FIBA.com reports:
Jorge Garbajosa has called it quits with Spain’s national team.
The versatile power forward, who is 33, made the much-anticipated announcement early Tuesday afternoon at the Spanish Basketball Federation headquarters in Madrid.
“This is the day that I never wanted to experience,” Garbajosa said.
“I want to thank the coaches, the players, and especially (FEB president Jose Luis) Saez. To all the media for your treatment, to my wife, my family, my friends that I have denied many summers to them and they have not minded, on the contrary they have supported me.
“It´s a very hard day. It´s what I must do.
“I retire from the national team but not from the FEB. I will continue in basketball.”
A lynchpin in the side for a decade, Garbajosa has been as important as any player in the squad during a golden era for Spain.
