Carinthia’s best basketball player will play his very last game for Austria on Thursday in Vienna-Favoriten – in the World Cup qualification against Armenia.
This comes as a surprise! Austria’s basketball ace Rasid Mahalbasic will wear the eagle on his chest for the last time on Thursday in the World Cup qualifiers against Armenia in the Hallmann Dome in Vienna-Favoriten. Because after his 99th international match he is calling it quits. “I decided at short notice that I would resign. I’m grateful for the time, but I’ll let the boys go first now. I feel like I’m taking playing time away from them with my 33 years. We have to support the youth more anyway,” explains the center who works for the Mexican top club Halcones Xalapa. But it shouldn’t be a farewell forever. “After my active career, I would be willing to help the association as an official or sports director,” said Rasid, who has already played at 16 (!) different stations abroad during his active career. The Klagenfurt’s former club, the Wörthersee Pirates, narrowly lost in the second division at Deutsch-Wagram at the weekend – 59:61. Because Shawn Ray didn’t hit the last (hard) shot. KOS won in Salzburg 83:76.
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