Well, well, here are two names that have already been associated fairly recently. It’s normal in fact, since Dennis Schroder was playing for the Lakers during the 2020-21 season. Left at the end of this one because of a contractual claim a tad (much) too high compared to his contribution, the leader had spun at the Celtics then in Houston. Today a free agent, he would once more be the target of Rob Pelinka, but probably not for the same tarot as last summer.
Playing the patience card pays off. A little flashback: following a 2020-21 season with 15.4 points in 32.1 minutes of play with the Lakers, Dennis Schroder had shown interest in continuing the adventure in Southern California. Will shared by the Purple & Gold, despite a somewhat gloomy exercise on an individual level. We won’t go so far as to blame Dennis for the failure of the Lakers last season, but in the absence of executives James and Davis due to injury… he was not necessarily able to step up to the point of raising the bar of his team a little.
That being said, thank you for also considering all the qualities of this player, we are not talking regarding a D2 leader either, but a rather interesting and above all reliable 28-year-old creator and scorer. In short, to sign Dennis Schröder in the team in the summer of 2021, it was between 100 and 120 million dollars, no less. A request from the German which surely made Rob Pelinka chuckle, the general manager of the Lakers. It will be 84 million over four years, no more. Faced with the player’s refusal regarding the amount of the contract, the Lakers finally let him go, ” go look elsewhere if I’m there” in sum.
Yes, but now, following half a season with the Celtics and an express dispatch to the Houston doldrums last winter, Schröder did not especially rebound as he intended. A short year of contract at 5.9 million and nothing since this summer. You are starting to see the pattern a bit, here is the typical kind of story that Jean de La Fontaine might have placed in his collections of fables. Do you want to play ? Go ahead, but it’s at your own risk. And who comes back at the end of the story? Well Rob Pelinka, like a little cherry blossom at dawn in April in the heart of Tokyo.
Re-signing free agent guard Dennis Schröder is a « legit consideration » for the Lakers, league sources say, depending on how the rest of their roster develops.
After one season as a Laker, Schröder played for Boston and Houston in 2021-22.
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— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) August 23, 2022
According to Marc Stein, the Lakers would like to offer a contract to the leader, a free agent since the end of the season. They will wait to see how the rest of the workforce will fill up to make a decision, but Dédé is in their little papers. A funny situation of course, which might still have a real sporting interest since Schroder remains a safe bet on position 1. Financial level, it will not be necessary to bring it back because the Lakers do not have masses to give, and that Dennis is less in sight than a year ago. With the Kyrie Irving plan which takes the lead day following day, it is true that Los Angeles might certainly find its account and a real fallback solution by hiring the guy.
Dennis and Los Angeles, a love story that might resume its thread very soon. At the Lakers, he had not particularly impressed but not particularly disappointed either. In the meantime, he might already have been an Angelino as we speak… but hey, the NBA is also a kind of poker.
Source : Twitter @TheSteinLine