Poland’s Neemias Keta is among 14 players called up by the Portuguese basketball team released this Monday for pre-qualification for the Olympic tournament to be held in Gliwice, Poland, in August.
In Gliwice, Portugal will play in Group B for the preliminary qualification of the Olympic tournament, where they will meet with Bosnia and Herzegovina (August 13), Hungary (August 14) and Poland (August 16).
Queta, who has represented the Sacramento Kings of the North American Basketball League (NBA) for the past two seasons with a two-way contract that also allowed him to play on the Stockton Kings minor team, still has no definite future but is in the chosen coach of Mario Gomes .
The 23-year-old center, the first Portuguese player in the NBA and named to Sacramento’s Summer League roster, has already received a “qualifying offer” from the Kings, making him a restricted free player. agent, with the guarantee of the team. Thus, he has a say in the future of Kveta, being able to match any offer that the athlete receives.
From the initial list of 23 previously called, the Portuguese coach excluded nine basketball players from the final list: Andre Cruz, Carlos Cardoso, Antoni da Silva, João Guerreiro, Miguel Cardoso, Nuno Sa, Pedro Bastos, Sasa Borovniak and Sergio Silva. .
The concentration of the Portuguese team is scheduled for July 16, the team will spend an internship in Rio Mayor, after which they will play their first preparatory games in the international tournament Corasan de Viana against Côte d’Ivoire, the Czech Republic and Jordan. from 27 to 29 July.
On August 2, the Portuguese team travels to Amman, Jordan, where they will compete in the King’s Cup with Jordan, Mexico and Angola, a tournament that precedes the departure to Poland.
14 called:
Bases: Diogo Brito (Lleida Basque, Spain), Diogo Gameiro (Benfica), Diego Ventura (Sporting), Francisco Marante (Porto) and Rafael Lisboa (Spiro Charleroi, Belgium).
– Wingers: Diogo Araujo (Sporting), Goncalo Delgado (Melilla Balonsesto, Spain), Travante Williams (Sporting), Miguel Queiroz (Porto) and Vladislav Voytso (Porto).
– Positions: Candido Sa (Ovarense), Daniel Relvao (Lusitania), Nimias Keta (Sacramento Kings, USA) and Ricardo Monteiro (Sporting).
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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