Exchange fever in the USA
German NBA star is probably changing the team again
06.02.2025 – 9:45 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Dennis Schröder does not come to rest. First he criticized the NBA rules, then he was traded-and now he seems to change the team again.
In the confusion about the new sporting home of basketball professional Dennis Schröder, there is apparently another turn according to matching media reports. As reported, among other things, the broadcaster ESPN, citing unnamed sources, will soon be the German national team captain for the Detroit Piston. As the North American professional league NBA wrote on her homepage, Schröder will be transferred to Detroit after only one day at Utah Jazz.
The native of Braunschweig had become a negotiating extent in the course of the next mega exchange around NBA star Jimmy Butler and had left the Golden State Warriors again after a few weeks. The 31-year-old only moved from the Brooklyn Nets to Northern California in December and became teammate by Stephen Curry there. In the course of the exchange carousel, the world champion captain was initially handed over to Utah Jazz.
In total, Schröder only played 24 games for Golden State and came to an average of 10.6 points and 4.4 assists per encounter. According to reports, the Warriors prefer Butler, who had recently been blocked by his previous team Miami Heat.
At the end of an complex exchange business with several teams involved, Schröder was also transferred to the jazz who play their home games in Salt Lake City. To get Butler, the Warriors also separated from Andrew Wiggins and Kyle Anderson. A total of seven players and six teams are involved in the deal, it said.
Schröder just spoke of “modern slavery”
It was only on the weekend of star player Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange against Anthony Davis astonishment in the league and at basketball fans. In the course of this business, the German ex-international Maxi Kleber also switched from the Mavericks to the Lakers.
On the occasion of this spectacular deal, Schröder criticized the trading system with drastic words. “At the end of the day it is modern slavery. Everyone can decide where to go, even if you have a contract,” he told NBC on Monday. “Of course we earn a lot of money and can feed our families, but (…) If you say:” You won’t get to work tomorrow, you go there “, then you can decide.