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[QUOTE="BlackSquirrels, post: 2201019, member: 742"]
It is probably a positive that Dolezaj did not attend Canarias Basketball Academy if you read this [URL='https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/03/09/foreign-tours-recruiting-canarias-academy-minnesota-seton-hall']Sports Illustrated investigation[/URL] about that grand institution.

Essentially, an assistant coach at the school also runs a company that helps college basketball teams book European trips and--who would have guessed--CBA players somehow end up at schools who have booked tours through that company.

With respect to NBA players, only one player from Slovakia has played in the NBA: [URL='http://basketball.realgm.com/national/teams/58/Slovakia/nba_players']Richard Petruska[/URL].

Slovakia is a young country so I also looked up the Czech Republic. [URL='http://basketball.realgm.com/national/countries/41/Czech-Republic/nba_players']Four Czech players[/URL] have played in the NBA. The only active player is Tomas Satoransky of the Wizards. The others are George Zidek, who occasionally unleashed a sky hook for UCLA's 1995 national championship team (if memory serves), journeyman 1st round pick Jiri Welsch, and megabust lottery pick Jan Vesely.

People have made a good point about Dolezaj's age, which may indicate he want to go pro sooner rather than later. He might consider bolting if a top European league shows some interest. That would be an excellent outcome for a basketball player from Slovakia.
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