Due to huge insurance premiums, he once refused to fight for his country!

In order to ask for huge insurance, he refused to play in the Olympics for his country. He thought he would break up with the national team, but the next year he returned to the team in a low-key manner and took 4 years to win 1 bronze and 2 gold. How did Schroder play as the German basketball Goat? This actually has an inseparable relationship with the Lakers.

Time is pulled back to March 2021. Famous reporter Windhorst revealed that the Lakers provided Schroeder, who averaged 15.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game, with a four-year contract renewal of 84 million yuan, but Schroeder refused the offer, and he wanted to ask for a high salary of 120 million yuan in four years. However, in the first round of the playoffs in May, Schroeder pulled his big hips in the last three games, especially in the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, with 0 of 9 shots and no score. The Lakers were directly eliminated by the Suns in three consecutive games, and the contract renewal was gone.

Because of the 2019 World Cup, the German team was eliminated in the group stage and failed to go directly to the Olympics. Therefore, in June 21, the German team had to go out of the qualifying round before entering the Tokyo Olympics. Schroeder has been appointed captain at this time and the team is rebuilding around him.

However, Schroeder failed to renew his contract and has become a free agent. There is no insurance for any club, so Schroeder needs the national team to pay full insurance to avoid the risk of injury in international games. Schroeder firmly believed that the next contract could sign at least 100 million to 120 million, so he asked to pay according to this value preservation. The German Basketball Association was ultimately unable to pay the huge premium, and the two sides broke up in disagreement. In July of the same year, the German team advanced to the Olympics as the first in the competition area, but due to premium issues, Schroeder still missed the Olympics. How much is this premium? The NBA's labor-management agreement is for reference. The premium is usually between 1.5% and 5% of the annual contract salary. The specific decision must be based on the player's injury history and other conditions. In other words, if Schroeder's annual salary of 30 million yuan is required, the premium will be between 450,000 and 1.5 million US dollars. In August 21, Schroeder was ignored and could only join the Celtics with a mini middle class of 5.9 million a year, becoming the target of ridicule for fans. Perhaps for the sake of face, Schroeder strongly denied that the Lakers had provided him with 84 million yuan in contract renewal. It was not until he was interviewed by Yahoo in 24 years that he admitted that it was true and that it was the former agent who suggested that he refused. In the mid-21-22 season, Schroeder was traded to the Rockets again and became a substitute. His average score dropped sharply to 10.9 points. The Rockets had no intention of renewing his contract. He became a free agent again in the summer of 222.

After learning from his mistakes, Schroeder returned to the German team in a low-key manner under the same conditions. He also urgently needed to win a contract again through his performance in the international arena. He worked diligently and first played in four World Cup qualifiers in July, leading Germany to advance to the 23-year World Cup. Then in September, he led Germany to win the European Cup bronze medal again after 17 years with 22.1 points and 7.1 assists, which opened the "golden generation" of the German men's basketball team.

Schroeder led the team to overthrow the United States in the semi-finals, scored 28 points in the final, winning Serbia, winning the first championship in team history. He was also elected as the flagbearer of the German delegation at the 24-year Paris Olympics and the first black flagbearer in German history.

Before this European Cup, Schroeder admitted: "In this country, I will never get the same level of love as Nowitzki, just because of my black skin." However, as the German team won the European championship again after 32 years, his achievements in the national team are indeed unparalleled.