By Antonis Stroggylakis/ info@eurohoops.net
It seems that the problems surrounding team Bosnia didn’t vanish with the reconciliation of Mirza Teletovic and Dzanan Musa after their now infamous incident and don’t end at Damir Mulaomerovic’s “feud” with his captain.
Jusuf Nurkic was the latest player to express his frustration with certain issues revolving around the Bosnian national team, via a post in his Instagram profile. The Denver Nuggets center didn’t travel with his teammates to Sweden for the next game of the Eurobasket 2017 qualifiers, something that was seen in a negative light by some of his country’s media.
Apart from answering back to the general criticism he receives, he also mentioned that his future in his country’s national team is not certain at all.
“He was injured“, they say, ‘he doesn’t want to play, he has bogus injury, he’s no good…’ I came to play and that wasn’t good. I gave my best and that wasn’t good. Whatever I do, it isn’t good. Do I annoy you this much, really? Anyway, I’m going to stay with these guys till the bitter end, but after all these things you did to me, next time I will think twice next time about playing for national team or not, you bunch of liars! And one more thing: How and when I travel with the national team is not my decision, but the decision of the Federation and the coaching staff. And one more thing: If I wanted to be separated from the team, I wouldn’t bother to come here anyway!”
Instagram post translation by Igor Marinovic