Luka Doncic, superstar guard of the Dallas Mavericks, promised his home country of Slovenia that if he is not injured during the 2024 NBA Finals series duel with the Boston Celtics. Kks goes first. He will definitely join his teammates in the national team to compete in the qualifying round and compete for the right to compete in the Paris Alps.
The Slovenian national team has just announced its 16-man squad for qualifying for the final ticket to the 2024 Olympic Games, with the five-year-old back court among them.
The tournament takes place in Greece starting on July 2. There are six nations competing in addition to the hosts, including Slovenia, Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Croatia and Egypt, with only one winner competing for the right to compete in Paris.
According to the competitive calendar, Luka has a few weeks to recover from the long NBA season and must continue serving his homeland. Even though I carry knee and ankle pain with me. However, he stood up for the country and did his best.
“If my body is still good I’m going to play too,” said the six-year NBA veteran.
“It means I have dragged my body for more than 95 matches since last year because you must not forget to add the FIBA World Cup 2023 tournament before the NBA season opens again.”
In the case of the NBA Finals, competing up to game 7 series, the competition calendar is June 23, and Doncic goes straight to serve his country, it could be in a warm-up game against Brazil on June 28, or there’s not enough time to rest. Even a week
If passed to play in the 2024 Paris Olympics , it will be Doncic ‘s second time after debuting at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. At that time , he debuted by scoring 48 points , the second most all-time for an Olympic player. First match, second only to Oscar Schmidt, Brazil national team , 1988, scored 55 points .
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