José Alvarado will not participate in the 2023 World Cup with Puerto Rico, as reported by the general manager of the team, Carlos Arroyo, in a press release.
The New Orleans Pelicans denied permission for the point guard to play the tournament in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia starting on August 25. The reason for the rejection is because he did not improve from his right leg injury that forced him to say goodbye to the season in March.
“The injury to the right tibia had a delay this summer in its recovery process. His team performed an MRI on him last week and they saw that he has not healed,” said Arroyo, a former NBA player for nine seasons.
According to Andrew Lopez of ESPNthe organization wants to be cautious considering that the training camp starts in about two months. The New York native played his second contest and averaged 9.0 points, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals in 61 games.
Alvarado, who was expected to serve as the starting number one, made his debut with the Puerto Ricans in the World Cup qualifying window in July 2022. In two games against the United States and Mexico, he averaged 21 points, 5.5 passes for a touchdown and 5. 0 rebounds.
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In this way, the preselection of the Caribbean team was made up of: Tremont Waters, Jordan Howard, Ethan Thompson, John Holland, Stephen Thompson, Phillip Wheeler, Aleem Ford, Isaiah Piñeiro, Justin Reyes, Christopher Ortiz, Ismael Romero, George Conditt IV , Timajh Parker-Rivera and Arnaldo Toro.
The Puerto Ricans are in group B of the championship along with South Sudan, Serbia and China.
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2023-07-28 13:22:10
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