Dennis Schröder

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Dennis Malik Schröder ( SHROO-der; German pronunciation: [‘denɪs ˈʃʁøːdɐ]; born 15 September 1993) is a German professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for SG Braunschweig and Phantoms Braunschweig in Germany, before joining the Atlanta Hawks for his first five seasons in the NBA. He is the sole owner of his German hometown team, Basketball Loewen Braunschweig of the Basketball Bundesliga, and had been the majority shareholder of the team since 2018.
Debuting for the German national team in 2014, Schröder helped the team to its first major medal in 17 years when Germany won bronze at the 2022 EuroBasket. In 2023, he led the national team to their first World Cup title at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup while being named the FIBA World Cup MVP. The following year, Schröder was the flag bearer for Germany along with judoka Anna-Maria Wagner at 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He helped Germany to a fourth place finish and was named to the FIBA Olympics All-Star Five team. In 2025, he led Germany to the EuroBasket 2025 title.

Schröder is the son of an ethnic German father named Axel Schröder…