HAMBURG. It is gradually taking shape, the German men’s national team who will be in the Olympic qualification in Split (June 29 – July 4, 2021) and play the Supercup with Italy, the Czech Republic and Tunisia next weekend (without spectators in the edel-optics.de arena in Hamburg, live and free of charge for everyone at MagentaSport).
And she trains full of energy and highly concentrated for the big goal (still) on the horizon. National coach Henrik Rödl is satisfied with the way his boys are performing: “All the players who are here are very motivated and give everything. There is a good atmosphere in the hotel and in the hall and I hope that we will soon be complete. “
The three Berliners Niels Giffey, Maodo Lo and Johannes Thiemann got a few days off after the exhausting BBL season and are expected at the team on Sunday. When exactly Dennis Schröder will join the team has not yet been determined. Joshiko Saibou (Statement), who played his last game of the season in France yesterday, to Hamburg.
New to the coaching staff are two assistant coaches at DBB: On the one hand, the Canadian Roy Rana (below)who is active in the NBA as an assistant coach to the Sacramento Kings. He has an impressive basketball vita and is partly responsible for the successful Canadian model for the next generation (meanwhile 18 NBA players have emerged from it) and was head coach of the Canadian men’s national team as well as numerous junior national teams of Canada with several medal wins at world championships .
Photo above: Brian Reese
Brian Reese is a former professional basketball player who has played in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, England, Finland, Iceland, France, Korea, Taiwan and Puerto Rico. Henrik Rödl’s former teammate at the University of North Carolina most recently served as an assistant coach at Illinois State. “We are happy to be with the team here and to help. They are good guys and a good team, ”they said in unison.
Training is very active and intense. It goes back and forth between German and English (“love it, love it” – “basket protect!”) And at the moment a lot about the principles of the German game. Communication is extremely important, as is very precise work with an eye on the details. The coaches do not accept negligence, because in the short preparation time everything has to fit as quickly as possible.
