Bonn and Ulm have caught up in terms of sport
But with the Telekom Baskets Bonn, another team has already stood out this season. The Champions League winners dominated the main round almost at will and conceded only two defeats. In the playoffs, the main round seventh from Ulm is now trumping. Finally there is excitement and variety again in the hot phase of the season.
On the one hand, this is due to the fact that teams like Bonn and Ulm have caught up in sport and the coaches Tuomas Iisalo and Anton Gavel are simply doing an outstanding job with their teams.
Lo: “At some point the battery is simply empty”
On the other hand, and above all, it is due to the fact that the stars from Berlin and Munich are simply at the end of their strength. The double burden of the Euroleague and Bundesliga is physically and mentally draining. Players like Berlin’s Maodo Lo and Johannes Thiemann or Bayern’s Andreas Obst have had almost no break after winning the bronze medal at home in the late summer of last year.
At some point the battery is simply empty. “I notice how my body is really fighting back this season,” Lo said a few weeks ago in a remarkable interview with the specialist magazine “BIG – Basketball in Germany”. Although the point guard was never seriously injured, he rarely found his top form. “As it is now, this basketball world is not healthy,” said Bayern Managing Director Marko Pesic with a view to the many competitions and games.
As a result, the best teams simply can’t play their best basketball at the crucial stage of the season. That is good for the tension and variety in the league. A solution to the problem is still needed, but is currently not in sight. Rather, there are efforts to even expand the Euroleague. The more than 70 games that Lo, Obst and Co. have in their bones this season would then even be topped.
2023-05-31 10:55:33
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