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Lorenzo Brown, recently announced as the new point guard for Olimpia Milano, has withdrawn from EuroBasket 2025 due to “personal reasons,” as reported by AS and confirmed by realolimpiamilano.com. The decision comes as a surprise, given Brown’s pivotal role in Spain’s 2022 gold medal run and his inclusion in Sergio Scariolo’s preliminary squad.
Osman, 29, joined Kostas Antetokounmpo, Lorenzo Brown, Jerian Grant, Marius Grigonis, Juancho Hernangomez, Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, Mathias Lessort, Konstantinos Mitoglou, Dimitris Moraitis, Kendrick Nunn, Ioannis Papapetrou, Kostas Sloukas, and Omer Yurtseven on the team coached by Ataman. “That is why I am here,” he replied about looking to help the Greens retain the EuroLeague championship, “We have a great team. They did an amazing job last year. But this year, I believe the league is even harder. A lot of great teams with a lot of great transfers. But, obviously, we are the best. We will go for the back-to-back.”
Panathinaikos emerged victorious in both competitions last year. both winning the Greek League and especially coming back to European success by lifting their seventh EuroLeague title. However, Ergin Ataman’s team didn’t want to stop there and even strengthened its roster by adding Lorenzo Brown to an already stacked backcourt and Omer Yurtseven to form an elite frontcourt. Joining Mathias Lessort and Kostas Antetokounmpo, the Turkish center now signed the contract with PAO.
When asked by BasketNews' Donatas Urbonas if this might be his last game with Spain as the Olympic cycle concludes, the 33-year-old Brown was straightforward. "No way, no way, man. I want to get back to the Olympics and give it another shot at it," said Brown, who contributed 4 points and 4 assists in the game against Canada.
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Nunez, 20, was cut but remains with the senior national team of his country along with Joel Parra to assist for the remainder of the training camp. Final roster for Spain * Alex Abrines (FC Barcelona) * Santi Aldama (Memphis Grizzlies) * Dario Brizuela (FC Barcelona) * Lorenzo Brown (Panathinaikos Aktor) * Alberto Diaz (Unicaja) * Rudy Fernandez (Real Madrid) * Usman Garuba (Golden State Warriors) * Juancho Hernangomez (Panathinaikos Aktor) * Willy Hernangomez (FC Barcelona) * Sergio Llull (Real Madrid) * Xabi Lopez-Arostegui (Valencia) * Jaime Pradilla (Valencia) In a tuneup game on July 23, Spain will face Puerto Rico in Madrid’s WiZink Center.
Rubio had led Spain to a gold medal in the previous World Cup but was unable to participate in the EuroBasket due to injury. During the European championship, Lorenzo Brown replaced him as a naturalized player in Sergio Scariolo’s team. However, Brown has decided to skip the upcoming tournament due to health reasons. The complete list includes: * Alberto Abalde * Álex Abrines * Santi Aldama * Darío Brizuela * Víctor Claver * Alberto Díaz * Jaime Fernández * Rudy Fernández * Usman Garuba * Juancho Hernangómez * Willy Hernangómez * Sergio Llull * Joel Parra * Jaime Pradilla * Ricky Rubio * Sebas Saiz
Former Raptors player Lorenzo Brown re-signed until 2025-26 with Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Jorge Sierra: Spain won the star-studded 2022 Eurobasket with just one starter in NBA or Euroleague. That would be Lorenzo Brown, who received the Spanish passport two months ago.
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Christos Tsaltas: #EuroBasket 2022 Best 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo (GRE) Lorenzo Brown (ESP) Rudy Gobert (FRA) Willy Hernangomez (ESP) Dennis Schroder (GER)
Donatas Urbonas: Lorenzo Brown averaged 22.8 PPG & 8.3 APG in knockout stage prior EuroBasket final helping to overcome double-digit deficits for Spain in all 3 games. He became 1st to get double-double in PTS & AST (11+10) in EuroBasket final. Willy was awesome too, but that’s the MVP material
For many, this Spanish national team gold medal run was surprising. But Lorenzo Brown had it on his target the first time he committed to Sergio Scariolo's team. "Yes, that was my first objective right there. And we did it. I faced a lot of criticism for who knows what. But I feel like it's a language barrier or country... I don't know what was going on, but at the end of the day, we speak the same language out there on the court. It doesn't matter what color you're or where you're from, we're all brothers and humans. That speaks for itself right there, winning this gold medal."
Lorenzo Brown leads Spain to advance to the 2022 Eurobasket final
Lorenzo Brown scored a team-high 29 points and dished out six assists as Spain beat host Germany 96 – 91 to advance to the 2022 EuroBasket Final. “La Roja,” that will face France for the gold, has secured a medal for the seventh straight EuroBasket tournament and 10th overall in 11 competitions since 1997.
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