Men's basketball welcomes the good! Serbia officially announces Jokic's absence from the World Cup, Li Kyle helps the team upset

On July 24, Beijing time, Serbian men's basketball coach Pešić announced that Jokic will not represent the Serbian men's basketball team in this summer's men's basketball World Cup.

Pešić revealed that the national team had a friendly conversation with Jokic, who explained that he was not mentally or physically ready for the World Cup. Obviously, after helping the Nuggets win an NBA championship, Jokic wanted a full vacation to adjust himself.

Jokić is a two-time NBA regular-season MVP winner, led the team to a championship this year, and won the personal Finals MVP, and there is no doubt that he is the absolute core and number one ace of the Serbian men's basketball team. Jokic's absence naturally hit the Serbian men's basketball team hard.

However, for the Chinese men's basketball team, this only increases the probability of some upsets, because even if Jokic does not play, it is quite difficult for the Chinese men's basketball team to beat Serbia.

Of course, after the men's basketball team officially naturalized Li Kyle, perhaps this possibility can be imagined. According to the previous draw, the Serbian and Chinese men's basketball team, the Puerto Rican men's basketball team and the South Sudan men's basketball team are tied in Group B. On August 26, the Chinese men's basketball team encountered Serbia in the first game. If Serbia can be defeated by upset, the hope of the Chinese men's basketball team qualifying from the group will be greatly increased, and the Asian team with the best results in this World Cup can go directly to the Paris Olympics, and the chances of qualifying for the Olympic Games will naturally increase.