Pesic: “Misunderstanding! Vukcevic chose the Serbian national team, not Stojakovic”

He spoke of a misunderstanding Svetislav Pesic after the uproar caused about his final decision Andrei Stojakovic to compete against Serbia, which Peja’s son’s side denied. The coach of Serbia clarified that the report was made about him Tristan Vukcevicwho also had the choice between Serbia and Greece because of his father, Dusan.

“It was a classic misunderstanding. I was on a show and at one point one of the people watching asked about the plan we have for our young players around the world whose parents have dual citizenship. The children of these people have grown up, become great talents and are a concern for the Serbian national team. While this discussion was taking place, about scouting young players born in other countries, Andriy Stojakovic’s name came up. So when the question was asked about Stojaković, at some point Dule Vujošević answered that the same applies to the case of Tristan Vukčević (note that he has a double passport). Then, I explained what was true in Vukcevic’s case, not Stojakovic’sPesic emphasized.

“We had a conversation with Tristan and his family when he was playing at Partizan and we had submitted his papers to FIBA. Since it was considered that he had a Greek basketball education, we had to submit the papers and wait for him to turn 21 years old. Vukcevic’s story was the one that was running, Stojakovic was not news, not my topic of conversation. But someone misinterpreted what I said and there was this misunderstanding. I didn’t talk about Andrei. However, I want to make it clear that we will not hold any grudge against any player if he wants to represent the country where he was born or studied or the country of origin of his parentsPesic added.