Argentina’s Olympic stint next year is in jeopardy. That would be the case if their four NBA players namely, Luis Scola of the Houston Rockets, Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs, Andres Nocioni of the Philadelphia 76ers, and Carlos Delfino of the Milwaukee Bucks, would not be able to suit up for the national squad taking part in the FIBA-Americas Olympic qualifiers. The tournament will be hosted by Argentina with the games to be played at Mar Del Plata. The top two finishers will gain automatic berths to the 2012 London games. Due to the NBA lockout, the four mentioned players may not make it to the said tourney due to insurance issues. However, Argentina Basketball Confederation president German Vaccaro says he hopes to resolve the insurance problem besetting Scola and company in time before Argentina starts their training on July 29, according to FIBA.
“Argentina will start training on July 29. In our case, I'm optimistic that Argentina will have all of their players to play in the tournament we are hosting. We have to find a solution for the players. From an institutional standpoint, it would be irresponsible on our part to make the players play without an insurance policy and on the other hand, for them, the players, they need to be insured for their own security, in order to do their job.”
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