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Dallas Mavericks big man Maxi Kleber interviews Satou Sabally
The Dallas Mavericks have quite the German connection. In started with drafting Detlef Schrempf and Uwe Blab in 1985. Then, Dirk Nowitzki came over in 1998. The Mavs have employed fellow German big men Shawn Bradley and Chris Kaman. Maxi Kleber is the Mavs’ current German.
According to Real GM, there have only been 23 German players in the history of the NBA. At some point in their careers, the Mavericks have had six of them on their roster.