Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic announced he will represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in the upcoming 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers.
Nurkic, who re-signed with Portland on July 6th, is from the city of Tuzla. He played for his home country in the FIBA Europe U-18 Championship, where he was named MVP, averaging 19.4 points and 13.3 rebounds per game in 2012. He last played for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2017 during Eurobasket qualifiers.
The Dragons could use his help, as they sit tied in last place in their bracket for qualifiers at 2-4.