Slovenia has touched down in Poland. The country hopes to see a rejuvenated Luka Doncic lead the team to success during their EuroBasket 2025 campaign. However, before the tournament even begins, the team has had to battle some internal battles. Slovenia, as it stands, only has one other player aside from Doncic with EuroLeague experience.

Is that the country’s talent pool? Far from it. If the cards fell right, Slovenia could have assembled a superior team besides Doncic. But they hit complications along the way. Hoop Collective’s Tim MacMahon has studied the team in detail. Notably, they face three key absences due to unfortunate reasons.

Starting with the explosive one. Zoran Dragic, the former Heat star Goran Dragic’s brother was cut off from the team by head coach Aleksander Sekulic.

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