Luka Doncic and Goran Dragic highlight Slovenia's preliminary roster for EuroBasket / News - Basketnews.com

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The Slovenian national team head coach Aleksander Sekulic announced a 20-man roster for the EuroBasket 2022.

Luka Doncic

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Among the selected players, Slovenian fans can find superstar Luka Doncic and captain Goran Dragic, who was set to finish his national team career after the last FIBA window earlier this summer.

Even though Dragic is on the list, he is yet to decide whether he will be available for the major international tournament. As stated by the veteran guard, firstly, he will have to sort out personal matters in Miami.

"I admit that I am tempted to perform at the EuroBasket," Dragic said in early July.

Moreover, the Slovenian expanded roster includes Mike Tobey, Zoran Dragic, NBAer Vlatko Cancar, and Klemen Prepelic.

The latter two players were forced to miss the past FIBA window due to recovery from injuries.

"Right before the EuroBasket, we have two more FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers matches, so we will have to plan our preparation and step into our best form wisely. That's why we decided to include twenty players on the list," said coach Sekulic.

During the preparation cycle, which will begin on July 25, the Slovenians will play six friendly games.

Ahead of EuroBasket, the team will also face Estonia on August 25 and Germany on August 28 for the FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers.

After WC Qualifiers, the focus then switches to EuroBasket for the start of September.

Slovenia will be based in Cologne for the initial group phase as they face France, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, and the hosts, Germany, from September 1-7, 2022.

Full roster:

Jaka Blazic Sasa Ciani Vlatko Cancar Jakob Lovrenc Cebasek Ziga Dimec Luka Doncic Goran Dragic Zoran Dragic Gregor Glas Gregor Hrovat Robert Jurkovic Jurij Macura Edo Muric Aleksej Nikolic Bine Prepelic Klemen Prepelic Luka Rupnik Ziga Samar Luka Scuka Mike Tobey

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