After her second friendly National basketball In Cyprus and heavy defeat by Israel (58-75), Vassilis Spanoulis He proceeded with a first account of the preparation of the “blue whites”.
Specifically, Vassilis Spanoulis, who gave a lot of time to participate to the new players of national basketball, both in the match against Israel and in the game with Serbia, wanted to comment on some of his thoughts, as well as the conclusions he made, with our federal coach.
His statements
“In the first half we were better offensive, but we had no energy defensively. In rebounds we had a theme. I wanted to rest some kids and give the news to play. They have to understand that when they are given a chance, they have to grab her by the hair. In life and in sports nothing is given.
Unfortunately we did not do a good job in the second half, we were non -colorful and colorless, without passion. Children need to understand that in life and in sports you are not given anything and they must be ready to grab their opportunities.
We had a pretty different rotisson from what we would have in Eurobasket, I wanted to give time, lacking players who would play more than half of the games. The conclusions I wanted to draw. We need to make some decisions for some kids who helped us prepare, so that we can become less and work targeted.
We only had a positive one in the first half, where we had good partnerships and we could have had a bigger difference, but we had a lack of energy in the defense. Yesterday I saw the team play very well for the time with Serbia, even though it’s not nice to lose. We are waiting for John to come with the rest of the kids to work and be the team we want at Eurobasket. Today we went a little behind, but it was another rotisson. In general, we are where I want and I think we will get to work where we need. “