If
everything works out as planned, D’Tigers team will be relying on the quality
leadership and experience of team captain, Ike Diogu when they file out for
their FIBA Men’s World Cup qualifiers in Lagos.
D’Tigers
head coach, Alex Nwora said this at the weekend while speaking with the media
department of the Nigeria Basketball Federation in Lagos as they intensify
their preparation.
Nwora
described Diogu who was co-captain of the 2015 Afrobasket winning team in
Tunisia before leading the team to another silver finish 2 years later as the
essential foundation that holds the young D’Tigers team together.
“He knows
that we have an unfinished business and he has embraced the leadership role as
the captain of the D’Tigers. He is the foundation that holds us together.”
Having won 3
games so far with 3 more to go in the preliminary group phase of the
qualifiers, Coach Alex is optimistic that the Sichuan Blue Whales of China
power forward who was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2017 Afrobasket can
provide the needed experience for the relatively young team.
“Hopefully,
he is going to keep leading these young
players that are coming to the national team for the first time, teach them the
right way and a very good way to represent Nigeria like he has been doing over
the years.”
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