Tag: Dennis Schroder

Nets’ Dennis Schroder talks not making playoffs, adapting to the team, more

During his exit interview on Monday, Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schroder spoke on the team not meeting their goals, adapting, and more.

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets were struggling mightily heading into the All-Star break and outside of a coaching change, they switched up the point guard rotation by trading for veteran guard Dennis Schroder. Schroder made an instant impact for a Brooklyn team looking for a spark, he credits the team and the organization for easing his transition.

“First off, we didn’t accomplish our goals,” Schroder said during his exit interview on Monday when asked to give his assessment on how the season ended. Coming out of the All-Star break, the Nets were in a race to make it into the Eastern Conference play-in tournament as they were 11th in the East following a 136-86 loss at the Boston Celtics on Feb. 14 that cost then-head coach Jacque Vaughn his job.

“At the end of the day, we built relationships, chemistry, and I think we built something over these last two months that we, moving forward, (hopefully) accomplish our goals,” Schroder explained. “So, at the end of the day, we didn’t accomplish our goals, but you can always learn from it and can get better. And everybody just, you know, enjoy the summer. Get with their families, work out and come back stronger.”

Schroder became a valuable member of the team on both ends of the floor as he averaged 14.6 points (third on the team), 3.5 rebounds, and 6.0 assists (first) while shooting 42.4% from the field and 41.2% from three-point land (second). While he didn’t generate many steals, Schroder’s defensive intensity and willingness to crowd ball-handlers had a residual impact on the rest of the team’s defensive effort.

One of the interesting facets about next season will be that Schroder will be entering the final year of a two-year, $25 million contract that he signed with the Toronto Raptors last summer. Toronto traded Schroder to the Nets almost seven months after he signed with them, something that most NBA players are all too familiar with once they have played a decade in the league like Schroder has.

“Yeah, I mean, the NBA, it’s a business at the end of the day,” Schroder said when asked about what will be his goal next season knowing that it’s the final year of his contract. “My family at home is the most important thing in my life. I’m playing in the best league in the world. And, I think if you get traded, your contract don’t change.”

At the moment, Schroder should be the starting point guard next season as the team hopes that Ben Simmons recovers enough from his most recent back procedure to contribute in some capacity. Next season could be another chance for Schroder to show how much the Nets need him and could use that to possibly get him another contract with Brooklyn, but he’s focused on being grateful and spending time with his family at this point in time.

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Nets’ Kevin Ollie discusses Dennis Schroder’s leadership ability

Prior to Wednesday’s game against the Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie spoke on Dennis Schroder’s leadership.

NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schroder has been a welcomed addition to the team ever since he came to Brooklyn from the Toronto Raptors in a trade deadline deal. Not only has Schroder played well for a Nets team that needed his production at the lead guard spot, but he contributed to a team in another way as well.

“Yeah, he was like a leader right when he got in,” Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie said prior to Wednesday’s matchup against the Toronto Raptors. Schroder is averaging 14.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 5.9 assists per game while shooting 42.6% from the field and 42.1% from three-point range during his time in Brooklyn, but he’s bringing his decade worth of experience in the NBA.

“I think he brings it like a championship mentality,” Ollie explained. “Going on that (Western Conference Finals) run with the (Los Angeles) Lakers last year then doing what he did in the world cup with Germany and winning gold, he just has a natural ability to lead, ability to win.”

There have been plenty of instances this season where Schroder has pulled a player aside or has had long conversations with other rotation players on the team in an effort to figure something out moving forward. Schroder has one more season left on his contract, he’ll be paid a little more than $13 million, and the Nets will be happy to have his services.

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Dennis Schroder fires back at D’Angelo Russell over recent comments

Former Lakers guard Dennis Schroder wasn’t happy about a recent comment D’Angelo Russell made about Schroder’s relationship with Darvin Ham.

In a recent ESPN article, Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell gave some candid quotes about the evolution of his relationship with head coach Darvin Ham. In particular, he talked about his struggles during last season’s Western Conference finals, which led to him being benched for Game 4.

He was quoted as saying that he couldn’t have a relationship with Ham at the time because Ham had a relationship with guard Dennis Schroder that went back several years.

Schroder left the Lakers in free agency last summer, while Russell received a new contract and has been playing very well for most of the last two months. Meanwhile, Schroder reacted to Russell’s comment about his relationship with Ham, and he didn’t seem happy (h/t Lakers Daily).

The German native was a key part of Ham’s rotation last season, and he was in the starting lineup for 50 of his 66 regular-season games. He joined the Toronto Raptors last summer, and he was traded to the Brooklyn Nets in the deal that sent Spencer Dinwiddie to Toronto. Dinwiddie was subsequently released, paving the way for him to join the Lakers.

With Dinwiddie struggling mightily in L.A. and Gabe Vincent, Schroder’s replacement, only appearing in five games this season, many Lakers fans have wished Schroder would’ve stuck around.

Nets’ Dennis Schroder has strong words for Laker’s D’Angelo Russell

Per Brian Lewis of the New York Post, Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schroder had some words for Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell.

Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schroder has been a welcomed addition to the Nets ever since he came over at the February NBA trade deadline in exchange for Spencer Dinwiddie. While the Former Los Angeles Lakers guard has not worn the purple and gold since last season, it looks like he still has some unfinished business from his time there.

Recently, Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell made some pointed comments towards head coach Darvin Harm and Schroder, implying that their relationship had an adverse effect on Russell last season. Russell, as written by ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, said “His (Schroder) relationship with Darvin is the reason I couldn’t have a relationship with Darvin” among other things.

Essentially, Russell blames the relationship between Schroder and Ham as the reason that he was demoted in last season’s Western Conference Finals series against the eventual NBA champion Denver Nuggets. With how much Russell had to say about the matter involving his own head coach and former teammate, it was a matter of time before the situation vent viral.

Per Brian Lewis of the New York Post, Schroder had some choice words for Russell at practice on Friday in preparation for the Indiana Pacers. According to Lewis, Schroder said that Russell’s comments were a display of “immaturity” and that he “doesn’t understand” why Russell is still talking about that season.

To make this matter more interesting, the Lakers come to Barclays Center on Mar. 31 as the last meeting of the season between the two teams. This type of talking could make that next matchup chippy between Schroder and Russell if there is still bad blood by then.

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Nets’ Dennis Schroder discusses making life easier for Mikal Bridges

After Sunday’s 120-101 win at the Cleveland Cavaliers, Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schroder spoke on how the team can help Mikal Bridges.

The Brooklyn Nets have been intentional of trying to find the next guy to lead the franchise ever since Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were traded at last season’s deadline. Since then, Brooklyn has been evaluating what they have in guys like Mikal Bridges, a player that seemingly the entire NBA would love to have on their team.

The Nets, with a big performance from Bridges as one of the main reasons, were able to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday 120-101. After having a rough go of it following the All-Star break, Bridges bounced back in a big way at Cleveland as he put up 25 points, five rebounds, five assists, and three steals.

What has been clear this season is that Bridges can be a guy who scores 40 points in a game if the matchup is there, but what makes him one of the more coveted players in the league is his ability to do other things on the floor too. Thursday showed that Bridges can flourish when he has players around him who can handle other aspects of the game so that he can find his rhythm.

Dennis Schroder, one of the players acquired by Brooklyn at this season’s trade deadline, has been one of the guys that makes it easier for Bridges to have the kind of impact on the game that everyone is familiar with. Schroder, after putting up his own good stat line of 17 points, eight assists, and two steals, spoke on what he, and the rest of the team, can do to make things easier for Bridges:

“You (the team) don’t have to put so much pressure on him (Bridges) on the offensive end. I think we got to make it a little easier for him as well. Of course me and June (Dennis Smith Jr.), but I think when he (Bridges) just runs the floor, cutting, his shooting, of course pick-and-rolls. But, it starts for everybody on the defensive end and I think today he started off playing great defense and we helped him on the offensive end as well.”

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Nets’ Dennis Schröder gives credit to Kevin Ollie for instilling confidence

After Thursday’s win, Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schröder gave interim head coach Kevin Ollie credit for building the team’s confidence.

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets are 2-3 in the era of interim head coach Kevin Ollie and while it didn’t look good in the beginning, Brooklyn seems to be turning the corner. The Nets have a tough task of trying to play its way into the play-in tournament, but Dennis Schröder feels the team is getting confidence from Ollie.

“I mean, coach is doing a great job just giving people confidence, letting people play,” Schröder said of Ollie after Thursday’s 124-97 win over the Atlanta Hawks. Schröder had a near triple-double of 23 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists in the first of two games against an Atlanta team that has the 10th and final seed in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament.

“He understands the game,” Schröder explained. Schröder not only gave praise to his head coach, but to his teammates as well after a decisive victory. “He’s been around for 12, 13 years in the league himself. And then, my teammates, they make it easy as well, you know? The transition was easier for me,” Schröder said.

After being acquired from the Toronto Raptors at the trade deadline, Schröder has been having some solid performances while trying to learn the offensive and defensive schemes along with his coaches and his teammates. Through eight games, Schröder is averaging 12.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 4.3 assists while shooting 42.7% from the field and 50.0% from three-point land.

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NBA fans ripped Dennis Schröder for taking Mike Conley’s garbage-time 3 way too personally

Imagine getting mad at Mike Conley, one of the nicest people in the NBA.

The NBA does not have unwritten rules. By definition, the rules technically don’t even exist — they’re all vibes, all standards players think should be upheld, most often made up with no consistency in their interpretation.

No one passed along this memo to the Brooklyn Nets’ Dennis Schröder.

With the Minnesota Timberwolves clocking the Nets in a blowout win on Saturday night, Schröder fully expected Minnesota to turtle with a late 12-point lead and just run the clock. When Minnesota’s Mike Conley took and drained a garbage-time 3-point shot instead, Schröder charged the point guard, taking exception to him not interpreting competition the way he does.

