National coach wants to retrieve Novitzki

Basketball Bundestrainer Gordon Herbert hopes to be able to integrate the resigned superstar Dirk Nowitzki in the future in some form in the national team.

If I m flying in the US and Maxi Kleber meet, I will try to meet Dirk in Dallas. It is currently difficult because he is an ambassador for the EM next summer. But it would have around the national team A big bonus, said the 62-year-old Herbert the German Press Agency.

The 43-year-old Novitzki has ended its active career at Dallas Mavericks in April 2019 and is for the EM 2022, which takes place in Cologne and Berlin, in the ambassador role. Vice-President Armin Andres reaffirmed that the former NBA superstar should be in Germany during this time. There it will be talking again. Herbert said, Dirk was an outstanding player, but he is still a better person. He is a great role model for all German players.