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Daily Gossip, Saturday 17/5/14

As the Euroleague season reaches a dramatic conclusion, here are just a few bits from Saturday’s gossip clump, as World Cup news comes back to TB’s radar.

Teodosic refuses to answer question about CSKA future

Before his side’s third place game against Barcelona on Sunday, the future of CSKA Moscow guard Milos Teodosic is now an upcoming topic.

When asked at today’s [Saturday] media availability, the Serbian refused to answer the question when asked, instead choosing to focus on Sunday’s game against the Catalan giants.

Fellow Serbian Nenad Krstic is also rumoured to be leaving the club with Turkey being touted as a possible destination.

Maccabi fan sold his ticket on the 32nd minute of the final

A strange incident took place during the first semi-final between CSKA Moscow and Maccabi Electra. A fan of Maccabi sold his ticket for the final during the fourth quarter over the internet, since he believed his team could not turn things around. [link in Greek]

However, he saw his team emerging victorious, and thus he will now miss out on the final. He tried to ask some CSKA fans to give him on ticket so he can have access to the Arena, but he will return home. Ouch.

World Cup gossip

Noah and Parker will not be part of the upcoming World Cup

Coach Vincent Collet cleared that Tony Parker needs to rest from the consecutive games, and will not be part of the France squad, alongside Noah.

There is also an issue with Nicola Batum, and it is not sure if he will travel to Spain, while Boris Diaw is part of the pre-selection for the French.

Blake Griffin: I want to join U.S.A. in Spain.

Los Angeles Clippers forward stated that he wants to be part of the USA squad for the 2014 World Cup

“I plan to play for the USA, I cannot wait to work with the other great players and be coached by Mike Krzyzewski. It will help me a lot to proceed as a player.”

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