EuroBasket 2022 is approaching by leaps and bounds, and today (Tuesday) one of Israel’s rivals and one of Europe’s strongest teams, Serbia, announced its wide squad ahead of the tournament and ahead of two games in the next round of the World Cup qualifiers, to be held at the end of August. The number one name of course is Nikola Jukic, the NBA MVP for the past two years.
As you may recall, the European Basketball Championship will start on September 1, and the house that includes Serbia, Israel, the Netherlands, Finland, Poland and the Czech Republic will be held in Prague. Earlier, the Serbian team will meet Greece on August 25 and Turkey on August 28 as part of the Mondobasket qualifiers.
Apart from Jokic, there are a number of other particularly interesting players in the Serbian squad: Vasilya Micic (Andulo star and MVP of the Final Four of the Euroleague for the past two years), Vladimir Lucic (Bayern Munich star), Milos Theodosic (one of the two biggest European coordinators in two Last decades), Nikola Kalinic (star of the red star who moved to Barcelona), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA’s formidable center), Alexei Fukushevsky (Oklahoma’s interesting talent), Nemanja Bielitsa (the veteran forward moving from Golden State to Fenerbahce) Jovic (the huge talent selected by Miami in the draft), Nemanja Nadovic (one of the best scorers on the continent returning to the Red Star) and Marco Godoric (one of the Fenerbahce stars).
The other actors: Alexa Abramovich, Diane Devidovach, Oganan Dobrich, Oganan Yermaz, Balsa Koprivicic, Vania Marinkovic, Philip Petroshev, Dusan Ristic, Marko Jagodic-Koritsa, Borissa Simanic, Alan Samhilgic.
As you may recall, the one who will not actually take part in the upcoming tournament due to an injury to the Serbian national team is Bogdan Bogdanovic, one of its stars, who plays for the Atlanta Hawks.