National basketball coach Gordon Herbert cannot rely on Dylan Osetkowski in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Sweden and Finland.
The native of the United States from the Spanish cup winner Unicaja Malaga, who could have made his debut in the jersey of the German Basketball Association (DBB), suffers from back problems. A subsequent nomination for the games on Friday (7:30 p.m. / MagentaSport) in Frankfurt/Main and on Monday in Espoo is not planned.
European Championship bronze winner Germany has already secured its ticket for the World Cup in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines (25 August to 10 September) and has been preparing for the upcoming tasks in Frankfurt since Monday. The NBA professionals and the EuroLeague players from Bayern Munich and Alba Berlin are not there.
On Wednesday evening, Herbert will reduce the squad to the twelve players expected to play against Sweden.