Banchero doesn't say too much: "The blue is a possibility, but I can't give it for sure"
"Playing the World Cup with Italy is a possibility, although I can't say for sure. I need to talk to my team here in Orlando, my agent, my family and everyone involved to make the right decision for me. But it's also not excluded that it will happen: there is certainly the possibility that it will happen, even if I can't say for sure." Paolo Bancarofirst overall pick in the last Draft and protagonist of a great start to the season with Orlandoto the microphones of Sky Sports and within an Instagram interview with the site The Typical Day leave the door open for the blue shirt.
Banchero immediately protagonist in the NBA
On December 3, the Italian-American rookie will meet the national team delegation formed by Petrucci, Pozzecco And Trains: "I'm happy to be able to meet the Italian delegation and be able to talk to them. I'll have the opportunity to break the ice with them since it will be the first time I've met them." The Orlando Magic player, who has been twenty for a few days, got off to a great start to his first NBA season with impressive numbers: in the first 11 regular season games he played, he averaged 23.5 points in 34 minutes of use, 8.3 rebounds, with a maximum reached by 33 points against the Kings.
Basketball: Italy wins in Georgia 85-84 and qualifies for the World Cup
by our correspondent Cosimo Cito
The World Cup as a first time?
On Banchero the great expectations of blue basketball also in view of the 2023 World Cup, which will be played in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines between August and September. That could be the first opportunity to see the phenomenon born in Seattle, but with an Italian passport and of Ligurian origin, wearing the blue shirt. Banchero is currently sidelined with a left ankle injury sustained against the Rockets on November 8th.
Well Fontecchio, but Jazz ko
In the third knockout in a row, this time at the hands of the Knicks (118-111, 25 points and 8 assists from Brunson) the blue Simone Fontecchio performed well, finishing with 9 points (3/5 from three and 0/1 from two), four rebounds, two assists, a block and a turnover in 17 minutes, the maximum playing time reached so far in the first part of his debut season in the NBA, also complicated by Covid.
