Dixon out for Turkey, EuroBasket roster announced

2017-08-30T20:32:59+00:00 2017-08-30T23:30:37+00:00.

Antonis Stroggylakis

30/Aug/17 20:32

Eurohoops.net

The Turkish national team will march to the EuroBasket minus naturalized guard Bobby Dixon since the Fenerbahce player didn’t manage to recover from a hip problem in time for the tournament.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Bobby Dixon is the final cut made by Turkey head coach Ufuk Sarica and the”12 Giant Men” have finalized their roster for the EuroBasket, with young guns Cedi Osman and Furkan Korkmaz headlining the list.

Turkish national team EuroBasket squad:

Cedi Osman, Dogus Balbay, Furkan Korkmaz, Erkan Veyseloglu, Sertac Sanli, Kenan Sipahi, Furkan Aldemir, Melih Mahmutoglu, Baris Hersek, Sinan Guler, Goksenin Koksal, Semih Erden.

Turkey hosts Group D of the tournament in Istanbul. It will face Serbia, Latvia, Belgium, Russia and Great Britain.

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