About giants and geniuses – AS.com

Spanish Basketball Hall of Fame celebrated this Thursday in Sevillein the Moroccan pavilion at Expo92, his fourth induction ceremonyjust as emotional and special as the previous three, albeit with ever-increasing value. Great Basketball Club It saw the light of day in 2019 and took its first step in 2021 thanks to the close cooperation between AS and the Spanish Federation, then with Jorge Garbajosa as President and, from 2023, with Elisa Aguilar, and with the strong support of the Junta of Andalusia.

A project that started from a hole in the heart of our basketballbut he had to learn to walk. He did it Now jump and run, remembering the main characters of the great deeds of the orange ball. In this promotion we welcome eleven new members bringing the number of individuals in the Hall of Fame to 56, for a total of 64 recognitions as teams, media, cities and organizations are also included.

FEB has completed one year of its second century. and remains viable in meeting the current decade’s goal of obtaining half a million licenses and further promoting women’s basketball. Marina Ferragut And Betty Cebriantwo internationals with pedigree, having played 505 matches for the national team (253 and 252 respectively; yes, wow), They lined up for Perugia 93 gold.the one who opened the season, and they did it again in Seville to make it into the Hall of Fame together. Ferragut admitted at a gala concert that he learned to play with his tongue out, like Petrovich – he was mentioned because of the lack of women. Not in 2024.

A meeting of giants and geniuses. The giants love them and as Marc Gasoltwo-time world champion and with an NBA ring, one of the usual ceilings of our basketball with his height of almost 2.15 m, the mass that he was able to hide on the court with his talent and generosity, an interior with a soul about a director who made his teams better, above all . “Ambition, talent, physique, work… and luck, we all need it.”The formula sounds good coming from Mark, but it is very complex. He is again on the heels of his brother Pau.entered the hall a year ago. He is now the President of the Girona Basket because he dedicated and wants to continue to contribute, as Jorge Garbajosacurrent FIBA ​​Europe President and colleague gold from Mark.

Norris and Petrovich, nostalgia for the 80s

And yet the colossal Audie Norris appears with his perfect smile and aura.one of the most powerful and impressive centers that passed through the AKB, Atomic doga symbol of one of the best Barca in history and already a member of our legendary club, in which he will continue to stay together with Fernando Martin: “In almost 40 years of my life, not a single day has passed in which there was no one to remind me of those duels.”

Five giants and the sixth is a coachalthough he used to be a two-meter interior designer who won three European Cups with Madrid. Moncho Monsalve Later, he wanted to become a pioneer on the bench.: the first Spanish woman to coach a foreign team (Switzerland), champion of the Women’s League with Godella and the Tournament of America with Brazil.

The dominant party in painting needs geniuses around the perimeter capable of breaking through any defense. And we have them Wayne Brabender And Drazen Petrovic. Brabender, a key player in the national team’s progress and the leading scorer in the history of Madrid, with whom he won four European Cups, has been a Spaniard by conviction for six decades. He was born 19 years earlier than Petrovich, our other main promotion defender (in his case in memory); But Given the passion of both, the blond from Minnesota, which made him extend his career to almost 40 years, and the passion of the Croatian, who fought from time to time and made his debut in the elite at 15 years old, they coincided in an active in the early 80s. As different in many ways as the winners.

List still missing Pilar Landeiraanother pioneer, the first female ACB referee; Under-19 World Championship Team in 2023second junior gold 24 years after the first (“I don’t know if there will be another Gasol, another Garbajosa, but because of the way they work and because of the human group that is in the Federation, Spain will continue to be a basketball country,” promises Dani Miret, champion coach); and Anthony Daimielso respected and loved in the journalistic profession, reference, yes, more of a genius than a giant. What a wonderful ceremony led by Francisco José Delgado (SER) and Marta Fernandez. Admiration and emotions for our idols.

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