‘Teams have to respect us,’ says Celtics alum Daniel Theis of Germany’s EuroBasket bronze

“Obviously, when you go to the semifinal, you want to go to the final to play for gold,” added the Salzgitter native. “We were disappointed after the loss, but we achieved our goal.”

The unexpected success of the German National Team in the 2022 European Basketball Championship (often better known as the EuroBasket) may have come to an end in their loss to the Spanish National Team. But Germany and Boston Celtics big man alumnus Daniel Theis are still happy about winning bronze with a win over the Polish National Team on Sunday with fellow Celtics alum Dennis Schroder.

It was Germany’s first medal in EuroBasket play since 2005, and while falling short of making it to the Final, it was enough to satisfy the goals Theis and the rest of the German National Team had set for themselves.

“That was our goal,” said Theis in an interview with Eurohoops’ John Rammas. “When we came together this summer with everybody, we said the medal is our goal.”