Bad luck continues for professional Spanish basketball players. First the ACL injury of Alba Torrens, next the ACL injury of Ricky Rubio and now Rudy Fernandez back surgery is shaping up to be difficult for the Men’s National Team to compete well in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Fernandez, 26, has missed 12 games this season due to a lower back strain, and the injury recently flared up against Dallas on March 19, prompting further evaluation and more diagnostic testing. A date for the surgery has yet to be scheduled.
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!