(Forward Alex Jensen, the
team's second - leading board
man in 1994 - 95, is serving an 18 - month Mormon mission in England and will return to the program next fall; swingman Brandon Jessie, who
hauled in 5.2 rebounds a game last season, was drafted by the Connecticut Pride
of the CBA in June.)
The German international has seemingly become something
of a scapegoat for the Spanish giants faltering start to the season and this culminated in the former Werder Bremen
man being
hauled off at half - time during Real Madrid's 5 - 1 thrashing
of Deportivo La Coruna, a move that greatly angered
team - mate Sergio Ramos who chose to illustrate his opposition to the substitution by wearing Ozil's number 10 shirt under his own.