Perhaps it is a bit dramatic to call him the godfather of German basketball, but Detlef Schrempf was the first major German NBA star and a member of the 1992 team from Germany that finished seventh in the "Dream Team" Olympics. Not surprisingly, he’s one of Dirk Nowitzki’s biggest fans. The Nowitzki-led German team made the Olympics for the first time in 16 years. "Dirk has done amazing things for German basketball," Schrempf said. "To play every summer is extremely hard and tough on the body. I did it for a few years. You’re away all summer, traveling, and it’s tough. This is the last chance for Germany for a while because they’re losing a lot of players and there are not a lot coming up. So it would be nice if they could medal." Schrempf, whom the Mavericks selected with the eighth pick in the 1985 draft but subsequently...
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