Tam Dinh: The most experienced star of the Vietnamese basketball team at the 32nd SEA Games
Vietnam's 5x5 basketball team has officially entered the 32nd SEA Games with the opening match against Thailand, although it has to lose, this is the result that was predicted before the opponent brought the team to Cambodia. deeper and higher level.
It is fair to say that the Vietnamese basketball team does not have the best people for the 32nd SEA Games, Christian Juzang, Chris Dierker or Justin Young cannot participate. In the end, fans only saw the familiar, industrious name Dinh Thanh Tam.
Appearing at VBA 2016 and quickly rising to become the top star of Vietnamese basketball, Tam Dinh had a brilliant time with Cantho Catfish. In the national team shirt, he never turned down the opportunity to play for the yellow star red shirt.
In the list of the Vietnamese basketball team brought to Cambodia this time, the 32nd SEA Games was the fourth consecutive SEA Games for the pitcher born in 1990. He respectively participated in Malaysia 2017, Philippines 2019, and competed on the field. home Vietnam 2022 and now Cambodia 2023.
"I always want to devote myself to Vietnamese basketball as well as the national team, this is my hometown, I am very happy to see our basketball developing day by day," Tam Dinh once shared. shall.
As the most experienced player in the current team, Tam Dinh also received the trust of coach Todd Purves when giving him the captain's armband at the 32nd SEA Games this time.
In the opening match against Thailand, the 1m92-high pitcher was also the Vietnamese team's best scorer with 15 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds, with a 50 percent throwing efficiency. Those are not bad statistics for a player who is always watched and carefully followed by the opponent.
In his career, Tam Dinh has won almost all the highest honors that a Vietnamese basketball player can achieve, the VBA championship 2018, the best overseas Vietnamese in VBA 2017, the best player MVP. 2017, won 2 bronze medals at SEA Games 2019 in 3x3 and 5x5 content, along with a silver medal at SEA Games 2022 at home.
Overcoming many challenges, Tam Dinh's trauma obsession is still silently moving forward, always being the mainstay in every team he appears and always burning with a burning desire to dedicate to Vietnamese basketball.
