Nationalspieler und A-Trainer: Europameister-Titel nur über Serbien

In der EM-Qualifikation hat er selbst noch das Trikot mit dem Adler getragen. Nun drückt Kay Bruhnke "seinem" Team auf dem Weg zum Europameister die Daumen. Auch A-Trainer Stefan Merkl traut den deutschen Basketballern einiges zu.

von Tobias Schwarzmeier

Kay Bruhnke (links) bei seinem Einsatz für Deutschland in der EM-Qualifikation gegen Schweden.

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