By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Maybe a little complicated but also a happy situation emerged for the Slovenia senior national team.
Goran Dragic was included in the preliminary squad of 20 players for the 2022 EuroBasket. Initially slated to return to the national team and retire during the recent international window and Slovenia’s key games for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, he has yet to make a final decision whether he will play or not in the approaching EuroBasket. Nevertheless, the 36-year-old point guard is on the list released by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia, KZS, Wednesday.
As expected, Luka Doncic is the major highlight of the 20-man roster. In early September, the Dallas Mavericks superstar will be representing his country in Germany before switching focus to the 2022-23 NBA Regular Season.
National team selector, Aleksander Sekulic also departed ERA Nymburk to take over Lokomotiv Kuban at the club level Wednesday. His remaining national call-ups include a couple of players missing the recent World Cup Qualifiers due to injury, Vlatko Cancar and Klemen Prepelic.
The full list of Slovenia’s call-ups:
Jaka Blazic (Bahcesehir Koleji)
Sasa Ciani (Cedevita Olimpija)
Vlatko Cancar (Denver Nuggets)
Jakob Cebasek (Leuven Bears)
Ziga Dimec (Anwil Włocławek)
Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks)
Goran Dragic
Zoran Dragic (Cedevita Olimpija)
Gregor Glas (Partizan NIS)
Gregor Hrovat (JDA Dijon)
Robert Jurkovic (Cedevita Olimpija)
Jurij Macura (Krka)
Edo Muric (Cedevita Olimpija)
Aleksej Nikolic
Bine Prepelic
Klemen Prepelic (Valencia)
Luka Rupnik
Ziga Samar (Alba Berlin)
Luka Scuka (Cedevita Olimpija)
Mike Tobey
Slovenia is set to take on Lithuania, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, and France in the preliminary round of EuroBasket. Going into the tournament, a home game opposite Estonia on 25 August and a visit to Germany on 28 August resume activity in the World Cup Qualifiers.
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