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The 31-year-old player has been named in the preliminary squad for Greece’s November 24 game, and the one to be played in Greece three days later against Israel. “It’s a great honor to be part of the national team,” he told FIBA. “Imagine how much bigger the pride is when we talk about the Greek national team.”
“For me, I’d take it as vindication for all the effort I made to be in the national team in previous years. Personally, playing for the national team has been my primary goal for a long time. I’ve been close some years to making it to the team, but I haven’t managed to.”
“No matter what the circumstances are, when you’re invited to offer your help in the national team, it means that you are doing something well,” Sakota said. “It means that you fought a lot for that, and you earned it.”