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Olympics notes: Revue or Olympics — or both — for Koufos?

Published: Saturday, June 28, 2008 12:03 a.m. MDT
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Tomic and undrafted countryman Damjan Rudez were away from the national team while spending time in the U.S. preparing for the draft, but now they'll return to a club coached by Jasmin Repese.

Repese evidently thinks Tomic should have waited a year before making himself draft-eligible.

"I am aware that players have their own interest, so I didn't stop them, although I think Tomic went a year too soon," he said, according to FIBA.com. "He could go one year later, but, anyway, he had my full support."

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MISC.: Croatia is in the same qualifying group as Puerto Rico, whose roster, FIBA.com reported Friday, will include ex-Jazz point guard Carlos Arroyo. Arroyo finished last season with the Orlando Magic but will be a free agent in July ... Former Jazz/BYU center Rafael Araujo is on Brazil's roster for the qualifying tourney ... Already qualified for Olympic play are point guard Deron Williams and power forward Carlos Boozer of Team USA, Russian forward Andrei Kirilenko and ex-Utah point guard Raul Lopez of Spain ... Williams' and Boozer's U.S. team will be profiled in a five-part documentary titled "Road To Redemption." The series, produced by NBA Entertainment, will debut with a special one-hour episode airing Wednesday on ESPN2.


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