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Kostas Sloukas felt discomfort in his leg and followed an individual training program away from the Greek national team on Saturday. 

Konstantinos Sloukas

Konstantinos  Sloukas
Position: PG
Age: 32
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 95 kg
Birth place: Thessaloniki, Greece

The Greek national team is scheduled to play against Spain on Tuesday. Olympiacos Piraeus guard is likely to miss the preparation game due to discomfort he feels in his leg.

Greece's head coach Dimitris Itoudis during the Greek national team's media day mentioned that the training of the team ahead of EuroBasket on Saturday will take place in the absence of three players.

In addition to Sloukas, Georgios Papagiannis has not yet managed to join the team since the start of the preparation, while Giannis Antetokounmpo practiced individually so far due to NBA and FIBA agreement rules.

Full GREEK NT roster:

  • Nick Calathes
  • Kostas Papanikolaou
  • Kostas Sloukas
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • Giorgos Papagiannis
  • Thanasis Antetokounmpo
  • Ioannis Papapetrou
  • Giannoulis Larentzakis
  • Dimitris Agravanis
  • Leonidas Kaselakis
  • Lefteris Bochoridis
  • Kostas Antetokounmpo
  • Michalis Lountzis
  • Tyler Dorsey
  • Panagiotis Kalaitzakis
  • Dimitris Moraitis
  • Nikos Chougkaz
  • Konstantinos Gontikas
  • Giannis Kouzeloglou
  • Alex Antetokounmpo
  • Lefteris Mantzoukas
  • Omiros Netzipoglou
  • Giorgos Tanoulis

Greece's prep games tip-off on August 9, when the 'Blue and White' squad hosts Spain at the OAKA arena (18:00 CEST). Two days later, the two teams will meet again in Madrid (19:30 CEST). 

Here's the complete schedule of the Greek national team's scrimmages and official games in August:

August 9, 18:00 CEST, OAKA (Athens): Greece-Spain (friendly match)

August 11, 19:30 CEST, WiZink Center (Madrid): Spain-Greece (friendly match)

August 17, 20:00 CEST, OAKA: Greece-Poland (Acropolis tournament)

August 18, 20:00 CEST, OAKA: Georgia-Greece (Acropolis tournament)

August 19, 20:00 CEST, OAKA: Greece-Turkey (Acropolis tournament)

August 25, Stark Arena (Belgrade): Serbia-Greece (2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers)

August 28, OAKA: Greece-Belgium (2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers)

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