Dennis Schröder will move to the Los Angeles Lakers, and the most important addition is whether he wants to or not. He had a conversation with me last week MagentaSport said that he wasn’t particularly keen on moving to LA, but this swap between the Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder contains pretty much everything you need to know about transfers in the North American basketball league NBA. On the other hand, this change is likely to be the best thing that could happen to Schröder during the summer break, which is an autumn break due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The facts: Oklahoma City sends Dennis Schröder to Los Angeles and with it his contract, which will run for another season and will bring him $ 15.5 million. The Lakers are giving up first-round voting rights at the talent exchange this year (they would have voted in 28th place in the draft on Wednesday). And because they are not allowed to do that twice in a row according to the collective agreement (they brought Anthony Davis from New Orleans last year) without giving up an actor, they added winger Danny Green and his annual salary of 15.4 million.
The Thunder will probably not have a particularly great interest in Green, so they should send it on to other professionals or more draft picks at the exchange exchange, which officially only started on Monday (but clubs were allowed to come to an agreement in advance). That’s how it works with players who don’t have a so-called “no-trade clause” in their contract. And that’s why Schröder will appear in the coming season for the club that has just won the championship in the Florida bubble – whether he wants it or not.
Schröder, 27, shouldn’t be sorry, especially since Lakers legend Magic Johnson sent a message to the fans of the club via Twitter: “Manager Rob Pelinka made an excellent transfer. Folks, this exchange puts us in a position to win the title defend.” It’s true: What the Lakers have been missing so far was a playmaker who took over the game when the all-rounder LeBron James needed a break on the bench, and who at the same time patiently and reliably released himself from the bench when James was on the floor Three point line met. It was missing: someone like Schröder.
He wanted, as he had said again and again recently, to be back on the field from the start. Last season he mostly came off the bench and was voted second among the best substitute players because of his terrific statistics (18.9 points, four passes and 3.6 rebounds per game). It is expected that the Lakers will lose the playmakers Avery Bradley and Rajon Rondo in the so-called “Free Agency” (change of contractless players) and that Schröder will be the regular development player. Schröder would also like to play for the title, which should also be guaranteed with the Lakers.
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