Svetislav Pesicselector Serbiais confident that it can count on most of the stars from the Plavi team to face the Olympic event this summer in Paris.
“It is too early to talk about it,” said the veteran coach from Mies, where he attended the draw for the Olympic tournament, in statements to his country’s media Meridian Sport. “Most of the players who are in the World Cup come from a similar generation. Two-thirds of the Manila team were born in 1994 or 1995. That is our advantage. We hope that two of that generation, Nikola Jokic and Vasilije Micic, play in this tournament. But we don’t know yet. “We just hope they finish the season injury-free.”
Alexa AvramovicNicholas MilutinovOgnjen DobricGo away DavidovacMarco Guduric and Dušan Ristic They belong to this generation from 94-95 of Manila’s Mundobasket. A year before, they played in the Eurobasket Jokic and Micic in addition to Ognjen Jaramaz .
“There are other players besides Jokic and Micic, but today I’m talking about this generation,” he continued. Pesic. “It’s a big advantage if you have a lot of continuity in a team. Because all those guys are playing together for a long time. They’ve been in FIBA competitions for a long time, they came up from the youth ranks. They know each other well and that is one of the reasons why “We are good at basketball in Manila. Of course, as always, you need the experience that Bogdan Bogdanović, the leader of this team, he added.
After learning the result of the draw, Pesic was congratulated for finding himself in the same group as USA This means you will not cross paths with your favorite later. In general, the Balkan coach believes that the tournament will be at the highest level.
“Overall, this Olympic tournament will be one of the best in history,” he said. “Out of 12 teams, ten are ready and have a chance to fight for a medal. This never happened in the history of the Olympic Games. What does that show? That basketball is definitely a global sport and now we can see it clearly. .”
Source: La Verdad
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