Serbia opting for height ahead of games against Israel and Greece
BELGRADE (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers) - Serbia coach Aleksandar Djordjevic announced the list of players he wants in his team for the next two games, with a lot of frontcourt depth.
BELGRADE (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers) - Serbia coach Aleksandar Djordjevic announced the list of players he wants in his team for the next two games, with a lot of frontcourt depth.
Miroslav Raduljica will once again travel the world, temporarily leaving his team Jiangsu Dragons in China and heading back home for the training camp ahead of games against Israel in Tel Aviv on November 30, and against Greece in Belgrade on December 3.
Raduljica will have a lot of help on the inside, with Bamberg's Stevan Jelovac, Banvit's Stefan Bircevic, Partizan's Djordje Gagic, Trento's Nikola Jovanovic and Bologna's Dejan Kravic ready to join the frontcourt rotation.
| Serbia 16-player squad for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers | |||
| Stefan Peno | Ilija Djokovic | Stefan Pot | Aleksa Avramovic |
| Dragan Milosavljevic | Branko Lazic | Ognjen Dobric | Rade Zagorac |
| Aleksa Radanov | Marko Simonovic | Stevan Jelovac | Stefan Bircevic |
| Miroslav Raduljica | Djordje Gagic | Nikola Jovanovic | Dejan Kravic |
Kravic, the seven-footer with Canadian citizenship, was also on the preliminary list for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014, but did not make the final cut. Varese's guard Aleksa Avramovic is back in the lineup for the first time since hitting the game-winning three-pointer against Austria in February.
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— Basketball World Cup (@FIBAWC) 25. veljače 2018.
Serbia stand at 5-3 in Group L, trailing Germany and Greece, a couple of 8-0 teams. Djordjevic's boys are two wins ahead of Georgia and Israel, hoping to book a ticket to China as soon as possible.
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