Sfairopoulos explains Javonte Smart signing, reveals Teodosic's status / News - Basketnews.com

Javonte Smart is young and fresh and will help on both sides of the court after Nedovic and Topic's injury, Sfairopoulos said. Teodosic will play against Baskonia after skipping the ABA League game against Borac.

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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade defeated Borac Mozzart Cacak in the ABA League on Sunday. After the game, Crvena Zvezda's head coach, Ioannis Sfairopoulos, answered questions about the most relevant topics.

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The rend-and-whites played without Milos Teodosic, who suffered a minor injury during the last EuroLeague game against the EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. Additionally, Nemanja Nedovic and Nikola Topic are sidelined with long-term injuries.

As such, Crvena Zvezda have signed Javonte Smart to the roster.

"He will come [at] the beginning of the week. Our management is working for him. He will pass the medical tests, we'll see when he will be here. I don't want to say [anything] before we finalize everything," Sfairopoulos said about Smart.

"It's a player that will help us, of course. I'm satisfied [with] how fast the club reacted. We brought [in] a quality player. It's a player that will give us solutions on offense and defense. He's young, he's fresh, and I think he will help us a lot," the Greek specialist said.

It is currently unclear whether Smart will compete against Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz on Thursday.

"We don't know yet," Sfairopoulos said when asked about it. "He needs to pass the medical tests. There's a procedure - you know it better than me. We don't when he will come [or] when he will be ready to play, we don't know. I'm not ready to answer this question now."

Teodosic, meanwhile, will be fully ready for the game.

"Milos is ok. He had some muscle fatigue, and we didn't want to risk some injury," Sfairopoulos explained.

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