Igor Kokoskov rules out Milutinov, Lazic / News - Basketnews.com

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Coach of the Serbian national team, Igor Kokoskov, announced that Nikola Milutinov and Branko Lazic will not play this summer due to injury.

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With Vanja Marinkovic also removed from his list, the Serbs are left with 13 players. The coaching staff will soon announce the last player to be cut from the squad. However, they will remain with the national team, as noted by Kokoskov.

Serbia will face the Dominican Republic on Tuesday, June 29, for their first game of the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Their following opponent in the preliminary round will be the Philippines.

The other group is comprised of Italy, Senegal, and Puerto Rico. The qualifiers will take place in Belgrade, Serbia.

Serbia NT candidates:

Guards:

Vasilije Micic (Anadolu Efes Istanbul) Milos Teodosic (Virtus Bologna) Stefan Jovic (Khimki Moscow Region) Danilo Andjusic (JL Bourg)

Forwards:

Nemanja Bjelica (Miami Heat) Dejan Davidovac (Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade) Ognjen Dobric (Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade) Nikola Kalinic (Valencia Basket) Dragan Milosavljevic (Unicaja Malaga) Dalibor Ilic (KK Igokea)

Centers:

Boban Marjanovic (Dallas Mavericks) Aleksa Avramovic (Movistar Estudiantes) Filip Petrusev (Gonzaga Bulldogs) Support BasketNews so we could make even better content.