Shocking News: National team player fell to his death! "I just came to Taiwan to play a warm-up match" the head coach expressed his heartache

Latvian male basketball player Janis Timma only came to Taiwan with the national team to participate in the FIBA World Cup warm-up match last year. Unexpectedly, on the 17th, news came out that he fell and died...

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According to reports from the media "Zhongshi News Network" and "Sanlih News Network", the 32-year-old Latvian star Timma has been a main force in the national team for a long time and was also selected in the 2013 NBA draft. Although he has not been a regular player in the NBA in his career He has made appearances in games or playoffs. Even though he is over 30 years old, he continues to pursue his dream and has not given up on his dream of making it to the NBA. He is also known to fans because his appearance is unexpectedly similar to the player template created by the video game "NBA 2K".

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Timma has been playing in European and Turkish leagues in recent years. Last year, he came to Taiwan with the Latvian national team to participate in the FIBA ​​World Cup 2023 warm-up match. Unexpectedly, it was reported on the 17th that he fell to his death in Moscow, Russia.

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Caminos, Timma's friend and the head coach of PLG Navigator, couldn't talk much about the current game after hearing the bad news. He revealed that he and Timma had worked together in La Liga team Baskonia until now. The two of them were still in contact, and he was extremely shocked and saddened by the sudden death of his friend.

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