By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Olympiacos center Moses Wright will soon become a citizen of Cyprus.
The necessary process is underway, as confirmed by Eurohoops sources.
Wright, 25, is slated to play for the senior national team of Cyprus in the 2025 EuroBasket. He will take the single available spot for naturalized players allowed by FIBA rules. In addition, the Cypriot passport will allow Olympiacos to use him in Greece’s Stoiximan GBL without dealing with league restrictions on foreign players in the game squad.
Awarded an automatic berth as one of the four EuroBasket hosts, Cyprus is currently competing in Group E of the Qualifiers. Following an 0-2 start, a home-and-away series versus France is part of the approaching international window of FIBA, from Nicosia on November 21 to Poitiers on November 24. The next window in March will complete the schedule with matchups against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia.
Following the Qualifiers, the draw to set up the final stage of the EuroBasket will be held in March. Similar to the remaining hosts, Finland, Latvia, and Poland, Cyprus will be granted the right to select a partner federation to be automatically placed in the same group of the preliminary round. In September, Cyprus will welcome a total of five more national teams in Group C, in Limassol.
In the 2024-25 campaign with the Reds, the former Georgia Tech standout has averaged 5.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per game in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, and 11.2 points per game in the Stoiximan GBL.