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Dennis Schroder made sure to voice his disagreement with the decision in a colorful fashion
By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Germany star guard Dennis Schroder didn’t agree with Turkey coach Ergin Ataman being named Best Coach of the 2025 EuroBasket.
“Ataman, f-ck out of here! Best Coach? My ass!” Schroder said per BILD. He was reported to make the comment while in the team bus as he and the rest of the Germany players returned to their hotel after being crowned EuroBasket champions with a win over Turkey.
Schroder would’ve obviously prefered to see Germany acting coach Alan Ibrahimagic win the award as the latter led the national team to winning the gold medal for the first time since 1993. He undertook head coach duties in the tournament in light of Alex Mumbru recovering from an illness.
“Shout out to Alan. What he did wasn’t easy,” Schroder said in the post-game presser after the Final and the win over Turkey. “Alex is of course the head coach but what he [Alan] did as head coach being on the sidelines, making sure to take the right timeouts, right substitutions, coaching us, was incredible. We went 9-0. That’s a hell of coaching staff but Alan… big time for that.”
Ataman coached Turkey toward their first EuroBasket medal after the silver in 2001.
Schroder himself claimed EuroBasket MVP. He had a clutch performance in the Final, scoring six straight points with his team down 83 – 82 and 1:15 left, finishing with 16 points and 12 assists.