The Dino Nation Blog now has some help from Spain. Here is some news he sent my way. So you can keep taps on Jose Calderon and His progress with Team Spain in the build up too the Olympics. So July 19th the Spanish team was announced. So here is the roster and an upcoming Schedule for the team:
Announced by Spain coach Aito Garcia Reneses.
Paul Gasol (LA Lakers)
Marc Gasol (Memphis)
Rudy Fernandez (Portland)
Ricky Rubio (DKV Joventut)
Juan Carlos Navarro (FC Barcelona)
Jose Manuel Calderon (Toronto)
Jorge Garbajosa (No team)
Felipe Reyes (Real Madrid)
Raul Lopez (Real Madrid)
Alex Mumbru (Real Madrid)
Carlos Jimenez (Unicaja)
Berni Rodriguez (Unicaja)
Garcia Reneses on Garbajosa: “We are very satisfied with his work and the contribution that he’s made to this group these weeks”. García Reneses admitted also that “Garbajosa is still lacking competition rhythm, but both his basketball IQ and playing style can be a suitable complement during the Olympian tournament”. “We hope so much more from him as the friendly games cycle advances”, he stressed.
Friendly Games Schedule:
07/18 vs Portugal W 84-35
07/20 vs Russia W 91-56
07/22 vs Argentina
07/24 vs Lithuania
07/26 vs Argentina
07/28 vs Croatia
07/30 vs Latvia
Special Thanks to Paco Del Pino who translated the info to English for the Dino Nation Blogger who only knows the Spanish he learned from watching Dora the Explorer which is not much.
Tags: Jose Calderon, Jorge Garbajosa, Spain Basketball, Olympics 2008, Rudy Fernandez, Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol
