From 18th to the top of Europe! Schroeder has survived the golden age in 10 years, and won 9 consecutive victories in the gods too hardcore

Watching Schroeder scored 6 points in a row to kill the game in the last 3 minutes of the final, many old fans who witnessed Nowitzki's final game finally couldn't help but clench their fists. In the 2025 European Cup final, the German team defeated Turkey and won the championship. The perfect performance of 9 wins, and once again stood at the top of Europe after 32 years. Who would have thought of all this script ten years ago?

I still remember that in the 2015 European Cup, Nowitzki finished his curtain call with 13.8 points per game. Although the 21-year-old Schroder scored 21 points and 6 assists, he didn't even have a double-digit helper around him. In the end, he ranked 18th in the group stage with 1 win and 4 losses. Who would have thought at that time that this thin point guard would become the savior of German basketball? The turning point came after the 2019 World Cup defeat, and the "2025 Plan" developed by the German Basketball Association was too critical. Force core players to participate in all competitions and train NBA and European League talents simultaneously. This combination of punches was made, and all young people like Wagner Brothers and Banga were shot. The German team is no longer Schroder's single-core struggle. In the final, Bonga scored 20 points and Wagner Jr. was 18+8. This kind of multi-point blooming scene was so hard to imagine ten years ago.

What's even more terrifying is their stability: third place in the 2022 European Championships, champion in the 2023 World Cup, fourth place in the 2024 Olympics, and won all the European Cup this year. Schroeder has won all the MVPs and the best team in the competition in the past four years. FIBA official data shows that he is the seventh player in history to have both the World Cup and European Cup MVP, and the top six have all entered the Hall of Fame - Is there any suspense in this status?

From being forced to score 23.7 points in a single game to win, to being able to smile and let the substitute practice time, Schroeder has been able to endure ten years and finally dragged German basketball from the bottom into the golden age. Perhaps the terrible thing about this team is that they are still in the rising period.