By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Ending the season earlier than expected after being eliminated in the NBA Playoffs, Nikola Jokic will come back soon to prepare for the Olympic Games in Paris with the Serbian national team.
The Denver Nuggets‘ superstar was indeed included into Svetislav Pesic’s 16-man preliminary list ahead of the biggest appointment of the summer, where Serbia got qualified after earning the silver medal in the 2023 FIBA World Cup, losing to Germany in the final.
Bogdan Bogdanovic, Vasilije Micic, Nikola Jovic, Aleksej Pokusevski, Nikola Milutinov, and other superstars are included into the Serbian national team’s Olympic extended roster. Four players will be cut before the start of the competition.
📢 Selektor Pešić odredio spisak kandidata za mušku “A” reprezentaciju 🇷🇸 Srbije na Olimpijskim igrama 🏀
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— Košarkaški savez SRB (@KSSrbije) June 10, 2024
PHOTO CREDIT: FIBA EuroBasket 2022