{"id":26354,"date":"2025-02-08T23:59:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26354"},"modified":"2025-02-08T23:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:59:58","slug":"training-concludes-for-guyanas-basketball-nations-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/training-concludes-for-guyanas-basketball-nations-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Training Concludes for Guyana&#8217;s Basketball &#8220;Nations Cup&#8221; Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 14, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Training for the 23 shortlisted players for the upcoming \u201cNations Cup\u201d basketball tournament has concluded, and now it\u2019s up to Head Coach Adrian Hooper and his team to make their final selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament, set to take place from January 24 to 27 in Paramaribo, Suriname, will see Guyana&#8217;s basketball team face off against strong regional rivals Suriname and Grenada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Hooper expressed confidence in the squad during the weekend&#8217;s training sessions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve shortlisted 22 players, and the guys came out in numbers, giving their best,\u201d said Hooper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow, we\u2019ll go back to the drawing board, narrowing it down to 15 players, and then ultimately to the final 12 who will be traveling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hooper emphasized the importance of selecting the best team to represent Guyana, mixing youth and experience for a balanced squad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is my second time coaching the national team. It\u2019s been a great experience, and I\u2019m confident we\u2019ll select the best players for this Tri-Nations series,\u201d Hooper added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With tough competition ahead, Coach Hooper plans to focus on defense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be facing taller and bigger teams, so it\u2019s crucial to focus on defense to limit their scoring and stop transition baskets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the end of the week, the squad will be narrowed down to 15 players before the final 12 are chosen for the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 14, 2025 Training for the 23 shortlisted players for the upcoming \u201cNations Cup\u201d basketball tournament has concluded, and now it\u2019s up to Head Coach Adrian Hooper and his team&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26355,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26354\/revisions\/26355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}