MADRID, 23 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Basketball World Cup that starts this Friday, August 25 in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia presents, despite the great absences, a large list of players called to dominate the competition and choose to lift the cup and win the award for best player of the championship, led by Luka Doncic.
The stellar Slovenian point guard will have to give his best version to try to take his team far. The game director, given the losses of Nikola Jokic or Giannis Antetokounmpo or the most publicized ‘NBA’, is probably the player with the most cachet in the championship, in which he is called to make historic performances after another great campaign in the American league in the statistical, but discreet collectively with the Dallas Mavericks.
There will also be other NBA players called to be protagonists in lesser-known teams such as power forward Karl Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves), leader of the Dominican Republic, Finnish Lauri Markkanen, who is coming off his best year with the Utah Jazz, the ‘electric’ point guard Dennis Schröder (Los Angeles Lakers), a benchmark in Germany, or another scoring game director such as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder), who leads the dangerous Canada roster and is included in the best five in the NBA .
And despite not having their best, or most popular, players, the United States once again presents itself as a clear candidate for the title with level players such as guard Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves), with a great facility to score, Jaren Jackson Jr (Memphis Grizzlies), chosen ‘Best Defender of the Year’ in the NBA, or the young Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic).
Other players to watch in teams with the potential to go far will be point guard Josh Giddey (Australia), Serbian Bogdan Bogdanovic (Serbia) or center Rudy Gobert (France), while in the Spanish team, Willy Hernangómez, ‘MVP’ of the past Eurobasket, he will try to replicate that great performance.
In addition, in a team with few options will be the center of Real Madrid Walter ‘Eddy’ Tavares, who will try to prove to be one of the best in both zones, although Cape Verde will have a difficult time getting very far in this championship.