Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te tau 2015, i tohua a Bender e Croatia mo te 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup
i Kariti, i Kariki, engari i akina ia ki te mawehe atu nā te mea i whakahaua ngā kaitākaro o te kapa ki te mau i ngā kākahu me ngā hu a Jordan Brand, nā tētahi 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.