“Injuries are part of sportsman’s career. Unfortunately, my injury needs operation and 6-month rehabilitation. Time will pass soon and I will return to arena with more energy.

“I am very sorry that I have to miss playoffs and EuroBasket. I thank everybody for their warm wishes and support”, - Zaza Pachulia, captain of the Georgian national team, wrote it on official website of “Facebook”.

Zaza has Achilles tendon injury and two days ago it was decided that he would be operated on.

The operation will be held in Charlotte on April 3. It is known that rehabilitation period will last six months.

The rehabilitation period will finish in September when EuroBasket will be underway in Slovenia.

As there is a theoretical chance, let us hope that Zaza will do impossible and he will be with the team.

Dato Manjavidze