Diop's time with Spain over for this summer
MADRID (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - Spain's rising star Ilimane Diop has seen his time with the national team come to an end this summer with coach Sergio Scariolo electing to move forward without the
MADRID (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - Spain's rising star Ilimane Diop has seen his time with the national team come to an end this summer with coach Sergio Scariolo electing to move forward without the promising 21-year-old.
El pívot Ilimane Diop comenta sus primeras vivencias con la selección en #MARCAPlus https://t.co/m6RjXNNRdf pic.twitter.com/lJy5ydgWvO
— MARCA (@marca) July 17, 2016
"Without a doubt, these three weeks have been only the first step for him in future selections for him in the national team." - Spain coach Sergio Scariolo
Diop, who impressed with Laboral Kutxa this past season in the Liga Endesa, shone for his country as a youth dating back to the 2011 U16 European Championship. He showed a lot of potential with some of the best players in the world as Spain prepared for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
"He has helped us a lot," Spain coach Sergio Scariolo said. "We are very happy with his performance and integration into the group.
"Without a doubt, these three weeks have been only the first step for him in future selections for him in the national team."
Spain are now in Malaga preparing for a second consecutive warm-up game against Lithuania to be played on Thursday.
#SEAM Las autoridades andaluzas, con la Selección Española https://t.co/yacfnMcCwG pic.twitter.com/kdmNMIOHwk
— FEB (@baloncestofeb) July 20, 2016
The Baltic side won the first encounter on Monday, 87-83.
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