We couldn’t even imagine that this label exists. ‘Golden Generation’ I won’t touch – or just – mention his achievements, but above all his legacy. That generation is no more. barely Rudy Fernandez37 glorious years carry the flag of the past like the umbilical cord The present and the future, no doubt, will be. The ‘Golden Generation’ was, in fact, a vaccine for irredentism in the nervous system of Spanish basketball, as we now know. Extinct, the vaccine remains.

Last night, Berlin joined the next chapter of eternal Spain, on the edge of incomprehensibility, with incredible efficiency, captained by Brescia Italian Sergio Scariolo, who has become a legend of Spanish sports and even cultural richness. Hair gel is left biceps. Raphael Nadalneck Fernando Alonsocorrect boot Iker Casillaspink bracelets lydia valentine’s daycontainer Miguel Indurain… The jelly is a national heritage.

From time to time, numbers that lie a lot are indisputably piling up in the showcases of Spanish men’s basketball. The gold of our lives since the awakening in 2006, success has fallen to a team and a short-skinned country. There are six gold, three silver and three bronze in 16 years. Or in other words, 12 medals in the last 15 championships. During this time, only three European teams managed to succeed: France, Russia and Slovenia, with one Eurobasket each. All Olympic gold medals of these fifteen years have gone to the USA – this challenge is unattainable – and in the four World Cups played, Spain and the USA show a draw in the closet. Just writing is already impressive.

But what is how is just as important. Once upon a time, it became a (bad) custom to naturally wait for the arrival of metal, like one waiting for the rain to fall under a dark gray sky. this Pau Gasol leadershipSurrounded by such colonels as Juan Carlos Navarro, Marc Gasol, José Manuel Calderón, Rudy Fernández and Ricky Rubio, it served as a solid guarantee. But only the last one remains, he already has a substantial physical backpack on him and Spain continues to win.

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See the comparison with the quarterfinals against the USA. Tokyo Olympics, just a year ago. Since then, only current MVP Willy Hernangómez, Usman Garuba, Xabi López-Arostegui and Rudy himself have relapsed. And the top three play a much lesser role in this Eurobasket than they do.

Regrets seen in other teams are absent for different reasons that players like Rubio, Marc Gasol, Llull, Sergio Rodriguez, Mirotic, Ibaka, Claver, Abalde or AlocénVitamin for Spain. Scariolo is back team up (the word is important here, it’s not just a synonym for selection) the champion crushes tactical wealth in tournaments, always more for less, individual talent is no longer what it used to be.

The only extravagance the Italians allowed him was signing Lorenzo Brown, a type of nationalization common in European basketball that Spain has yet to resort to. The results broke down the initial debates and prejudices. how was it Alberto Diaz, a last minute call due to Llull’s injury, or the Hernangómez brothers are the future leaders we all want to see, without a doubt. And others will come to comfort them to continue prolonging this eternal Spain.