2024-06-27 18:42:49
The battle for the precise to play within the Paris Olympic Video games match will happen in “Enviornment Riga” from July 2 to 7.
“Gražulis will be unable to get better from the damage and he will be unable to assist on this match, we must do with out him,” Visockis-Rubenis, assistant to the top coach of the nationwide crew Lukas Banki, revealed on Wednesday within the TV3 program “900 seconds”, stating that different nationwide crew candidates haven’t any well being issues.
It has already been introduced that Gražulis performed the final match of this season on the finish of March after which underwent surgical procedure on his left knee. At the moment, the Latvian is rehabilitating and doesn’t but know when he’ll be capable to return to the sector.
Prior to now season, Gražulis performed for the Italian membership Trento “Aquila”, averaging 14.1 factors and 4.7 rebounds in 24 video games of the A collection, whereas he averaged 12.3 factors and 5.2 rebounds in 18 matches within the ULEB Eurocup.
Final 12 months, within the finals of the World Cup, Gražulis was one of many leaders of the Latvian nationwide crew and averaged 14.4 factors and three.8 rebounds in eight video games.
Throughout the preparation, two take a look at matches are scheduled for the Latvian nationwide crew – tonight in “Enviornment Riga” with the Egyptian nationwide crew and on June 28 away with the Finnish nationwide crew.
Latvian nationwide crew candidates for the qualification match of the Paris Olympic Video games:
Rodions Kurucs, Artūrs Kurucs (each – Murcia UCAM, Spain), Mareks Mejeris (Cluj-Napoca U-BT, Romania), Dāvis Bertāns (Charlotte Hornets, NBA), Dairis Bertāns (VEF Riga), Jānis Timma, Jānis Strēlnieks (each – “Obradoiro” of Santiago de Compostela, Spain), Rolands Šmits (“Anadolu Efes” of Istanbul, Turkey), Artūrs Strautiņš (“Derthona” of Tortona, Italy), Klāvs Čavars (“Yokohama”, Japan), Rihards Lomažs (Bologna “Virtus”, Italy), Marcis Steinberg (Manreza “Baxi”, Spain), Andrzej Pasečnik (“Palencia”, Spain), Kristers Zorik (Izmir “Petkimspor”, Turkey), Artūrs Žagar (Vilnius “Wolves”, Lithuania ).
2024-06-27 18:42:49