Lakers Rumors: Dennis Schroder Awaiting $100-$120M Contract in Free Agency
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Los Angeles Lakers level guard Dennis Schroder is reportedly expecting to get around $100 million to $120 million in free agency.
Armin Andres, the Vice President of German Basketball Federation, mentioned as grand on the Abteilung Basketball podcast (h/t basketball journalist Manuel Baraniak).
TalkBasket.gain relayed Andres’ quotes: “Dennis Schroeder has communicated this clearly: he wants $100, $120 million—which he’ll per chance also get—and this sum insured can not be insured on the favored market for the time being.”
The Lakers obtained the German guard by technique of change with the Oklahoma City Convey on Nov. 18, 2020. He averaged 15.4 parts on 43.7 p.c shooting, 5.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds for the 42-30 Lakers, who fell in six games to the Phoenix Suns within the first spherical of the NBA playoffs.
The shorthanded Lakers had been without superstars LeBron James and/or Anthony Davis for a natty chunk of the season, and AD simplest performed 25 minutes over the closing three playoff games.
Over that playoff stretch, Schroder struggled, scoring eight parts in Sport 4 and none in Sport 5. He dropped 20 in Sport 6, but 16 of them had been in a second half of that started with Phoenix up 62-43.
The lift out to Schroder’s season seemingly couldn’t support him land a 9-resolve contract, though he’s impressed infrequently over his closing two campaigns.
Schroder dropped 18.9 parts per sport as a sixth man for the 2019-20 Convey, who surprised many by making the playoffs despite present process a critical teardown and roster rebuild.
He also helped lift the offense after James suffered a excessive ankle sprain on March 20, averaging 16.8 parts and 7.9 assists per sport from March 21-April 30.
The Atlanta Hawks chosen Schroder with the 17th overall buy within the 2013 NBA draft. Atlanta dealt Schroder to Oklahoma City all by the 2018 offseason, one one year after signing him to a four-one year, $70 million deal.
The Lakers and Schroder reportedly engaged in extension talks, but Jovan Buha and Bill Oram of The Athletic reported on March 25 that the two facets had been “a ways apart” and that the guard used to be “in quest of a multi-one year extension that may per chance well perhaps well pay him bigger than $20 million per one year.”