Dennis Schröder face racial abuses during Eurobasket, Fiba officials prohibit the fan of attending the rest of the tournament
The NBA veteran Dennis Schröder scored 26 points and led Germany to a group’s 107-88 phase victory over Lithuania at Eurobasket on Saturday. But before the interval, it was also the target of racial abuses in the Arena of the Tampere deck of Finland, according to the Associated Press.
Two people were identified as alleged authors, said the German basketball association, according to the AP, which reported that those two people were therefore expelled from the arena.
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One of these was ultimately identified for video and was banned from the rest of the tournament, the Fiba officials said.
“Fiba unequivocally condemns hatred speeches, discriminatory conduct and racist language in any form,” said the group, through the AP. “Creating an inclusive, respectful and safe environment for players, teams and fans remains a fundamental priority of our sport.
“Fiba provided movies and information relevant to the local contrast authorities, who continue to investigate the matter.”
The accident took place while Schröder – captain of the German team – walked in the locker room.
“Making monkeys noises, it’s something not to respect,” Schröder said in the German playoco.
“It doesn’t matter which status, insults, everything is fine. But racism simply does not belong to this sport. It is something that is not good.”
Schröder is preparing for his 13th season in the NBA. The future 32 -year -old guard agreed a three -year agreement of 45 million dollars with the Kings sacrament last month.
Schröder, who will play for his tenth NBA team when the 2025-26 season begins, in particular he compared the commercial deadline of the League with the “modern slavery” at the beginning of this year.
“It’s like modern slavery,” Schröder said in a February interview with NBC Sports Bay Area. “It is modern slavery at the end of the day. Everyone can decide where you are going, even if you have a contract. Yes, of course, we earn a lot of money and we can feed our families, but at the end of the day if they say: ‘You won’t come to work tomorrow, you will go there’, they can decide this.”
The same week Schröder vocalized his frustrations, he was part of the five -successful Golden State Warriors’ commercial teams. Schröder was briefly redirected to Utah Jazz, who then exchanged him with Detroit on February 6.
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Schröder played for the Atlanta Hawks (2013-18), Oklahoma City Thunder (2018-2020), Los Angeles Lakers (2020-21 and 2022-23), Boston Celtics (2021-22), Houston Rockets (2022), Toronto Raptors (2023-24), Brookyn Nets (2024) (2024) (2024-25 years) and Detroit Pistons (2025).
As for the accident on Saturday, FIBA has declared that he is planning to meet with the Lithuanian delegation to discuss the matter, according to the AP.
Germany, who now won its first three games in the group of the competition, has conquered the 16 Eurobasket 16 in Riga, in Latvia.