Rodl names 19-player German squad, including G-League's Hartenstein
HAGEN (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers) - German coach Henrik Rodl has included 19-year-old Isaiah Hartenstein of the G-League in his preliminary roster for the World Cup Qualifiers.
HAGEN (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers) - Germany's 19-man preliminary squad for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers includes two teenagers in Isaiah Hartenstein of the NBA G-League and 17-year-old Isaac Bonga.
German head coach Henrik Rodl nominated 10 of the 12 players who guided Germany to the Quarter-Finals of FIBA EuroBasket 2017 - with only the NBA's Dennis Schroder and Daniel Theis missing.
| Germany preliminary squad for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers | |||
| Ismet Akpinar | Robin Amaize | Danilo Barthel | Robin Benzing |
| Isaac Bonga | Bastian Doreth | Niels Giffey | Isaiah Hartenstein |
| Patrick Heckmann | Maodo Lo | Dominic Lockhart | Andreas Obst |
| Tibor Pleiss | Joshiko Saibou | Lucca Staiger | Karsten Tadda |
| Johannes Thiemann | Johannes Voigtmann | Maik Zirbes | |
Hartenstein made the senior team this past summer and Rodl has called on the 19-year-old center, who was selected by the Houston Rockets in the second round of the 2017 NBA Draft and is playing with Houston's G-League affiliate Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
Bonga, who turns 18 years on Wednesday, has also been selected for the preliminary squad. He played for Germany at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017.
While national team captain Robin Benzing is also on the list, back in the mix is Tibor Pleiss, who left Germany during the FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers and was not in the training camp for the Final Round this past summer.
In addition to Bonga, Dominic Lockhart, Andreas Obst, and Joshiko Saibou would also be making their senior national team debuts should they play in the Qualifiers.
Germany will host Georgia on November 24 in Chemnitz and then play at Austria on November 27 in Group G action.
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