Recently, the men's basketball European Championship has been in full swing, and the Slovenian men's basketball team has entered the quarterfinals and launched a strong impact on the championship.
However, on the road to the championship, the Slovenian men's basketball team is not smooth sailing, and their team is constantly injured, which is always very worrying. Previously, in the group stage, at the beginning of the Slovenia match against Germany, naturalized center Mike Toby just dropped his foot during the jump and simply withdrew from the game.
Fortunately, Toby returned with only one truce, performed well in the 16-in-8 match against Belgium, and was still the core interior. The result was also against Belgium, and Slovenia added another injured player, that is, Zoran Dragic.
As Golan Dragic's younger brother, Zoran is less capable of personally but is definitely Slovenia's main rotation defender. At the Tokyo Olympics, Zoran averaged about 20 points per game and was Doncic's best helper. However, when facing Belgium, Zoran accidentally injured after a breakthrough basket and directly withdrew from the game.
After examination, Zoran was diagnosed with a partial tear in the quadriceps muscle and required 6 to 8 weeks to recuperate. In other words, Zoran has officially withdrawn from the journey of this European Championship. This is a big blow to Slovenia, because Zoran only averaged about 5 points per game to give up the ball to his brother Golan, but he still has more than 1 steal and is an important defender of the team.
Slovenia has superstar Doncic, but their squad is average, and it is not easy to do without anyone. It should be noted that at the 2017 European Championships, Zoran was also injured and failed to play, and as a result, Slovenia rushed all the way to the final and won the European championship. This time, it is not known whether Zoran's injury will trigger the same result.