The head coach of the national team Ainars Bagatskis spoke about the upcoming matches of the Ukrainians.
Oleksiy Len and Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk will not play for the Ukrainian national basketball team in the upcoming matches. This was said by the head coach of the national team Ainars Bagatskis.
According to him, legionnaires from the National Basketball League are planned to be connected to the matches in another international window.
“We’re always in touch with Len and Mikhailyuk, and the boys are ready to play for the national team, for them it’s for every player for honor. But there are rules in the NBA (NBA players are can stay on the national team for no more than 28 days throughout the year – approximately), if we use them for the national team, we may lose them later.
It will also be beneficial for the boys themselves now, they haven’t finished the season, they can play more and better in the NBA and the battles for the national team can help them in any way.
We remember that with Len and Mikhailyuk, Ukraine already beat Spain in 2017, but I think in this window we should solve our problems without them, and in August we will meet them in the national team for the next qualification window and the European Championship. , “said Bagatskis..
Recall that initially, the Ukrainian men’s basketball team played three matches simultaneously in qualifying for the 2023 World Championship. The Ukrainians will play two nominal home games against Georgia (July 1) and Spain (July 7) in Riga, as well as the fight against North Macedonia (July 4) in Skopje.
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Source: korrespondent
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