By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Removing uncertainty surrounding the lone NBA player available for the senior national team of Poland, Jeremy Sochan was called up by head coach Igor Milicic for the 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Valencia.
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Revealing the selections of Milicic, the Polish Basketball Federation released a 17-player roster on Friday.
Sochan, 21, is limited to one appearance with the senior national team of Poland. Heading to his first major international tournament, an impingement in his left ankle, forcing a premature end to this campaign with the San Antonio Spurs in the 2023-24 NBA Regular Season, initially labeled him as questionable for the summer schedule of Poland.
Among delayed entries to the training camp, the exciting prospect will join preparations on June 17, per the agreement between FIBA and the NBA for international players in the league based in North America. Most of the remaining players will gather in Wroclaw on Monday, June 10.
Poland preliminary squad
- Olek Balcerowski (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Adrian Bogucki (Arka Gdynia)
- Aleksander Dziewa (Veolia Towers Hamburg)
- Jakub Garbacz (Anwil Wloclawek)
- Daniel Golebiowski (WKS Slask Wroclaw)
- Andrzej Mazurczak (King Wilki Morskie Szczecin)
- Michal Michalak (PAOK mateco)
- Igor Milicic Jr. (Charlotte)
- Jakub Niziol (WKS Slask Wroclaw)
- Andrzej Pluta (Arka Gdynia)
- Mateusz Ponitka (Partizan Mozzart Bet)
- A.J. Slaughter (Dreamland Gran Canaria)
- Jeremy Sochan (San Antonio Spurs)
- Michal Sokolowski (Generazione Vincente Napoli)
- Mikolaj Witlinski (Trefl Sopot)
- Jaroslaw Zyskowski (Trefl Sopot)
- Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz (King Wilki Morskie Szczecin)
With the opener against the Bahamas scheduled for July 3, Poland must rank first in a six-team tournament to book a ticket to the Olympic Games. The second game of the preliminary stage of the OQT in Valencia is versus Finland on July 4. The Semifinals are set for July 6 and the Final is set to be played on July 7.
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