Spain surprisingly managed to fend off France and captured the 2022 EuroBasket title. Actually, this whole EuroBasket came up as a surprise as the predicted possible finalists went home earlier than expected. Spain finally crowned as Europe’s number one basketball team after seven long years. Additionally, this Spain team is a young and under experienced players which made it more impressive that they won the title. They defeated a Rudy Gobert-lead France team.
Greece, Germany, France, Slovenia, and Serbia are the favorites for the tournament during the start. Of course, what can you expect for a team who have dominating NBA players. As we all know, when it comes to tournaments like this, if you have an NBA player in your team, you have the advantage. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Dennis Schroder, Luka Doncic, Rudy Gobert, and Nikola Jokic. Those were a very dominating players both in the NBA and in the EuroBasket, but none of them won the title.
Yes, Spain have several NBA players, but those players were not as dominant as those players in other teams. Spain’s campaign just proved that no matter how many NBA player you have, it is not the key to success. Although you have an NBA player in your line-up, it is nothing compared to a well-built, and well-organized team. Although the NBA players in the other teams received numerous awards in the league, it is not the key.
The reason why Spain won the title is because their team played as one. Yes, they played as one; they are a well-balanced team despite having their go-to guy. Additionally, Juancho Hernangomez played phenomenally. The implication of Spain’s win is as simple as unity wins the game. This may be what will happen in the upcoming FIBA World Cup next year. No matter how many NBA players a country will have, what will bring them to victory is their oneness as a team.
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