Focusing on his assignment with the senior national team of Serbia, recently-hired head coach Dusan Alimpijevic addressed the peculiar demands in calling up players and listing the best possible roster.

“For now, we are being patient with arrivals. [Stefan] Nikolic and [Aleksa] Radanov missed morning practice due to club commitments. All 17 players we counted on to be here were part of the second practice,” he said, excluding seven EuroLeague players from the initial total of 24 for the first window dedicated to the FIBA World Cup 2027 Qualifiers.

“The EuroLeague season started with more intensity than ever, with two-game weeks from the beginning, making our job harder. Over the first eight games, there were 276 injuries across all teams. That’s 90 more than last year. That is off

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