The "crown" in Toronto
Pöltl: “I knew I had what it takes”
Why Jakob Pöltl explodes with his personal statistics, what he recommends to tourists and why he is dreading a certain away game in the NBA - "Krone" reporter Florian Gröger visited Austria's modest basketball superstar in Toronto.
An impressive 44 people, significantly more coaches and physios than players, on two courts. Plus a huge electronic display that analyzes exactly where Jakob Pöltl's shots land in the basket. The atmosphere in the Toronto Raptors' state-of-the-art training center in the west of the city is good, coach Darko Rajakovic explains why the Viennese player is literally exploding in his ninth NBA season: "The schnitzel and your good beer gave him strength in the summer," laughs the Serbian, who as a foodie in Toronto also misses two things from his home country: "Serbian pršut, i.e. air-dried raw ham, and a good rakia."
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