Warriors’ Dennis Schroder compares NBA -Merchant Deadline with ‘Modern Slavery’ – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

San Francisco – Dennis Schröder’s NBA career has been defined by rents.

Currently playing in his 12th professional campaign, Schröder has been traded five times, including sometime this season when Warriors acquired him from Brooklyn Nets on December 15, 2024.

No one in a dressing room shrouded in rumors understands this time of year better than anyone who has played for eight teams and treated on the day of the NBA trading deadline twice, as late as last season.

Schröder, 31, has been through anxiety and uncertainty in the trade deadline. The days leading up to the date now are no different than anyone else. It is business as usual for the experienced veteran.

“At the end of the day, your salary is still the same,” Schröder told the NBC Sports Bay area in an exclusive interview after Warriors’ 104-99 victory against Orlando Magic on Monday night. “Of course you go to another city, but at the end of the day it is not a real problem. It’s a luxury problem.

“It’s always exciting for you (the media) probably. For me to be in my 12th season, the business is business. I got my own team in Germany. I know how it works. For me it’s a business at the end of the day. ”

That wasn’t always the case for Schröder. He has been in his young teammates’ shoes and see their names in trade rumors, get confused, annoyed or, honestly, crazy. Schröder has gone the same walk as his career has emerged that a handful of Warrior’s veterans are dealing with.

The job is designed to do it right by the team. His advice is also to always take care of yourself, to look for yourself in what is a “cutthroat business,” says Schröder. Reason: You can be traded for a star at any time.

Like everyone else who still wrapped his head around the news, Schröder was floated by Dallas Mavericks who traded Luka Dončić to Los Angeles Lakers this weekend. The move was immediately seen as one of the wildest and most surprising acting in sports history. It was also a reminder to Schröder.

“Luka Dončić was just traded and got five f — G NBA first team,” Schröder said. “All-Stars, he brought money to them, the NBA final last year and $ 117 million, which he cannot sign now because he was traded and it is no state income tax. From now on, I see it even more crazy than it was, to act like such is no one sure.

“Not even Steph Curry’s safe probably when I see it. It’s of — D Up Business. ”

Dončić was waiting for next season for a five-year-old, $ 345 million super-max contract from Mavericks, but is no longer justified after being traded. The most lakers can offer Dončić this summer is a five-year deal of $ 229 million.

There is much that Schröder doesn’t like at the trade deadline. That it feels like an event. That the games feel secondary. The combination he thinks is “awful for the league.” He sees how debate and rumors bring attention to the league and create more money, but believes that there should be better ways to achieve both.

More, for Schröder speaks the trade deadline and how it is seen, to a much bigger problem.

“It’s like modern slavery,” Schröder said. “It’s modern slavery at the end of the day. Everyone can decide where to go even if you have a contract. Yes, of course we make a lot of money and we can feed our families, but at the end of the day, if they say, ‘You won’t come to work tomorrow, you go over there’ they can decide to. They had to change it a little.

“But still grateful that we are here and that we can live this every single day. I think everyone who is in here is blessed. But if you really think about it, it’s a little crazy that the organization can tell you, ‘We want you to be a team-first but you’re going over there.’ It’s a lot. ”

The control that Schröder continued to say is all in the hands of owners and organizations. Not every situation works for a player. The wrong step to the wrong city, the wrong coaching staff and teammates can change a player’s career. It can change a person’s future and financial situation, recognized Schroder.

Is there a solution? Or is this just the structure of a league of a league whose players are more than 70 percent black but not a majority owner of the 30 teams is?

“That’s what the NBA is,” Schröder said.

Schröder wants solutions. Somewhere in CBA, his desire is to fix this wrong, especially for players who have accrued years in the NBA.

“It can’t be anyone who brings anyone to the NBA final,” Schröder said of Doncic.

Then Schröder looks around the dressing room. An environment of people who really like to be around each other.

And a reality of what could happen with 25-24 warriors at noon at the age of February 6th.

“Wiggs,” Schröder said, referring to Andrew Wiggins, “almost won f — n ‘Finals MVP in 2022, and now he’s on the trade block. Kevon Looney won three championships here. He was one of the keys to winning the championship and now he’s on the trade block right now.

“I understand the first year, the second year, but after a certain time … I don’t know. They have to write something in CBA to get something loose – a little. ”

Schröder’s wife, Ellen, and their three children, aged 2, 4 and 6, were still in Brooklyn for over a month before coming to him in San Francisco. Christmas was celebrated over Facetime. Even in a career that has undergone movements all over the country, natives in Braunschweig, Germany, emphasize how close he and his family are.

Where he goes and mentions trips to Japan, China and Thailand.

Schröder has played 24 games with Warriors, an average of 9.8 points of 32.5 percent shoot overall and 25.9 percent on 3-Pointers in his first 12 games. In his last 12, his scoring numbers have risen to 11.4 points per year. Match of 42.5 percent shooting and 38.6 percent from three. Schroder predicted he would play better when his family was here and he was not wrong, even an average of 1.5 steals the last 12 games.

Warriors may, due to a new exception in CBA, turn Schröder before Thursday’s trading deadline. From Wednesday, Schröder can gather in a deal with other players. He wants to be an unlimited free agent this season, but Warriors have his early bird rights.

Schröder will remain in a Golden State Jersey for the rest of the season and possibly beyond. Warriors paid for him to stay in a hotel room before his family arrived. Now they are back together, they have their apartment and Schröder, recognizing his style of games, has not always been the easiest fit on Warriors, watching an on and off-the-Court connection that he does not want to end.

“If it remains this way, I think we’re going to achieve a lot,” Schröder said. “At the end of the day, it’s just where I feel appreciated where you get the appreciation. Being 12 years old in this league where people want you, and make sure you feel appreciated when you get to work and do your things, that’s where you want to be. They have done it so far.

“We will start winning again, turning it around, and hopefully we will stay this way and take a deep race in the playoffs. Then we build from there. When someone welcomes you as they did to me, of course I will stay here. I had a couple of years until I want to go back to my team in Germany, so of course it would be nice if I’m here. Let’s see.

“You never know in this business.”

Between his experiences and the improvement of basketball for everyone, Schröder has strong opinions about the sports structure and the feeling of speculation. He hopes that long -term changes can come, just as he hopes to stay with Warriors, in the short term in the short term.

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