AMMAN —
President of the Basketball Federation Mohamed Alayyan revealed that the
federation was going to summon the naturalized American Kevin Ware, to
represent the first national basketball team in the Arab Basketball
Championship hosted by the UAE from February 8–16.
اضافة اعلان
Kevin Ware
currently plays with the Iraqi Al-Naft Club.
In remarks to
Jordan
News, Alayyan said: “Kevin Ware has
been an option that has been on the table for a long time. He was unable to participate
in the Asian Championship in 2017, but he will be with us in the Arab
Championship.”
Alayyan also
stressed that the choices of players remain restricted to the choice of the
technical staff only. He added that the American naturalized Dar Tucker is the
technical staff’s first choice to meet the Lebanese team in their match on
February 24.
The match is
within the second stage of the Asian qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup.
With regard to the
state of the professional center player Ahmed Al-Duwairi who plays with the
Turkish Fenerbahçe, Alayyan said: “We in the Basketball Association ensured to
stay in continuous contact with the player of our national team, Ahmed
Al-Duwairi … to ensure his presence in the team’s training on February 20.”
Alayyan stressed
that Duwairi sent a strong message to his Turkish team which played a role in
the loss of the Jordan Falcons against Saudi Arabia due to them prohibiting him
from joining the team. Duwairi stressed his keenness to stand by the Flacons in
their match against Lebanon.
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