NewsWhore
09-07-2009, 04:10 PM
The DR lost to Canada in the FIBA Americas Championship over the weekend, losing the 4th berth automatic qualification into the FIBA World Cup set for Turkey in 2010. Hoy newspaper commented that what was lacking was the "team work" that results when the teams train together with sufficient time.
Expectations for the team, which had 3 NBA players on it, were high. The play of the team evidenced inconsistency in play, the weakness of the point guard, weaknesses in team captain Julio Toro and those who assisted him, and the individualism within the team, as reported in Hoy.
Journalist Dionisio Soldevila said that the team was poorly organized and that strategies were lacking, as well as offensive and defensive play. He said that coach Julio Toro turned out to be the big nightmare.
The newspaper says that the DR is ranked 26th in the world, and could still be invited to play in the World Cup. If this were possible, the invitation would be received in December. The DR has not competed in a world basketball championship since 1978. The invitation, however, would come at a cost of an estimated RD$40 million that the Dominican government would have to pay to host the Centrobasket in Santiago de los Caballeros in 2010. In December, the FIBA needs to choose four countries to complete the 24 that will participate in the FIBA World Cup.
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Expectations for the team, which had 3 NBA players on it, were high. The play of the team evidenced inconsistency in play, the weakness of the point guard, weaknesses in team captain Julio Toro and those who assisted him, and the individualism within the team, as reported in Hoy.
Journalist Dionisio Soldevila said that the team was poorly organized and that strategies were lacking, as well as offensive and defensive play. He said that coach Julio Toro turned out to be the big nightmare.
The newspaper says that the DR is ranked 26th in the world, and could still be invited to play in the World Cup. If this were possible, the invitation would be received in December. The DR has not competed in a world basketball championship since 1978. The invitation, however, would come at a cost of an estimated RD$40 million that the Dominican government would have to pay to host the Centrobasket in Santiago de los Caballeros in 2010. In December, the FIBA needs to choose four countries to complete the 24 that will participate in the FIBA World Cup.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#16)