Pablo Prigioni against naturalization in NTs: National Team is the purest thing

Pablo Prigioni is against giving passports to players to let them play in National Team.

Recently Spain naturalized Lorenzo Brown and the guard was one of the key players to win FIBA Eurobasket 2022.

Pablo Prigioni has been appointed as head coach of Argentina’s NT leading the team to win AmeriCup.

“I was always against it [naturalization]. As long as I’m in the national team, that’s not going to happen. There won’t even be a staff member from another country,” Prigioni told Basquetplus (h/t to Basketnews).

“When I will not be here, let them [Federation] make the decision they want. For me, the national team is the purest thing. We already have club competitions to compete with players from all over the world. And I find it fantastic.

"I prefer to lose with our players than try to win with an athlete who is not from Argentina. I don’t think Brown feels the Spanish jersey like Rudy or Sergio do."