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The Greek national team will start the EuroBasket with just 9 healthy players on the roster. Ioannis Papapetrou has recovered from his injury but 3 other players that are injured are going to be included in the final roster.

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The Greek national team traveled to Milan with 14 players. And the final 12 are still not decided, even though the four injured players who were in question are likely to make the cut.

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The Greek national team's injured quartet will be declared in the final roster, according to Gazzetta.gr.

Kostas Sloukas and Georgios Papagiannis will not play in the first few matches, while Kostas Antetokounmpo remains doubtful. But there is good news as well, as Ioannis Papapetrou has reportedly recovered from his injury.

Therefore, the Greek national team will start the Eurobasket with 9 healthy players on the roster.

After the last medical tests, which were carried out a few hours before the departure of Milan, the data regarding the injured players according to Gazzetta.gr are as follows:

Ioannis Papapetrou has overcome his injury (hamstring pull) and will play against Croatia and Italy already. Kostas Sloukas and Giorgos Papagiannis will be declared to FIBA ​​but they will probably not play in the first two games. Their return is expected at the beginning of next week. Kostas Antetokounmpo remains doubtful, but barring the unexpected he will be included in the final 12, with the goal of playing in Berlin, but the prognosis is somewhat uncertain.

14 players that arrived with the team in Milan:

Nick Calathes Kostas Sloukas Tyler Dorey Giannoulis Larentzakis Michalis Lountzis Lefteris Bohoridis Giannis Antetokounmpo Kostas Papanikolaou Ioannis Papapetrou Thanasis Antetokounmpo Dimitris Agravanis Leonidas Kaselakis Giorgios Papagiannis Kostas Antetokounmpo Thank you for reading us! We have even more content for you.