Team USA will always be respected as the most dangerous opponent in FIBA competitions, but Germany is now the team to beat on the international stage. While tallying a 21-2 record in their last three international basketball tournaments (h/t HoopsHype), Germany’s men’s national team is now the defending 2023 FIBA World Cup and FIBA EuroBasket 2025 champion after defeating Turkey in Sunday’s gold medal game. They’ve done this while veteran guard Dennis Schroder (Sacramento Kings) has repeatedly taken his game to the next level.
Germany’s Dennis Schroder Wins EuroBasket MVP
Following the completion of the championship game, Schroder was named to the EuroBasket 2025 All-Star Five.
He was joined on this list by teammate Franz Wagner (Orlando Magic), Greece’s Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks), Turkey’s Alperen Sengun (Houston Rockets), and Slovenia’s Luka Doncic (Los Angeles Lakers). Schroder’s highest individual NBA accomplishment may be finishing as the runner-up for the 2020 Sixth Man of the Year award (or, perhaps, eclipsing 10,000+ career points). However, he was also recognized as the EuroBasket 2025 MVP.
FIBA Dennis is DIFFERENT
Dennis Schroder is the #EuroBasket 2025 TISSOT MVP
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— FIBA EuroBasket (@EuroBasket) September 14, 2025
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In nine games, Schroder averaged 20.3 points and 7.2 assists per contest at EuroBasket 2025. His scoring average ranked 10th and his assist average ranked second overall but he was also effective at getting to the free-throw line, taking 47 total. In the championship game, he recorded 16 points and 12 assists while going 5-6 from the charity stripe.
This wasn’t his first time receiving a FIBA MVP award though. In 2023, as he won one for his showing at the World Cup.
‘We Do Exactly The Same Thing’
Following the Germans’ gold medal performance, in which Schroder made game-sealing plays down the stretch, he had an eye-opening statement about the role he plays on the national team.
DENNIS THE MENACE WELCOME TO THE PARTY.#EuroBasket pic.twitter.com/BgySS6iCI1
— FIBA EuroBasket (@EuroBasket) September 14, 2025
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“Me and Giannis, we do exactly the same thing for Greece and Germany,” he says. “On the NBA, he is on another level, one of the best players in the world. Nothing but respect for him.”
Dennis Schroder: “Me and Giannis we do exactly the same thing for Greece and Germany. On the NBA he is on another level, one of the best players in the world. Nothing but respect for him”. pic.twitter.com/Uw0B5dSrWN
— Vasiliki Karamouza (@karamouza_vas) September 14, 2025
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Many will be taken aback by the quote, precisely because of what Schroder mentioned. Antetokounmpo, a two-time NBA MVP, is really on an entirely different level than him.
To help make Schroder’s meaning more clear though, understand that Antetokounmpo just won his first medal with Greece after they took down Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz) and Finland in the third-place game. Though his hardware was bronze, Antetokounmpo says it was “probably the best accomplishment” in his basketball career (h/t FIBA). The rationale for that grand statement?
The sheer number of fans he made happy and the generation of Greek players he could inspire.
Schroder takes just as much pride in representing Germany (and Europe as a whole).
“Ι never been an All-Star,” Schroder says (h/t Eurohoops reporter Michalis Gioulenoglou. “But we have four or five people who are the best in the world, and they represent Europe. We have Doncic, we have (Nikola) Jokic, Franz Wagner is up there. We have so many European guys who are putting on a show in the NBA. And that comes with these tournaments as well. Big time tournaments, big time players, and we are going to keep pushing for Europe.”
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