Shock in the National Team with Mitoglou: He was injured and misses the World Championship!

The problems are endless for her National basketball team. To the summer of many absences was added another big one, literally at the last minute. THE Dino Mitoglou was put out of action for the World Cup due to injury and the even worse thing is that now he cannot be replaced and the Greek team will march with… an eleven in the competition.

In particular, he hit in an unsuspected phase of training and it was found from the tests that he suffered a fissured fracture of the base of the little finger on his left hand.

Needless to say, how important is the absence of the 27-year-old ace, who had returned strongly to action after a year and a half of inactivity due to suspension and was one of the leaders of the National team in the pre-season friendlies. Mitoglou was Greece’s basic “4” and its second “5”. usually being the player who played when Papagiannis sat on the bench (with Hatzidakis third choice). He was the leading rebounder and second scorer of the National team in friendlies, while being one of its most consistent shooters from a long distance. Now with his absence, the gap will necessarily be filled from withinwith Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Ioannis Papapetrou, possibly also Kostas Papanikolaou getting time at “4” and Hatzidakis being Papagianni’s first change at “5”.

Thus, Mitoglou’s absence is added to those of Giannis and Kostas Antetokounmpo, Kostas Sloukas, Nick Kalathis, Tyler Dorsey and Dimitris Agravanis. Seven in total and all the important…