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Celtics alum Dennis Schroder points to Germany’s chemistry for early EuroBasket success

‘I think everybody is happy for each other. It doesn’t matter who scores the basket, everybody is happy and that’s the way to go,’ said the former Boston guard.

Led by Boston Celtics alumni Daniel Theis and Dennis Schroder, the German National Team is off to a great start in 2022 EuroBasket play with an unexpected win over the French National Team in their first game of the European Basketball Championship series, as the quadrennial competition for basketball hegemony is called on that continent.

Schroder spoke with the press soon after Germany’s auspicious start to the competition with their win over the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medalists, relating how he believed that the German National Team was getting synergistic production from a newfound degree of chemistry previously absent from previous iterations of the team.

“I think our team chemistry is amazing,” Schroder said in an interview with Eurohoops TV. “I think we just have to keep leading.”

Several Boston Celtics alumni faced off in Germany’s surprise 76-63 EuroBasket win over France

Guerschon Yabusele led France with 18 points, a block, and an assist in the loss.

Several Boston Celtics alumni faced off in the German National Team’s surprise 76-63 win over the French National Team on Thursday, which saw former Celtics center Guerschon Yabusele led France with 18 points, a block, and an assist in the loss, with ex-Boston big man Vincent Poirier putting up another 8 points, 4 boards, an assist, and 2 steals. Wing and Celtics alum Evan Fournier added another 7 points, 2 rebounds, an assist, and a steal.

For Germany, Dennis Schroder chipped in 11 points, a board, 5 assists, and a steal, while old friend Daniel Theis put up another 8 points, 6 boards, an assist, and a steal to help secure the upset win over the 2020 Olympic silver medalists from Tokyo.

“No one said it’s going to be easy,” said French (and Minnesota Timberwolves) center Rudy Gobert via Eurohoops’ Antonis Stroggylakis. “We are facing this team at their home.”

“We aren’t good today. We got way too many turnovers. And they were very physical. We got to find ways to play our game when the other team is physical and the game isn’t played our way.”

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Former Boston big man Daniel Theis makes German National Team for EuroBasket play

The former Celtics center was a late call due to injury concerns.

Daniel Theis was initially feared by Germany to be out for the quadrennial EuroBasket competition taking place in four locations across Europe. However, the former Boston Celtics big man has been cleared at the last minute, according to new reporting from Eurohoops.

Theis joins a fairly stacked German team that includes former Celtic Dennis Schroder and Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner. Magic big man Moritz Wagner — another former Celtic — did not make the team.

Per Eurohoops, Germany has one more player to cut, but it seems fairly likely neither Schroder or Theis will be that player, health willing.

Slated to complete in Group B for EuroBasket play in Cologne, Germany, Theis and the rest of the German team are in one of the toughest groups. The group contains defending EuroBasket champion Slovenia, Olympic silver medalist France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania and Hungary in addition to Germany.

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Former Boston Celtics point guard Dennis Schroder gets 17 points, 10 assists with Germany vs. Slovenia

Teammates and fellow Celtics alumni Daniel Theis and Moritz Wagner did not suit up for Germany in FIBA play Saturday.

Unsigned free agent and Boston Celtics alumnus Dennis Schroder had an excellent game with his German National Team in a World Cup group stage qualifying game against Luke Doncic’s Slovenian National Team on Saturday.

Schroder, the former Boston floor general, put up 17 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals in the 90-71 win.

Schroder managed all of that in 27 minutes of floor time, during which he committed three turnovers and one foul. He shot 40% from the field overall and a sizzling 4-of-9 from 3-point range, hitting all three of his attempts from the charity stripe as well.

Fellow Celtics alumni big men Daniel Theis and Moritz Wagner did not suit up in the contest. Both are questionable for EuroBasket play with injuries that have had them on the bench.

On the other side of the court, Zoran Dragic — brother of Goran — scored a single basket for 2 points, a board and a steal.

Zoran never suited up for Boston but was briefly a member of the organization after being included in a deal shortly before being waived in 2015.

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Celtics alum Dennis Schroder cleared to play for Germany against Slovenia, Luka Doncic

Fellow Boston alumni Daniel Theis and Mo Wagner remain on the injured list for the German National Team.

The German National Team reportedly has its captain back. Former Boston Celtics floor general Dennis Schroder was cleared to return to play ahead of the EuroBasket competition, which begins across the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 1, per new reporting from Eurohoops’ Johnny Askounis.

The point guard missed the Germans’ last exhibition game with a nonspecific ankle injury. Schroder played 49 games for the Celtics during the 2021-22 NBA season before being dealt at the 2022 NBA trade deadline to the Houston Rockets as part of the package for fellow German teammate Daniel Theis, who is also out injured along with fellow Boston big man alum Moritz Wagner. 

 

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