After Ricky Rubio was dropped from the Spanish basketball team due to mental health problems, the Federation has announced his replacement. Juan Núñez, double European champion in Training categories (in 2019 with the U16 and last summer with the U20 -he was MVP of the championship-) and who has accumulated eight caps with the Absolute team to date, will continue to be part of the 16 players directed by Sergio Scariolo.
After spending the last days of the concentration in Madrid and playing against Venezuela at the WiZink Center in the first match of the Tour as ‘Golden Boy 2.0’, Juan Núñez, who plays for the German Ratiopharm Ulm, becomes part of the 16 absolute internationals that are part of the concentration of the National Team covering the loss of the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard.
The list of players who have been working under Sergio Scariolo in Malaga since Monday is as follows: captain Rudy Fernández, Víctor Claver, Sergio Llull, Willy Hernangómez, Juancho Hernangómez, Álex Abrines, Sebas Sáiz, Jaime Fernández, Darío Brizuela, Joel Parra, Alberto Díaz, Usman Garuba, Alberto Abalde, Juan Núñez and Santi Aldama.
🚨 OFFICIAL | @juaan_ngamong the 1⃣6⃣ internationals of #LaFamilia who prepare the #FIBAWC 👍#We are a team
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