Hedo Turkoglu did not seem overly pleased with the information that he will not be able to count on his naturalized players.
A huge dust-up arose in Turkey after Ergin Ataman said that Scottie Wilbekin did not want to play for the national team. Fenerbahce joined the story, and now the president of the association, the legendary Turkoglu, announced that he would reveal the truth after the preparatory period:
“It is really sad that such processes have come to this point. I don’t want to go into too much detail here, but I would like to tell everyone that I will make a statement as the president of TBF after the tournament is over. We are a team that wants everyone to be here when we announce the call-ups.
We invite the players that our coach and staff want to see as a part of this team. Of course, there are those who come into this process with excuses, but we need to better explain some processes to the public. Especially about both Scottie Wilbekin and Shane Larkin.
As management, we always know how to take our share of responsibility. No one should doubt that we will share with everyone the explanations, what we will do, and the steps we will take after the tournament is over.”
Turkey will play the mentioned tournament against Ukraine, Bulgaria and Iceland.