Until maybe this weekend, Dennis Schroder was not in a position to make this demand of the NBA. Five teams in less than two seasons with very few minutes, not exactly the guy you stop and listen to. Now, Schroder is the MVP who led the German national team to its first EuroBasket championship since 1993. And he’s one of the few who’s pulled a double FIBA World Cup and EuroBasket victory with an Olympic run in between. He credits a big part of this to the same core team that’s largely been the same for the past three years. And he wants the NBA to acknowledge his teammates.

Among them is Isaac Bonga. He last played for the Toronto Raptors in 2022. His Lakers era didn’t coincide with Schroder’s. The 25-year-old shifted his focus to his home country’s team. He became a 2x German Cup winner,

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