Germany roundup

Here are a few snippets of the media reaction in Germany.

According to german sport magazine "kicker" Dirk is a strong candidate to carry the German flag at the olympic opening ceremony. They quote the president of the geman NOC Thomas Bach: "He would be an ideal ambassador for the whole team.." (sorry for my poor translation). -> Link

Dirk Bauermann, coach of the national team, says that Nowitzki is probably in the form of his life. He says this was the best Dirk played for the national team ever, even better than at the Euro 2005 when Germany won the silver medal and he was the tournament MVP. I haven't seen much of the games in the last weeks, but 2005 Dirk was unbelievable. If ever someone comes up again with Dirk being a bad clutch performer, just get him the tapes of the knock-out games of that tournament. Awesome. When Nowitzki was subbed in the closing minutes of the finals, the whole crowd gave him standing ovations with about 90% being fans of Greece. I still get goose bumps thinking of that.

Also in the interview is said that Chris Kaman will live in a hotel in Dirk's hometown until training camp for the olympics will start. They will practice together and Dirk and his family will take care of Chris. Seeing them play so well together for the national team I wonder how good they could be together in Dallas...

Here is the link, although it's in German as well.