Schroeder: Because I am black, I will never get the same love as Nowitzki in Germany

Recently, Dennis Schroeder, captain of the German men's basketball national team and Kings player, accepted an interview with the media and talked about the legendary German men's basketball star Dirk Nowitzki.

Schroeder said: "When I was 14 years old, I was sitting in front of the TV and watching Dirk Nowitzki lift the national flag at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. At that time, I thought, it was so cool, there was no higher honor.

"It was a huge honor, but for me, it would always be different from Dirk's situation. In this country, I will never get the same love because I am dark-skinned. ”

In the 2022 European Championships, Schroeder led the German men's basketball team to the third place and was selected as the best team in the European Championships. In the 2023 World Cup, Schroeder led the German men's basketball team to win the first championship in team history, and was elected as the most valuable player in the World Cup and the best team in the World Cup. In the 2024 Olympics, Schroeder and judo player Anna Maria Wagner served as the flag bearer of the German delegation, and then led the German men's basketball team to the fourth place and was selected as the best team in the Olympics.