Serbian preliminary squad for the first games of World Cup qualification tournament
Not long ago, Serbian national team won silver medal at EuroBasket 2017, and now the team has to be ready for new challenge, World Cup qualification tournament. In order to accomplish the goal, and that is booking ticket for China, to participate in World Cup 2019, Serbian head coach Aleksandar Đorđević announced preliminary squad. There is no surprise that in this list won’t be players who play in NBA league, Miloš Teodosić, Nikola Jokić, Boban Marjanović, Nemanja Bjelica and Bogdan Bogdanović, but in their absence, coach called some young guys and also players from EuroLeague who played on previous tournament held in Turkey. There are 35 guys Đorđević is counting on, and he put that many names on the list because clubs may not allow those who play EuroLeague to help Serbian national team because World Cup qualification tournament rounds are playing in the middle of the season. In the