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    ARG - Herrmann stunned by Argentina's very good form

    BUENOS AIRES (FIBA World Championship) - Argentina's Walter Herrmann is surprised by how quickly the Olympic champions have hit their stride in training this summer. The South Americans are among the favourites to win a gold medal at the FIBA World Championship, and Herrmann said: "Nowadays, I mark the team with a 7 or 7.50, but I’m surprised at how fast we have improved." "I could not have imagined that we would have been so good at this point. We’ve been out of the national team for two years and we were coming from holidays, but we caught everything very quickly. It helps a lot that we know each other very well. "

    BUENOS AIRES (FIBA World Championship) - Argentina's Walter Herrmann is surprised by how quickly the Olympic champions have hit their stride in training this summer.

    The South Americans are among the favourites to win a gold medal at the FIBA World Championship, and Herrmann said: "Nowadays, I mark the team with a 7 or 7.50, but I’m surprised at how fast we have improved."

    "I could not have imagined that we would have been so good at this point. We’ve been out of the national team for two years and we were coming from holidays, but we caught everything very quickly. It helps a lot that we know each other very well. "

    "Argentina are favourites (to win), because we are the Olympic champions and have the potential to fight for the title again. However, we must demonstrate it on court."

    Herrmann played for Argentina at the Athens Games, and he celebrated a Copa del Rey win with Unicaja Malaga the following season while this year won the Spanish ACB with his club side.

    Now he appears to be headed to the NBA next season with the Charlotte Hornets.

    Herrmann told Ole newspaper: “They (Charlotte) told me that the oral agreement is total. They only have to send the contract to me to sign it. There is a 95% chance.

    "They told me that they count on me, but the signature is left yet. It is the best thing it could have happened to me. I’ll go to a team where I can have a lot of minutes. Charlotte treated me very well and convinced me. "

    "I want to go to the NBA. If I can do it, I’ll go to the World Championship as a free agent."

    His focus is on Japan right now and not the United States where he is likely to join Argentinian team-mates Carlos Delfino (Detroit), Manu Ginobili and Fabricio Oberto (San Antonio) and Andres Nocioni (Chicago)..

    Herrmann would like nothing more than to arrive in the US as a FIBA world champion.

    By PA Sport
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