A sports hall with its name, great reception in the town hall: Dennis Schröder is at his home.
The man of the lesson released the veil personally, “Dennis-Schröder-Halle” was emblazoned up there in large letters.
Even after all the medals and titles, the leader of the European Basketball European champions was to see how much it meant to give his old school sports hall in Braunschweig to his old school sports hall. Tears soon flowed.
“I am very emotional and cried, that doesn’t happen that often,” said Schröder in his speech at the reception in the gymnasium of the integrated comprehensive school Franzsches Feld.
A children’s choir had stirred him with the ballad “7 years”, next to him son Malick Jr. was also sitting visibly the speech by Mayor Thorsten Kornblum.
His basketball career began in the same hall
The 32-year-old is “the most successful athlete that our city has ever produced and one of the best German basketball players,” said the SPD politician: “You are a very special person for Braunschweig, you are a lion.” He will be able to cope with the fact that Schröder only converted the third throw into “his” hall. That day he felt the love that he had always wanted so much.
Schröder’s name now bears the hall, in which from 2004 to 2009 in the school’s basketball funding program of the school originated its basketball career. “That means everything to me,” said the honored: “If I had previously thought that a hall was named after me, I would not have believed in it.”
Not only does the city honor him for successes such as gold at the 2023 World Cup and recently at the European Championship, but also for its commitment at home. Most recently, the NBA professional had announced that he wanted to build a school there, and on top of that he has been the sole partner of the Bundesliga club Löwen Braunschweig since 2020.
Schröder soon honorary citizen
For all of this, Braunschweig hugged him twelve days after the triumph in the EM final of Riga in a special way. After reception in school, there were celebrations in the town hall with fans in the afternoon.
There, Kornblum announced that the city council of Schröder was appointed honorary citizen. On Saturday (6:30 p.m.), the DBB captain will keep his fingers crossed for at the league start of its lions against the BMA365 Bamberg Baskets. Of course, he has the European Championship cup in his luggage.
But it shouldn’t be the last trophy that you can see in Braunschweig. Schröder wants to leave an even greater legacy. This also includes winning the first German championship with the lions after his time in the NBA, where he is currently playing for Sacramento Kings. As a player sees itself.
“This is a big incentive for me,” Schröder, who had been active in Braunschweig until 2013, said “Das! Red sofa” on Thursday. Daniel Theis, who had already played side by side with Schröder in Braunschweig, should also participate.
“I take it with it, now he has no other choice. He also wants to be there. Let’s see who we can get from the national team,” said Schröder. There is enough time for him. Until he is 40 years old, Schröder emphasizes again and again, he wants to play basketball. In the meantime, the next generation is growing up in the “Dennis-Schröder-Halle”.