PRINT EDITION. This is the week that once again divides European basketball as, alongside the Euroleague games, the national teams are fighting their own battles to reach the World Cup final. Today the national team leaves for Heraklion, where on Friday (19.00) they will meet with Latvia in their first match for the “windows” of Mundobasket, and on Monday (21.30) they will close the November matches in Belgium.
However, until today it is not known who and how many of the Olympiacos and Panathinaikos national team players will strengthen it, because tomorrow (21.00) the Red-Whites will host Partizan, and the Greens will host Baskonia on Friday (21.30) . Even the presence of Dimitris Itoudis on the bench has not been clarified, as Fenerbahce will play against Red Star Zvezda tomorrow.
“There must be some order in this situation. What is happening is a big blow to basketball. The Euroleague is an important event, but in all countries the national team should have priority,” said Ergin Ataman, coach of the Turkish Federation and Efes.
At the same time, Serbian national team coach Svetislav Pesic said that the Spanish teams participating in the Euroleague will not allow their players to integrate into their national teams, in particular, referring to the cases of Marinkovic (Basque Country) and Kalinic (Barcelona). ).
Source: Kathimerini
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