Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2015, i tohua a Bender e Croatia mo te
Ko te 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup i Crete, Kariki, engari i akina ia ki te wehe na te mea ko nga kaitakaro o te roopu i kaha ki te mau kakahu me nga hu a Jordan Brand, na te kirimana tautoko. I hainatia e Bender tetahi kirimana rite ki tana kaitautoko Adidas, i aukati i a ia ki te mau i etahi atu waitohu. I whakapuaki a Bender i tana pouri mo te whakatau a te Croatian Basketball Federation, me te kii kaore he take hei whakaeke i tana pono ki Croatia, i te pono ranei o tona whanau ki a ia. I muri mai ka hangaia e Adidas he takirua takaro kore tohu mo Bender, kia taea ai e ia te purei me Maccabi Tel Aviv, na te mea e tautokohia ana e Jordan Brand, hei whakautu ki te tuunga a te Croatian Basketball Federation.