Overview

• Dubbing Schröder a good player with “personality problems,” Turkey coach Ergin Ataman told S Sport he values humility in leaders and pointed to Schröder’s frequent NBA team changes as a negative signal.
• Dennis Schröder had insulted Ataman in a post-final Twitch stream after Germany’s EuroBasket win, escalating a dispute that moved from locker rooms to public platforms.
• Schröder responded on Instagram with “Luckily you’ll never be my coach,” then posted a conciliatory note to Turkish fans before shifting focus to Sacramento, saying at Kings media day he feels no pressure and aims for the playoffs.
• Ataman’s Panathinaikos beat FC Bayern 87–79 in Athens to open the EuroLeague, a result framed in coverage as symbolic revenge, while Bayern grapple with a disrupted preseason and key injuries including new guard Rokas Jokubaitis.
• In a separate European fixture, Hamburg’s EuroCup game against Hapoel Jerusalem was staged under heavy police security due to Gaza-war concerns, passed without incidents, and ended in a 100–85 Towers defeat.