Dennis Schroder has had an uneven rookie season making the jump from Europe to the NBA at the age of 20.
“Every time I do an interview, everybody tells me that,” Schroder said of the comparisons to Rajon Rondo. “For me, it means a lot because he’s like the best point guard in the NBA and I hope that I’ll be one day like him and be an All-Star and win championships. I think with his long arms and defense and his [ability] to see the open guys, yeah, I compare me a little bit like him, too.”
Schroder has been sent to the D-League this season and needs to reduce risky plays and turnovers.
“It’s a completely different game than [overseas], in Europe you call a lot of set plays,” he said. “In Germany, I played very fast and I can get used to the game in the NBA. I feel comfortable here. At the beginning of the season I played like 20 minutes a game and then I had two bad games and I was out of the rotation, and now I have to be patient and get my minutes back.”