What resulted was one of the sillier “hold me back” scuffles of this entire NBA season:

Conley did not mean to embarrass the Nets by taking another shot with the win already secure. He was just playing until the final whistle. There is nothing wrong with Conley’s approach in this last sequence. Schröder is the player who should be reflecting. He’s the one who thought Minnesota should stop playing because they already won. He’s the one who was evidently ready to go just home instead of seeing all 48 minutes finally tick off the clock. He’s the one who unnecessarily charged Conley for breaking the “unwritten rules,” as interpreted by him.

For what it’s worth, Conley — who has never sustained a technical foul in his entire extended NBA career — explained that he was just making a simple basketball play. He didn’t mean anything more with his late shot.

Again, Conley was just competing until the game was actually over.

NBA fans were less amused with Schröder’s antics over an anodyne 3-point shot attempt.

Nets’ Dennis Schroder on debut: ‘teammates told me to just be myself’

Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schroder debuted in Saturday’s 123-103 win over the Spurs and he was happy to be cheered on by the fans.

NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schroder has had an eventful past couple of days to say the least. After being traded to the Nets on Thursday, he has been trying to get acclimated to New York City while getting a crash course on how Brooklyn wants to play basketball at the same time.

“Obviously, it’s great,” Schroder said of the crowd cheering his name after putting up 15 points and 12 assists in Saturday’s 123-103 win over the San Antonio Spurs. Schroder made his debut with the team on Saturday and after the way that he played, the Barclays Center audience essentially bombarded him with chants of his name because of how well his debut was going.

“I’m glad we got the win,” Schroder began. “I think that’s the most important but, of course, appreciation is there and I love that the fans did it big time for me.” Schroder’s debut went so well that he is only one of four Nets all-time that have recorded a double-double of points and assists in their debut and he was one of two players to do that coming off the bench.

Time will tell if Schroder will remain on the bench as the season progresses given that Ben Simmons is just getting back into the fold and Cam Johnson is still out with his left adductor strain. For the moment, Schroder’s addition looks to have provided a spark for Brooklyn on both ends of the floor and he is already being showered with loud welcome chants by the fans.

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Nets’ Dennis Schroder on trade to Nets: ‘can’t wait to get to know everybody’

Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schroder said after Thursday’s 118-95 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers that he can’t wait to get started.

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets did not make a blockbuster kind of trade like they said during last season’s trade deadline. However, Brooklyn was able to bring in a guy in Dennis Schroder who has been around the league and has been productive for every team he has played for. He’s just ready to get started.

“At the end of the day, we play basketball for a living,” Schroder said after Thursday’s 118-95 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. He came to the Nets in the trade that sent Spencer Dinwiddie to the Toronto Raptors hours before Thursday’s 3 PM ET trade deadline. Schroder said that he found out about his trade from his agent after he woke up from a nap following a road game.

“Extremely grateful for it,” Schroder said of the opportunity to play in the NBA for a living. “Can’t wait to get to know know everybody in the locker room, front office, everybody who is in this organization and go to work.” Schroder comes in following the trades of 30-year-old veterans in Dinwiddie and Royce O’Neale and finds himself as one of the older players on the team.

However, he fills a need for the Nets as even with Ben Simmons in the fold, Schroder is still needed to bring some playmaking and scoring ability to the point guard position, whether that’s starting or not. Granted, Brooklyn is not likely to finish the season as one of the six playoff seeds so he could have his work cut out for him either way.

Schroder, 30, is in the second-to-last year of his contract so the Nets can have some security knowing that he will be around next season to continue growing with the club. From the sound of it, it looks like Schroder is ready to get things started with the Nets to hopefully end the season in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.

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Report: Nets trade Spencer Dinwiddie to Raptors for Dennis Schroder; Thaddeus Young

Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported on Friday that the Brooklyn Nets were trading Spencer Dinwiddie to the Toronto Raptors for two players.

The Brooklyn Nets were one of the teams expected to be active with the 2023-24 NBA trade deadline on Thursday at 3 PM ET approaching quickly. It took Brooklyn some time to get into the mix, but it looks like they were able to trade away someone who was not expected to have a market.

Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported on Thursday that the Nets are trading guard Spencer Dinwiddie to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for guard Dennis Schroder. Shortly after his initial report, Wojnarowski added that forward Thaddeus Young was being sent to Brooklyn along with Schroder.

This trade ends Dinwiddie’s second stint with the Nets franchise that saw him grow from a fringe NBA player to someone who showed that he was a starting point guard in the league as well as someone who could fit on any team due to his versatility. This season proved to be a trying one for Dinwiddie as he looked disengaged at times on the court due to how much his role was changing because of the Nets prioritizing the growth of Mikal Bridges and Cam Thomas.

In the end, Dinwiddie gets to presumably be the starting point guard for a Raptors team looking to find a direction for its franchise soon. In exchange, the Nets get a player in Schroder who can step in as a ball-handler/scorer, filling a need for Brooklyn whether Ben Simmons is healthy or not.

Young has been reduced to a bench player who has averaged no more than 18.3 minutes per game during his time in Toronto as the organization has focused its efforts to be around budding star forward Scottie Barnes. It remains to be seen what Young’s role with the Nets will be, but most likely, he will be coming off the bench for Brooklyn and could possibly not play in some games as well.

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