“If we could do that, it would be really crazy – pretty crazy,” said the 28-year-old in the EuroBasket special issue of the specialist magazine BIG – Basketball in Germany.
The long-time NBA professional, who is still looking for a new club, is still rather cautious with forecasts. “Even if it sounds stupid: I want to think game by game,” said Schröder. The squad is very good, “but that has nothing to do with the fact that we play well together as a team.”
Schroeder knows what he’s talking about. At the 2019 World Cup in China, the selection of the German Basketball Association (DBB) for the playmaker was disappointing despite the top cast. “Everyone has to know their role and contribute what the team needs to the game,” emphasized the man from Braunschweig.
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According to Schröder, he has to bring many qualities with him for his role as leader. “You can’t ask for anything you don’t do yourself,” he said: “I always try to be the one who trains the most. That’s how I want to get the team involved. Even with little things: For example, that the boys eat invites.”
After the tournament, Schröder would “like to read in the newspapers that Germany is proud of us”. The preliminary round in Cologne begins on September 1st, the final as the conclusion of the final round in Berlin will take place on September 18th.
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