The cross between a world champion and an Olympic champion

Dennis Schröder, world champion with Germany in basketball, had a disagreement with recent gold medalist, Kevin Durant in various media

The player with the most points scored in an Olympic Game with the United States Basketball team, was involved in a controversial exchange in various media, when he responded to statements made by Dennis Schröder, a German player, about the difference between Europe and the USA

The situation started with the German point guard’s statements at the press conference before the bronze medal match. In which he was consulted about the rise of European basketball and whether it is hitting the NBA, in addition to the difference in playing styles between one league and another.

Schröder was careful in his response, because he plays in the NBA and does not want to be offensive to his teammates, to which he said: “European basketball is not entertainment, it is intelligence (IQ) basketball, coaching. It is full of highly intelligent players who know how to play. Teams like Serbia, Greece, Spain, France and Germany; there are many teams who know how to play and be athletic

A lot of Europeans in the NBA are making noise. Luka Doncic is one of the best players in the world. The NBA is obviously the best league in the world, but the Europeans are watching, for sure.”.

That same day, Schröder was with the podium and with the United States. taking the gold medal against a European team, Kevin Durant, the scoring leader of the Yankee team, posted a tweet in response to the German. The publication shows the North American team with a gold medal and writing “LIGHT and IQ”which translates as “Entertainment and Intelligence.”

But, with that response by KD it was not all over. A week after the appointment of the Americans to the Olympic Games, Dennis Schröder was asked about this situation in one of his streams on the Twitch platform. The German point guard did not avoid the question and answered:

“To me, that’s just weak. You’re that kind of star and you have to say something to a person like me, who didn’t even mean to be negative. It was just what I saw from both sides. I did I don’t like it, but at the end of the day, that tweet (…) is about me.

I respect them all, the best of all time, but saying that shows how weak he is. It is what it is. Not everyone is strong, not everyone is good on their own.”

Crosses will come and go, especially in a league like the NBA, where trashtalking is a daily occurrence. The only certainty is that the next match between Kevin Durant and Dennis Schröder will be on November 27 when the Phoenix Suns will meet the Brooklyn Nets, if there are no market movements involving them. Not only will KD face his former team, but also on the German star.