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German Basketball Federation addressed NBA players' dispute ahead of FIBA World Cup 2023, stating that there is nothing to add to the Dennis Schroder-Maxi Kleber saga since the conflict was resolved internally between the two.

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German Basketball Federation addressed Dennis Schroder and Maxi Kleber's saga which resulted in the Dallas Mavericks power forward's withdrawal from the German national team ahead of FIBA World Cup 2023 following the team captain's words that Kleber intentionally skipped EuroBasket 2022.

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The federation released an official announcement regarding the matter, stating that there is nothing to add to this situation since the conflict was resolved internally between the NBA players:

"DBB Vice President Armin Andres and national team head coach Gordon Herbert were with the U-23 squad in Toronto, Canada, at the GloblJam event at the time of the comments.

There they immediately spoke with Maximilian Kleber, who was also in Toronto, and also contacted Dennis Schroder. Co-captain Johannes Voigtmann also spoke with both of them.

The final discussion then took place directly between Maximilian Kleber and Dennis Schroder. Everything was clarified internally. In the end, Maximilian Kleber made the decision he expressed in his statement. There is nothing to add to that.

There is nothing we can do about the situation now, but of course, we are looking positively ahead. We will start the training camp in Bonn on July 31, 2023, with a highly motivated team led by team captainDennis Schroder, and we are really looking forward to the friendly phase in Bonn, Berlin, Hamburg, and Abu Dhabi as well as to the World Cup 2023 in Okinawa, Japan."

After Schroder's initial criticism and his further explanation in greater detail, Kleber and his agent issued a public statement on Tuesday via BIG Magazine, with the Mavs forward announcing his decision to skip the upcoming World Cup.

Although Kleber didn't refer to his teammate directly, he stressed that the "recent unfortunate and inappropriate public statements" have made it clear that he's "not fully welcome in the national team."

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