Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schroder selected a novel route for his offseason coaching — taking part in skilled soccer.
Schroder, born in Braunschweig, Germany, appeared in a match for FC Germania Bleckenstedt, a membership in Germany’s sixth division, Landesliga Braunschweig, on Wednesday.
Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schröder made his professional soccer debut in Germany’s sixth-tier division for FC Germania Bleckenstedt…
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The guard performed 63 minutes as a left winger in a 5-1 loss to 1. SC Göttingen 05, in keeping with Transfermarkt. Göttingen has the second-most factors within the division with 72, whereas Bleckenstedt at present sits sixth within the desk with 53 factors.
Schroder performed soccer rising up earlier than switching to basketball at age 11, in keeping with NBA.com.
He posted in regards to the sport on Instagram, writing that it wasn’t the outcome he needed.
Schroder’s subsequent alternative to seem on the pitch will come on Sunday when Bleckenstedt faces VfL Wahrenholz.
Schroder averaged 14 factors, 6.1 assists and three.0 rebounds final season with the Nets and Toronto Raptors. Brooklyn acquired the 30-year-old and Thaddeus Younger from Toronto on the commerce deadline in trade for Spencer Dinwiddie.
