The basketball Bundesliga club Niners Chemnitz surprisingly loses his captain Jonas Richter.
According to the club, the professional ends his career at the age of 28 and after 390 competitive games for the Saxons. In a video on the YouTube channel of the Chemnitz Club, the basketball player said that mental problems had led to this decision.
Richter had another year with the Niners, the only club for which the Chemnitzer native played. With him he rose to the Bundesliga and won the European Cup in 2024.
“I have been realizing for some time that I have sometimes had problems motivating myself as it is necessary to play at this level – and as it is expected from me,” said Richter in the conversation of the “Freie Presse” and emphasized: “I also got help from sports psychologists last season, talked a lot to friends and family. Not surprised.