Overview

• Club president Herbert Hainer said Bayern currently has eleven healthy players and three injured and is targeting one or two additions to reach a 16-man squad.
• Coach Gordon Herbert described this as the hardest pre-season of his career after EM absences, with Andreas Obst back on Monday and Justus Hollatz plus Oscar da Silva joining Wednesday ahead of Friday’s BBL opener against Science City Jena.
• The schedule could exceed 90 games, including 34 BBL regular-season fixtures plus up to 15 playoff games, 38 Euroleague group games, and the DBB-Pokal.
• Reports cite significant injuries to Rokas Jokubaitis (torn cruciate ligament) and knee problems for Johannes Voigtmann and Elias Harris, while Bayern stands as the Bundesliga’s only Euroleague representative.
• Germany’s EM triumph has boosted visibility for the sport, with league and player voices calling for stronger sponsorship, marketing and TV exposure to sustain the surge in interest.