London 2012 Olympic Tournament preview: Spain

SPAIN
Felipe Reyes - Real Madrid Spain enters its fourth consecutive Olympic men's basketball tournament with the same core of players that rewrote the country's basketball history. Juan Carlos Navarro, the Turkish Airlines Euroleague's all-time top scorer; Felipe Reyes; his new Real Madrid teammate and former Eurocup Final Eight MVP Rudy Fernandez; Pau Gasol; his brother Marc; and Jose Manuel Calderon have led Spain to win back-to-back EuroBasket titles in 2009 and 2011, the FIBA World Championships in 2006 and the Olympic silver medal in Beijing 2008. Spain has a very deep team with playmakers Sergio Rodriguez and Euroleague champion Victor Sada, 2010-11 All-Euroleague second team choice Sergio Llull, former Eurocup Rising Star award winner Victor Claver, 2010-11 All-Euroleague first team pick Fernando San Emeterio and Serge Ibaka rounding out a strong, powerful squad ready to go for gold. Head coach Sergio Scariolo will step down after the Olympics and wants to leave with the best result possible, in what would be the icing on the cake for an incredible generation of players.
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Name
Pos.
Height
Born
Team 2011-12
4 GASOL, PAU Center 215 1980 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)
5 FERNANDEZ, RUDY Forward 195 1985 Denver Nuggets (NBA)
6 RODRIGUEZ, SERGIO Guard 190 1986 Real Madrid (Euroleague - Spain)
7 NAVARRO, JUAN CARLOS Guard 190 1980 Barcelona Regal (Euroleague - Spain)
8 CALDERON, JOSE M. Guard 190 1981 Toronto Raptors (NBA)
9 REYES, FELIPE Center 206 1980 Real Madrid (Euroleague - Spain)
10 CLAVER, VICTOR Forward 204 1988 Valencia Basket (Eurocup - Spain))
11 SAN EMETERIO, F. Forward 199 1984 Caja Laboral (Euroleague - Spain)
12 LLULL, SERGIO Guard 190 1987 Real Madrid (Euroleague - Spain)
13 GASOL, MARC Center 215 1985 Memphis Grizzlies (NBA)
14 IBAKA, SERGE Center 207 1989 Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA)
15 SADA, VICTOR Guard 192 1984 Barcelona Regal (Euroleague - Spain)
Head Coach: SCARIOLO, SERGIO
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Euroleague.net
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