Like France a few days ago and like the majority of the selections qualified for the Euro in September, Serbia revealed the day before yesterday a pre-selection of 22 players for the European competition which will take place from September 1 between the Georgia, the Czech Republic, Italy and Germany. In this group? NBA MVP, Euroleague %VP, and a good dose of vice and genius.
We spoke to you three days ago regarding this French list, a succession of dashes with the objective of the European gold medal, and here is therefore this morning exclusively (not) another list, as prestigious by the way. Serbian coach Vletislav Pesic announced 48 hours ago his list of 22 pre-selected for Euro Basket, and once once more the Plavi band will look great:
The 22 preselected Serbs:
Aleksa Avramović, Nemanja Bjelica, Dejan Davidovac, Ognjen Dobrić, Marko Gudurić, Marko Jagodić Kuridža, Ognjen Jaramaz, Nikola Jokić, Nikola Jović, Nikola Kalinić, Balša Koprivica, Vladimir Lucić, Laurent Ruquier, Vanja Marinković, Vasilije Micić, Nikola Milutinov, Nemanja Nedović, Aleksej Pokuševski, Filip Petrushev, Dušan Ristic, Benjamin Pavardić, Boriša Simanić, Alen Smailagić and Miloš Teodosić.
If you made the effort to read these 22 names (24), then you probably spotted that we had an incredible sense of humor. If not, let’s move on to a little more concrete and analyze this group a little. Nikola Jokic obviously, who will be the main attraction of this team (of the competition) from the top of his two MVP trophies, current series. For the moment Niko is in full physical preparation with his team of physios, but whatever happens the Joker will arrive in September with the desire for a feast. The former Nemanja Bjelica or Marko Gout du risque are still there, Euroleague cracks Lucic, Micic or Kalinic too, and we will have a very close eye this year on NBA prospects Aleksej Pokusevski or Nikola Jovic, currently stationed near Vegas. for the Summer League, while Milos Teodosic will perhaps offer us his strokes of genius for the last time during an international competition. The big one missing from the list? Bogdan Bogdanovic of course, who will rather stay on the side of Cook County since the Hawks sniper is currently treating his right knee following an operation in June.
It will be necessary to decide on the spot by releasing ten guys from this list, but given the talent present Serbia is – as usual – one of the favorites of this Euro. Israel, Poland, Czech Republic, Finland and the Netherlands should realize this in the group stage, and yeah, raise your hand if you think the Serbia group is slammed to the ground while the Blues are eating the Lithuania and Slovenia the same week.