I was like, ‘What’s going on here?’ It was just like my welcome to the league.”ADWagner’s rocky 2018-19 season started with that moment, and it didn’t improve much. ADAdding salt to the wound, Wagner, who’s from Berlin, was left off the German national team for the FIBA World Cup. Wagner said it was the first time in his career that he did not make a basketball team. So I’m cool with it.”ADThe Wizards’ preseason results mean little, but Wagner seems set to establish himself in the NBA. He’s always been like that, but I like it, and he’s never going to change.”ADADBonga, also a German, predicted Wagner will use the national team snub as motivation in his second NBA season.

Source: Washington Post October 19, 2019 02:12 UTC