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Goran Dragic is a rising star with the Phoenix Suns and Boston Nachbar spent a lot a lot of time with the New Jersey Nets. "We have to stop them in transition because they are lethal and try to stay in the game as much as possible," Dragic said. "They are a very strong team and we will just go out and do our best." Tunisia lost on their debut at the FIBA World Championship but coach Adel Tlatli was encouraged by his team's effort. Now he is fully focused on Sunday's game against Brazil. "After the game against Slovenia," he said, "Brazil is more of the same for us. "We are going to have problems in our interior play but we will have to come up with solutions in order to play more zone defense. "For us it's important to play these type of games, to gain experience of playing at the highest level." FIBA.com

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Perhaps it's good for Slovenia that only Dragic is playing in the World Championship here even if Dragic claims he would have been able to get along on the same team with Vujacic. "We are professionals,'' Dragic said in an interview with FanHouse after scoring 16 points in an 80-56 win over Tunisia on Saturday, the day before his team faces the Americans. "We are playing for our national team. So if you have something against each other, we don't have to make this on the court.'' FanHouse.com

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The Sacramento Kings guard was unhappy at being asked to back up Jaka Lakovic and has left the team after talks with management. “I was expecting a greater role on the team,” he said. “I was not happy, so I chose to leave before any games. I was expecting to have a greater responsibility, to have higher expectations, but unfortunately this did not happen.” “I thank the Federation, Memi Becirovic, Matej Avanzo and Walter Jeklinu as I had excellent communication with them. It was quite amicable.” Interbasket

Coach Becirovic said he had been open with Udrih about his role on the team from the start. “The Basketball Federation of Slovenia’s delegation met with Ben in April in Sacramento, where he was invited to participate in the team,” Becirovic explained. “I later called him to explain in what capacity I saw him playing on the team and to tell him my ideas. I let him know that Jaka Lakovic would start, but he would be one of the team laters on the floor and would have a sufficient number of minutes and a role in deciding what we do. “Unfortunately, on the very first day he was here, Ben began to think differently so we decided to talk on this sensitive issue, but also to wait a week and approach it with cool heads along with director Matej Avanzo and sporting director Walter Jelklinom. “We had wanted the issue solved before the preparation matches. We talked about all our ideas, but the differences were too many, so it was decided it was better for the team if we continued separately.” Interbasket