Chris finch interview

Денг Гордон · Sep 25, 2008

Q. You mention Gordon and Archibald and 2009 camp is a long way off but what are your first thoughts about it?

A. Everyone has got to earn their place on our team. I think we will have a smaller number of people at camp next year. We will be watching closely everybody's performance this year. It's going to be really important players are in top shape in the middle of summer, weeks out before we start. We're going to have a method for checking that and if you're not in shape you won't be invited.

Q. £60,000 a win for Luol Deng ... money well spent?

A. Absolutely. With great admiration, you look at those countries - Spain, Lithuania - and what they do a great job of is ensuring their best players are able to play. That's what British Basketball did. They made a huge statement, a huge commitment, UK Sport committed to making our best players available. I've been in British sport now for a while, GB had a great Olympics. Why? Because they were so embarrassed by previous efforts they actually got serious about it.

It's amazing now what is happening in British sport because people are getting serious about it. It's moving from amateur to professional and that means you've got to pave the way for your best athletes to be able to perform. If that's providing resources to train or insurance premiums, so be it.
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