Franz Wagner is considered a German basketball hope. Born in Berlin, he has been under contract with Orlando Magic in the NBA since 2021. But what does the basketball star do off the field? This is how Franz Wagner lives privately.
Franz Wagner is considered the hope of the German national team. Image: picture alliance/dpa/AP | Hiro Komae
By news.de editor Franziska Kais
08.09.2023 09:57
At the age of 22, Franz Wagner has already had an impressive basketball career. The 2.08 meter giant has been under contract with Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA) since 2021. But from the beginning.
Franz Wagner and brother Moritz Wagner successful as basketball players in the NBA
Franz Jacob Wagner was born on August 27, 2001 in Berlin. The passion for basketball seems to have been innate in him, because his older brother Moritz Wagner is also a successful basketball player in the USA and, like Franz Wagner, is under contract with Orlando Magic.
Franz Wagner started his basketball career at Alba Berlin
Franz Wagner laid the foundation for his NBA career at Alba Berlin, where he first played in the youth and later in the second men’s team in the regional league. At the end of April 2018, Franz Wagner made his debut in the basketball Bundesliga at the age of 16, replacing his brother Moritz as the youngest player to ever wear the Alba jersey in a Bundesliga game. From the 2018/19 season, Franz Wagner was used by a double license not only at Alba Berlin, but also at its cooperation club SSV Lokomotive Bernau in the 2nd Bundesliga ProB.
Franz Wagner played in the NCAA college league for the University of Michigan
In 2019, his path finally led him to the USA, where he played basketball in the NCAA for the University of Michigan. In the 2019/20 season, he is one of the team’s top performers with 11.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. In the following 2020/21 season, Franz Wagner was in the starting line-up for all of his 28 appearances and was the third-best basket scorer in his team with 12.5 points per game.
That is what Franz Wagner and Dirk Nowitzki have in common
In 2021, Franz Wagner participated in the NBA drafting process, an event where teams can acquire the rights to available young players. In this selection process, he was selected eighth by the Orlando Magic. This made him the first German basketball player since Dirk Nowitzki (1998) to be called up as one of the first ten players.
Franz Wagner in the German men’s national basketball team since 2022
In the summer of 2017 at the European Basketball Championships in Montenegro, Franz Wagner was part of the German U16 squad for the first time. With the German U18 national team, he won the Albert Schweitzer tournament in spring 2018. In 2019 he finished eleventh with the German national team at the U18 European Championship. In August 2022, Franz Wagner finally made his first appearance for the men’s national team. The team wins the bronze medal at this European Championship. At the time, Wagner was the second-best goalkeeper in the German national basketball team with 15.2 points per game.
Franz Wagner private: The basketball star reveals little about his private life
While there is already a lot to report about Franz Wagner’s sporting career, little is known about his private life. Whether the basketball star is single or taken can only be speculated. He rarely shares private snapshots on his Instagram account, where the Berliner has more than 121,000 subscribers. Here, too, everything revolves around his great passion, basketball.
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