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The forward is hampered by an injury at the club that prevents him from playing for more than two months.
The 29-year-old 199 cm tall basketball player told the Delfi Mindaugas journalist Augustus.
“I will finally close this issue after the inspection in Lithuania. Unfortunately, now it all turns to the fact that you may have to skip camp. It would be no surprise if that happened.
I want to know exactly, I really want to be able to speak face to face with the professionals that we have in Lithuania. But it is really possible that for health reasons he has to spend the summer without basketball, the next path simply cannot be left, ”said the basketball player.
E. Ulanov has not yet played in the Olympics; In 2016, he was expelled from the national team just before the Rio de Janeiro Games due to a minor injury.
The forward scored 4.5 points this season in the Euroleague, bounced on 1.6 balls and had 1.4 assists.
“We put loads on ourselves, we observe how the body reacts. If I feel worse, I exercise less. The situation is not the best, it is not what I would like. We have to wait until the end of the season; when I return, I want to consult with Lithuanian doctors on how to proceed, ”E. Ulanovas told delfi.lt.
He will try to avoid surgery, since in that case rehabilitation would take about half a year.
There are 15 surnames on the list of candidates for the Lithuanian national team.
Players will meet at the training ground on June 16 and selection for the Kaunas Olympics will begin on June 29.
