Dennis Schroder is making a statement early in Charlotte.
The Basketball Löwen Braunschweig product, now suiting up for the Charlotte Hornets as a shooting guard, opened the 2026–27 NBA season with the kind of performances that remind the league he still belongs in a starting role — and then some.
Schroder's week began with a 19-point, 6-assist effort in Charlotte's season opener, a 110-103 road win over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, October 21. The Hornets were shorthanded — Kon Knueppel and Coby White both sat out — and Schroder helped fill the void alongside Naz Reid and Grayson Allen, guiding Charlotte through a steady, four-quarter performance to take the win. It was the kind of game where a veteran point guard earns his money: efficient, calm, and present when the team needed him most.
Two days later came a reminder that the NBA is unforgiving. The Hornets absorbed a lopsided 128-81 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on October 23, with Schroder held to just 4 points on limited minutes (20) and finishing at a brutal -22. That one is best filed and forgotten.
But Schroder answered back — loudly — on Saturday, October 24. Against the Miami Heat in a tight, competitive 115-110 Charlotte win, the German guard erupted for 25 points, adding 6 rebounds and 4 assists across 37 minutes of action, finishing a +5 on the night. It was the signature performance of his young Hornets tenure: a go-to guy carrying his team in a close game down the stretch.
Through three games, Schroder is averaging 16 points, 4.3 assists, and 4.7 rebounds per game. More importantly, the Hornets sit 2-1 — a promising start for a franchise still searching for its post-rebuild identity.
For Braunschweig alumni watching from Germany, it's a familiar sight. Schroder has been defying expectations since leaving Basketball Löwen Braunschweig as a teenager, and more than a decade into his NBA career, he's still doing it — one competitive, scrappy performance at a time.
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