VIDEO: Dennis Schroder Shows Off His Skateboarding Skills

Dennis Schroder has recently signed a one-year, $5.9 million deal to play for the Boston Celtics.

After turning down a four-year, $84 million contract extension from the Los Angeles Lakers last March, Schroder had trouble finding an NBA team that will offer him a contract worth $100-$120 million. Instead, he settled for $5.9 million this summer.

Schroder was reportedly in 'state of shock' after realizing the amount he had loss for declining the Lakers offer.

The 27-year-old point guard amusing himself by spending time playing with his skateboards. Schroder is a skilled skateboarder. He has a couple of skateboarding highlights on YouTube.




In Justin Hodges' article about Schroder's upbringing, he reveals that Schroder used to skate "past the sunset" during his childhood.


"Believe it or not, Schroder was a complete skateboarding fanatic."

"Dennis Schroder grew up as an athlete on every essence. He'd spend long hours of the day at local parks. Occasionally shooting a basketball, sometimes kicking a soccer ball around, but mainly skating up past the sunset. A daily routine would be Schroder out and about his activities until nearly midnight."

"Eventually Liviu Calin, head coach of the German basketball Loewen Braunschweig's youth program, would come to the parks to recruit talent because that's what he had to do. Although Schroder had yet to ever play basketball in an indoor facility, he was heavily recruited to play by Calin simply because of the athleticism he possessed."