Nikola Vucevic set to help Montenegro in WC Qualifiers / News - Basketnews.com

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The Montenegrin national team will count on their biggest basketball star Nikola Vucevic in the upcoming FIBA window.

2-pointers this season

53%30,8Points made:30,8Accuracy:53,3%Place in standings:4Record max:43Record min:14Most made 2FGs:DeMar DeRozanTeamNBAStatisticsSchedule

Montenegro will face France on July 1 in Podgorica and will play an away match against Portugal on July 4.

The team sits second in Group E of World Cup European Qualifiers with 2 wins and 2 defeats.

The 31-year-old Vucevic averaged 17.6 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 3.2 assists over 73 regular-season games this NBA campaign.

Vucevic was a two-time All-Star for the Orlando Magic before being dealt to the Chicago Bulls at last season's trading deadline.

The 11-year veteran has career averages of 16.9 points and 10.4 rebounds. He spent his first NBA season with the Philadelphia 76ers (2011-12) before spending 8 1/2 seasons with the Magic.

Vucevic represented the national team at three EuroBaskets (2011, 2013, 2017) and FIBA World Cup 2019 where he averaged 14.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 14.8 PIR.

Full squad:

Vasilije Bacovic Filip Barovic Luka Bogavac Igor Drobnjak Bojan Dubljevic Andrija Grbovic Emir Hadzibegovic Aleksa Ilic Nikola Ivanovic Dordije Jovanovic Jovan Klijajic Vladimir Mihailovic Zoran Nikolic Nikola Pavlicevic Petar Popovic Jona Radebo Dino Radoncic Nemanja Radovic Marko Simonovic Radosav Spasojevic Marko Todorovic Vladimir Tomasevic Nikola Vucevic Fedor Zugic

Group E

Pos Team GM W L HW HL PPG PPG A Diff STR L5 1 France 4 4 0 2 0 78.5 58.3 20.3 +4 ++++ 2 Montenegro 4 2 2 1 1 79.3 74.3 5 -1 -++- 3 Hungary 4 2 2 0 2 72.5 80.0 -7.5 +1 +--+ 4 Portugal 4 0 4 0 2 64.0 81.8 -17.8 -4 ---- Thank you for reading us! Help us even more.