New Japan men¡¯s national team head coach Julio Lamas, who arrived in Japan last week, has not spent enough time assessing his players and their technical skills yet. But he¡¯s satisfied with their intangibles so far.
¡°We¡¯ve had our practices in a very good mood,¡± the Argentine said through an interpreter after Friday¡¯s practice at Tokyo¡¯s National Training Center. ¡°And I like our players¡¯ attitude as well. They have very good energy and they are smart, too.¡±
The team will play a pair of exhibitions against Uruguay at Aoyama Gakuin University on Saturday and Sunday before departing for Spain for a training camp and competing in a few tuneup games for the FIBA Asia Cup, which will be held Aug. 8-20 in Beirut.
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