SAN JUAN - The Puerto Rican National team will be played a series of warm up games against Germany and Slovenia prior to the FIBA World Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
The President of the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation, Hector Reyes, informed that the games will be played from July 8-11 in Germany.
Dirk Nowitzki is the main player on the German team while Radoslav Nesterovic leads Slovenia along with Jaka Lakovic.
After playing both European teams the Puerto Rican team will head for Greece for the FIBA World Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament to be played from July 14-20 in Athens where they will look for three berths in the Olympics.
"I understand that the coaches will take advantage of these games. This is good because we will play at a high level and we will know the adjustments that we have to make prior to the tournament", said Reyes.
Puerto Rico will also play this Summer at the Centrobasket Tournament from July 25-29, which is a qualifier for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey
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