Intense criticism of Team USA was made by Carmelo Anthony. The former NbAer referred to her presence at Mundobasket saying that he knows that things did not go well for his country’s national team as their goal was the top.
“When you set the absolute, you aim for it. Anything other than that is failure. I don’t want someone to be found who will gild the pill for the team and say that what happened was not a failure. Hats off to Germany and Serbia. They had good games. It’s surprising what happened, but this is good for the sport, for FIBA, for basketball, for the fans, for everyone to know that the whole world plays basketball”Carmelo Anthony said and continued:
“Everyone must now think of a different approach for a team to win the gold medal. Everyone gets better. The sport is growing worldwide. At the end of the day, anyone can win the gold medal. I would love to send the best of the best to every event to fight at the highest level. But we must respect those who came. These are professional players. You don’t always send the best. If we want to talk about development, let’s develop these guys to compete with players from all over the world. We take the defeats along with our victories and move forward”concluded.
We remind you that Germany defeated the USA (113-111) and qualified for the final of the World Cup where they will face Serbia.
Editor: Konstantina Tolia
Source: Sport Fm
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