarka.hr/main.asp?dir=news&newsid=32984

so Ginobili oficialy saying no?

:(:mad:
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Is anyone really surprised? Spurs gave him that huge extension pretty quickly which was meant to close the door on Turkey.

Anyways, I'm glad this happened. Tired of hearing about Ginoboli and how he represents all of Argentina NT. Maybe they'll start actually developing other players than continuing with the same old players.
 
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Franz said:
Is anyone really surprised? Spurs gave him that huge extension pretty quickly which was meant to close the door on Turkey.
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I can't read the article, obviously, so I'll wait until I see something from Argentina before I say I'm surprised. :D
Anyways, I'm glad this happened. Tired of hearing about Ginoboli and how he represents all of Argentina NT. Maybe they'll start actually developing other players than continuing with the same old players.
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I understand Franz, but their same old players are pretty good!!
 
He's using the family excuse of course as a way to support his position. But everyone knows that Spurs and Ginobili agreed to terms about not playing in Turkey before contract was signed. If they didn't, the contract would have been postponed till summer.
 
mvblair said:
I can't read the article, obviously, so I'll wait until I see something from Argentina before I say I'm surprised. :D I understand Franz, but their same old players are pretty good!!
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that's why i put questoin mark, hoping some guys from argentina will comfirm or better say article is bullshit and that manu will play:D

shortley he says because he will get twins and he doesn't wannt to miss that and because his body needs some rest

he also said he will play next year americas qualyfications for olympics when after olympics he will retire from nt
 
Ginobili will sit out in the WC

Spurs guard Manu Ginobili made it official on Friday: He will sit out this summer's FIBA World Championships in Turkey.

The captain of Argentina's 2004 Olympic championship team said the need to be healthy for Spurs training camp in October, combined with his pending fatherhood, outweighed his loyalty to the national team.

“Everybody knows I love playing for the national team,” he said. “But this year was kind of different. It's been two years since I can do a good preseason — the one before because of the surgery; the last one because of the (stress) fracture.

“My body kind of needs it, and I want to play the (2012) Olympics, so I decided to pass on this one.

“Besides, there's another little factor here: My wife is going to have twins in a month. Those are the times you don't want to miss. Both, one next to the other, makes me take this tough decision.”

Ginobili suffered an impingement in his left ankle during the 2008 playoffs. He re-aggravated the injury in the 2008 Olympics and had surgery before 2008 training camp began. Suffering a stress fracture late in the 2008-09 season, Ginobili sat out most of this season's training camp.

Ginobili expects to play for Argentina in the 2012 Olympics in London.

The Spurs signed Ginobili to a three-year, $38.9 million contract extension on April 9, but put no pressure on him to pass on playing this summer.

“At the beginning I was waiting to see if I signed somewhere else,” he said. “But I signed here, and it made no difference. The other two things were more important: I want to have a long career and be healthy next year, and my two sons are priority at this point.

“I will wait for London.”
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It's not even a guarantee that Argentina qualifies for the London considering only two teams from the 2011 Americas go to Olympics.

USA (if they don't win 2010 WC)
Brazil

or

USA
Puerto Rico

Their only other opportunity is through Olympic Qualifying Tournament but even that's a gamble. All in all, I sure hope Ginobili knows what he's doing because next year could be his last with Argentina NT.
 
Pau gasol out

Pau gasol out

It seems that Pau Gasol will not play the World Cup, today he more or less confirmed it
 
footballbizz said:
It seems that Pau Gasol will not play the World Cup, today he more or less confirmed it
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Bad news to hear this.. but this will give an advantage to France team and luthenian team..

Ginobili has already confirmed he won' t play for his NT.. who else !!!
 
Andrew Bogut

Andrew Bogut

We all can assume that Bogut will be out after that horrendous fall
 
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