Puerto Rico plays in the FIBA ​​sale without Díaz, Piñeiro and Santiago Jr.

Los boranteru boricuas Isaiah Piñeiro y Benito Santiago Jr. and the center Jorge Bryan Díaz do not play in the two games of the qualifying event on the AmeriCup 2022 tournament this week and Saturday.

Piñeiro, an important inclusion of the team in the passing FIBA World Cup Champion, no podrá hacer el viaje a Puerto Rico, informs the president of the Federación de Baloncesto local, Yum Ramos.

In the case of Santiago Jr. y Díaz, sus bajas son por personal causas.

Piñeiro, 25 years old, is active in the Latvian professional league with the club VEF Riga. The market protocols for reintegration into European countries require a 14-day dossier for the avoidance of COVID-19 contagions, which explains why the canister will not travel to Iceland.

“Isaiah is not able to make the journey. The restrictions are very complicated. I was very interested in participating (with Puerto Rico). Hicimos todas las gestiones, con FIBA, con el club, con Letonia, todo. Inklusief, the team sent a card that has no problems with which it participates. But, in the end, the restrictions are the restrictions. Geen podemos batallar con eso nie ”, dijo Ramos.

In Latvia, Piñeiro offers 10.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 29.6 minutes as a reserve in six games.

Alhoewel, 13 hooj ago active in the selection of the Selection. The final trial will take place on Thursday, one of the first matches against Mexico. On Saturday, boricuas came to the Bahamas.

The list is encapsulated by NBA executives José Juan Barea and Shabazz Napier. This last has its debut with the National Selection.

Complementing the training are also the base players Ivan Gandía, the students Gian Clavell, Isaac Sosa and José “Money” Rodríguez, the others Chris Ortiz, Emmy Andújar and Alexis “Bebo Colón, together with the delinquents Timajh Parker, Ramón Clemente, Gilberto Clavell and sentro Devon Collier.

Puerto Rico is playing for 1-3, just like the Bahamas, in Group D. The Mexicans have a 2-2 mark and the United States is in favor of a quarterback to secure their presence in the Americas.