In 2022, Maxi Kleber had skipped the Eurobasket with Germany to rest, blow out his knee and negotiate his new contract with Dallas. A decision which had enraged Dennis Schroder, who had not spared his criticism.
“If he had said he was going to sign his contract and play with the selection to earn even more money, I would have understood it. But if you tell the coach: 'I want to train on my ball handling and work on my game during the summer', then sorry to tell you Maxi, but you have no game. You stay in the corners, you defend, you play pick-and-roll, but you're not someone like Carmelo Anthony, you don't have to work on your game,” he declared during the summer of 2023.
“The national team is definitely over for me”
Even if the playmaker apologized a week later, the interior of the Mavericks was not there during the coronation of the “Mannschaft” at the 2023 World Cup, nor during the Olympic Games last summer. He therefore missed these beautiful pages in the history of German basketball.
“The situation is what it is. That's why I had to accept it. I watched the matches, like a fan, of course, because I am always positive about my country's basketball, when the national team is successful,” he explains. “I know a lot of the players on this team very well. It was great to watch them. »
Maxi Kleber, who will be 33 in two months, therefore has no intention of returning to the selection, now managed by Alex Mumbru. “I know him but I haven’t spoken with him yet. The national team is definitely over for me. There will be no return »he announces.
| Maxi Kleber | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2017-18 | DAL | 72 | 17 | 48.9 | 31.3 | 74.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 5.4 |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 71 | 21 | 45.3 | 35.3 | 78.4 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 74 | 26 | 46.1 | 37.3 | 84.9 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 9.1 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 50 | 27 | 42.2 | 41.0 | 91.9 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 7.1 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 59 | 25 | 39.8 | 32.5 | 70.8 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 2022-23 | DAL | 37 | 25 | 45.6 | 34.8 | 71.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 5.9 |
| 2023-24 | DAL | 43 | 20 | 43.2 | 34.8 | 70.2 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 9 | 15 | 47.4 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.3 |
| Total | 415 | 23 | 44.6 | 35.7 | 77.6 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 6.6 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
