Luka Doncic and Goran Dragic headline Slovenian NT roster for FIBA window / News - Basketnews.com

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Luka Doncic and Goran Dragic will officially take part in the upcoming FIBA World Cup 2023 qualifiers window.

Luka Doncic

Team:Dallas MavericksPosition:SGAge:23Height:201 cmWeight:99 kgBirth place:Ljubljana, SloveniaProfileNewsStatistics

Slovenian basketball federation announced a 15-man roster, in which both Doncic and Dragic are included.

Apart from them, there are more well-known faces: Jaka Blazic, Vlatko Cancar, Zoran Dragic, Zan Mark Sisko, Mike Tobey, and others.

Full Slovenian NT roster:

Slovenia is set to begin its national team preparations in the coming weeks.

They will host Croatia on June 30 in Ljubljana before heading to Stockholm to take on Sweden in their final game of the First Round with the top three teams in the group advancing to the Second Round, which is due to begin in August.

Slovenia sits second in Group C with 2 victories and 2 defeats. With a win against Croatia, they would secure a place in the next stage.

Group C

Pos Team GM W L HW HL PPG PPG A Diff STR L5 1 Finland 4 3 1 2 0 77.0 74.5 2.5 +3 +++- 2 Slovenia 4 2 2 1 1 81.3 83.0 -1.8 -2 --++ 3 Sweden 4 2 2 1 1 82.3 81.3 1 -1 -+-+ 4 Croatia 4 1 3 0 2 78.5 80.3 -1.8 +1 +---

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.

The last time Goran Dragic represented the Slovenian jersey was back in 2017, when he navigated his country to the EuroBasket gold.

He scored 35 points in the grand final, which was the most points scored in the ultimate match since Pau Gasol dropped 36 points in 2003 final.

Following his performance, Dragic was given the MVP award of the tournament, after averaging 22.6 points per game over 9 duels.

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