There is no Jonas Jeribko, Jeffrey Taylor, Marcus Ericsson, or Christopher Sesrapowicz.
Sweden is forced to lay off many players when Luka Doncic, the star of Slovenian basketball and the star of the National Basketball Association, comes for a visit.
– The company responsible for the match in the match plan, Säger förbundskapten Mikko Riipinen.
Jonas Jeribko He was suspended from participating with the national team after his move to CSKA Moscow. When Sweden meet Finland and Slovenia in the World Cup qualifiers this summer, the team will have to do without him too Jeffrey TaylorMarcus Ericsson and Christopher Sesrapowicz.
– Jeffrey’s last game could be on June 24, which is a short time in our camp. But due to the circumstances and the long season he has been through, it will be difficult for him to come and do justice with us. In the end, it wasn’t just a question, it was more than a statement.
Could it be related to the future?
– Ask follow-up questions about the upcoming camp and when he will be able to join. There are no closed doors, but it’s hard to meet with each passing year.
‘No one has succeeded in the NBA’
Markus Ericsson is unavailable due to injury issues and Cherrapovic is dismissed due to “special obligations”.
– There is nothing strange in that. Rebinin says other things in life are important so unfortunately he won’t be able to participate.
Sweden won their first qualifying match against Finland last winter and also challenged Slovenia away. But now the situation is completely different because both opponents will receive reinforcements from the NBA. Finland will have Cleveland Cavaliers Lori Markkanen, but above all, the Dallas Mavericks star will play for Slovenia, which is ranked fourth in the world.
There is no plan for how to defend it or how to prevent it. We can search with lights and lanterns to find a magical way, but if no one works in the NBA, I don’t know how to do it. It’s important to counter the problem in other ways, Rebinin says.
Who faces the challenge of trying to keep numbers low?
– There are several options. There will likely be more team defense and different players changing. Victor Gadforsch is good for one person, but Doncic doesn’t just hurt one by one, and that’s what’s a problem. It would be hell to make that match plan, but that’s what we’re here for. We don’t want to play Slovenia without Doncic.
Is it possible to beat Slovenia with Doncic?
– It would be scary if you stood up and said the cliché that we can beat everyone. There were bigger explosions, but we need to focus on performance.
“Hard Challenge”
Sweden achieved two wins and two losses in the World Cup qualifiers. To advance to the final group match, the national team must finish in the top three. All teams in the group still had a chance to advance.
– With a situation where we’re lacking some players and they have, to say the least, competent regenerations in both Finland and Slovenia, the challenge gets bigger and harder. At the same time, it’s a greater opportunity for us to do something really big and wonderful, regardless, we’ll learn something along the way, says Rebinin.
Sweden put together a large squad, but only 12 players will be in the final squad.
Sweden will first meet Finland away on June 30 and then wait for Slovenia at home on July 3.