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BELGRADE (FIBA World Championship) - Serbian President Boris Tadic has encouraged New Jersey Nets center Nenad Krstic to play for Serbia & Montenegro at the FIBA World Championship this summer. Krstic returned to his homeland for a three and a half week break after a long season with the Nets, and admits he was been constantly asked about his plans regarding the national team wherever he went. That included a meeting with the President over dinner
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BELGRADE (FIBA World Championship) - Serbian President Boris Tadic has encouraged New Jersey Nets center Nenad Krstic to play for Serbia & Montenegro at the FIBA World Championship this summer.
Krstic returned to his homeland for a three and a half week break after a long season with the Nets, and admits he was been constantly asked about his plans regarding the national team wherever he went.
That included a meeting with the President over dinner.
"He knows a lot about NBA basketball," Krstic told the New York Post. "I saw him in a restaurant and he shook my hand and said, 'I want to see you tomorrow.' He didn't ask me [to play]. He just talked to me and he said, 'It's going to be a good thing if you're going to play.' "
The 22-year-old insists he has not yet made up his mind about playing for the national team.
"Right now, I don't know if I'm going to play or not for the National Team," Krstic said.
"If not, then I'll use the whole summer to work out,
"Every day someone called: 'You need to play,'" he added. "I can't explain it. You can't walk on the street. You walk on the street and people come up, 'Hey, I heard you're not playing for the National Team.' Soon, I'll decide."
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BELGRADE (FIBA World Championship) - Serbian President Boris Tadic has encouraged New Jersey Nets center Nenad Krstic to play for Serbia & Montenegro at the FIBA World Championship this summer.
Krstic returned to his homeland for a three and a half week break after a long season with the Nets, and admits he was been constantly asked about his plans regarding the national team wherever he went.
That included a meeting with the President over dinner.
"He knows a lot about NBA basketball," Krstic told the New York Post. "I saw him in a restaurant and he shook my hand and said, 'I want to see you tomorrow.' He didn't ask me [to play]. He just talked to me and he said, 'It's going to be a good thing if you're going to play.' "
The 22-year-old insists he has not yet made up his mind about playing for the national team.
"Right now, I don't know if I'm going to play or not for the National Team," Krstic said.
"If not, then I'll use the whole summer to work out,
"Every day someone called: 'You need to play,'" he added. "I can't explain it. You can't walk on the street. You walk on the street and people come up, 'Hey, I heard you're not playing for the National Team.' Soon, I'll decide."
PA Sport