As coaches and former teammates talk about Dennis Schröder and they say he is challenging at times. If they are polite that day.
It is no different in the German national team, where he has clashed with him before Maxi Kolber in the qualifying round of the World Cup (Kolbert chose not to play for Germany this summer). Then, during Sunday’s game against Slovenia, Schröder appeared to be having an intense conversation with him Daniel Theis When German coach Gordon Herbert cursed at Schröder and told him to sit down (in no uncertain terms), he then pushed him back to sit the guard. Here is a video of the incident, but be warned that the language used is NSFW.
Schröder – who signed with Toronto last season – returned to the game immediately after the incident but returned to the field later. He finished with a team-best 24 points and 10 assists in Germany’s 100-71 defeat. Luka Doncic and Slovenia
after the game Schroeder spoke to BasketNews about the incident.
“I mean, basketball is an emotional sport,” Schroeder told Basketball News. “It’s a running game, and you’ve got to keep your cool. Daniel and I go way back, I’ve known him since I was 12 or 13. We had moments like that when we were younger, but he always helped us. Raise our game.”
“That’s what happened today. We got into it, and I told him, ‘Listen, this is what you have to do, and you can tell me the same.’ , but he’s doing his best. I think that happened.”
Germany will face Latvia in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. The winner of that game will play the winner of the USA. Italy.