Basketball renews the illusion

Argentine basketball believed, enjoyed, won and generated prestige with the famous Golden Generationa brilliant group that knew how to reach the pinnacle of its history with Olympic gold in Athens 2004, victory at Dream Team included. Today, the same although of its members only one remains in activity…

That is Charles Delphinewho owns so much talent that he is still playing at 39. Cabeza is a shooting guard for the Italian Pesaro and, reward for permanence, for the National Team that began preparing in Buenos Aires to continue the qualifiers in which it is already qualified for the second round . And with a favorable prognosis to enter the batch of seven (of 16) teams that will enter the 2023 World Cup.

The Santa Fe player may lose in a one-on-one with younger teammates, but he is a width of swords in something that Argentine basketball knows by conviction and experience: pass the baton. From the players to the coaches they usually do it leaving the egos aside. The one who was a coach, is an assistant, and so on.

Of course, the team is not only built through examples, but through a present that throws it in the face of the logical fear of replacement. How many times was the question heard regarding an uncertain future after the retirement of Manu Ginobili and Co? The answer was -clear- louis scolawho lowered that poster that he also starred in and he uploaded the Campazzo, Deck, Garino in the photo and the others who, despite the alleged lack of gold stars, were runners-up in the 2019 World Cup in China.

How right Scola was, and that’s also why today we have to think the same way, even with him retired. Because when reviewing the list that Che García chose for the team he directs, there is no way to avoid the illusion. There are three NBA, two finalists from Spain and three from the National League. Quantity and quality.

Even for the Golden Generation, from the stands, to create and enjoy.