The Macedonian national basketball team is facing the last two qualifying matches for the European Championship to be played this summer, and for these two matches, coach Jonchevski also has TJ Shorts at his disposal.

Along with Shorts, Nenad Dimitrijevic is also on the national team, and this is the first time that the two playmakers have been part of the squad together.

"I'm definitely excited to play for something more than a team again, which is the country. I hope to help and do our part to win with Estonia and Poland and see what happens. I'm looking forward to the challenge. I don't care if I play for Paris or Macedonia, I'll try to help. Neno is the leader of the team, and I'll do my best to help him take the burden off him. I don't want to talk about expectations, I want to help win. I know that Estonia is a young and hungry team for success. We'll have to have good energy, because I know they have a great crowd. The last time I played against Estonia in the Macedonian jersey, I felt that. They gave us a "punch in the mouth" very early and we were in trouble. Now I want it to be different," said Shorts.

The match with Estonia is scheduled for Friday in Tallinn, while three days later we will welcome Poland in Skopje.

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