30 candidates for Sidney

Aleksandar Djordjevic

Budva, May 13 - Broader list of candidates of men's basketball national team for Sidney Olympic games was announced at today's meeting of the Yugoslav Basketball Association presidency. The following players found their place on the list by selector Dusan Ivkovic and the first couch Zeljko Obradovic:

GUARDS: Aleksandar Djordjevic (Real Madrid, Spain), Sasa Obradovic (Red Star Belgrade), Dragan Lukovski (Red Star Belgrade), Marko Jaric (Winnington Group, Italy), Dejan Radonjic (Buducnost Podgorica), Milan Tomic (Olympiakos, Greece), Predrag Danilovic (Kinder, Italy), Vlado Scepanovic (Buducnost Podgorica), Nikola Loncar (Zuketti Montecatini, Italy), Miroslav Beric (Muler, Italy), Miroslav Radosevic (Partizan Belgrade), Igor Rakocevic (Red Star Belgrade), Haris Brkic (Buducnost Podgorica), Veselin Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade).

FORWARDS: Dejan Bodiroga (Panathinaikos, Greece), Predrag Stojakovic (Sacramento Kings, USA), Milan Gurovic (Barcelona, Spain), Mladen Sekularac (FMP Zeleznik Belgrade).

CENTERS: Vlade Divac (Sacramento Kings, USA), Zeljko Rebraca (Panathinaikos, Greece), Dejan Tomasevic (Buducnost Podgorica), Dragan Tarlac (Olympiakos, Greece), Milenko Topic (Buducnost Podgorica), Nikola Bulatovic (Buducnost Podgorica), Predrag Drobnjak (Efes Pilsen, Turkey), Jovo Stanojevic (Red Star Belgrade), Dejan Milojevic (FMP Zeleznik Belgrade), Aleksadnar Radojevic (Toronto Raptors, USA), Nikola Jestratijevic (Red Star Belgrade), Ratko Varda (Partizan Belgrade).

Before the very beginning of the preparations on July 16, Obradovic will reveal best 16 who will begin with two-month period preparations for the Olympic tournament.