By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
After playing 23 scoreless minutes in the 32nd Aegean Acropolis Tournament, Nemanja Nedovic bows out for the Serbia senior national team.
Nedovic, 32, deciding to skip the major international tournament was not related to an injury, as reported by Serbian outlet MeridianBet Sport.
Before the latest setback, Nikola Jokic, Nikola Kalinic, Vasilije Micic, Aleksej Pokusevski, and Vladimir Lucic were the most important players of the Serbia senior national team missing the World Cup.
Opening exhibition action in Athens, Serbia recorded a win against Greece Tuesday and a narrow loss to Italy Wednesday. Nedovic was 0/3 from the field to go with two assists against the tournament hosts and was 0/3 versus Italy.
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Following up on the Aegean Acropolis Tournament, deeper in the training camp, the next friendly game for Serbia is against Puerto Rico in Belgrade Wednesday. Traveling to China, the team coached by Svetislav Pesic will take on China and Brazil on 20 and 21 August, respectively.
Aleksa Avramovic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Dejan Davidovac, Ognjen Dobric, Marko Guduric, Nikola Jovic, Stefan Jovic, Vanja Marinkovic, Nikola Milutinov, Filip Petrusev, Aleksa Radanov, Dusan Ristic, and Borisa Simanic shape the list of the remaining available players for Serbia.
The 12 players making the final cut will travel to Quezon City and face China, Puerto Rico, and South Sudan in Araneta Coliseum between 26 and 30 August. The initial goal is landing in the top half of Group B to clinch a berth in the second round.
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