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The German national basketball team is in the World Cup final. The day after, international basketball experts discussed whether this semi-final was the best game in World Cup history. The fact that the German team won this magnificent duel with the USA underlines their extraordinary performance.
Trust is the secret of this German team’s success. Trust in your own performance, in coach Gordon Herbert, in your teammates and in your own plan. In 2021, most of those who are currently writing German basketball history in Manila have committed to a three-year plan.
First the European Championships last year in Cologne and Berlin, then the World Cup and, as a final goal, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In return, the family was and is neglected, the body is strained due to the lack of time off. There are sometimes more, sometimes less complicated agreements with the NBA clubs.
German basketball team – twelve top players as a “family”
This German national basketball team has grown together over the years. She has experienced the depths it takes to achieve great success. It has talents like 22-year-old Franz Wagner, who makes the difference in a high-class game against the USA. In Dennis Schröder, they have a captain who leads the way with his unconditional will to win. But above all, it also has the ten other top players who ensure an exceptional level of performance.
Above all, she has a national coach who has given each player a role in advance. The team will only be successful if everyone takes on their role. The professionals have internalized this. That’s what makes her strong. That makes the team strong. The best thrower in the semifinals, Andreas Obst, speaks of “family” when he talks about his teammates. The coach says he has never had the opportunity to work with such a special group. And that’s what the team radiates.
It is quite heterogeneous. The people are very different, the salary gap between NBA professionals and Bundesliga players is huge. But that doesn’t matter. The basketball players have a common goal and they believe in themselves. This is how they advertise their sport, and team sports in general. Sympathetic, approachable, vulnerable, enthusiastic, the players show all facets of the sport. And that requires one thing above all: trust.