He will now be able to play a total of 5 basketball friendlies for the national team. Dragić phoned up his NBA team on his own initiative, and told them that he needed more matches to adjust to the way the national team plays.

Slovenia's national basketball team moves to Kranjska Gora as it begins the second stage of its preparations ahead of the World Championships in Spain, to be held between the 30th of August and 14th of September. It will now be joined by its key players Goran Dragić and Erazem Lorbek.