Germany will meet NBA superstar Luka Doncic on Wednesday at the 2025 basketball European Championships in Slovenia (from 7:40 p.m. Live on Free TV at RTL). The rest of the team is at a significantly lower level, says BBL legend and TV expert per Günther.
“If you take Luka Doncic out, what level is left?” Asked the 37-year-old in the magenta podcast “Department of Basketball” with regard to the star of the Los Angeles Lakers: “This is the worst Slovenian team that I have seen for 15 years.” (All information about the transfer of Germany – Slovenia at RTL)
The Eastern Europeans lost two of their five games in the group phase.
Also in the round of 16 against Italy (84:77), without a great Doncic, who scored 42 points, a defeat would probably have jumped out.
Günther believes that the next 32 minutes and think: Ui, Ui, Ui, if you use the right remedies against Doncic, I don’t see anything about what you should be afraid of. ”
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“Slovenia can only hope that Germany will throw”
Günther compared the Slovenes to Germany’s round of 16 Portugal, which the DBB last lost 85:58: “For me, they would lose against Portugal at 20. Ok, that may have been too much now. But is Slovenia without Doncic really better than Portugal?”
Germany’s offensive around Franz Wagner and Dennis Schröder in particular sees the BBL legend against Slovenia as unstoppable. “I just don’t see the matchups,” commented the 37-year-old: “Slovenia can play zone defense and hope that Germany will throw.
So far, the DDB team has won each of its five games at Eurobasket. Montenegro, Sweden, Lithuania, Great Britain and Portugal, the team around the coaches Alan Ibrahimagic and Alex Mumbru clearly beat.
