Bad news for Team Slovenia heading into Eurobasket 2009 (and not great news for the Sacramento Kings for 2009-10, either, really): A Slovenian national press agency story of yesterday confirmed that Beno Udrih will not be able to participate in the tourney due to a knee injury.
Udrih suffered a knee injury in Wednesday’s friendly match against Team Germany in preparation for Eurobasket; though specifics were not released, the injury is definitely serious enough to keep the point guard out for the tourney.
![Beno Udrih Rest up, Beno!](http://www.kzs-zveza.si/kzs/slike/udrih_beno.jpg)
Rest up, Beno!
Due to his Team Slovenia commitment, Udrih had informed Kings officials that he would not be participating in the team’s off-season conditioning program. Drafting Tyreke Evans at no. 4, depending on Udrih’s condition, may have been a fortuitous pick indeed.
And today you have to wonder if Slovenia national team coach Jure Zdovc now regrets not having Sasha Vujacic on the roster. You know, just a little bit…