Dennis Schröder Compares NBA Trade Deadline to Slavery

[zimpy27]

Feels like this guy and Kanye would get along

[NZB2323]

If NBA players really hate being traded and NBA owners respect hate trade demands they could have no trades in the next CBA.

[dremill24]

schröder has never been the brightest candle on the cake (a german saying. dunno if that also works in english)

It works and I like it!

[JXL]

First world problems, amirite?

[EArl]

Mate you're a millionaire. He's still mad that he didn't sign the Lakers offer.

[Sixers in 4]

What is going on with the GSW? Noone wants to get traded there and after Schroeder gets traded his numbers fall off a cliff and he compares getting traded to slavery.

Something is rotten in golden state.

Weird takeaway

I agree to disagree.

If a player my team recently traded for said that being traded was like being enslaved and his numbers plummeted, I would at least consider the fact he was not happy being a sixer, but that is just me.

[GiggitySmalls]

If slavery means im shipped around from city to city and get paid millions of dollars, please sign me up.

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[Blame Rasho]

Ummm…

Yeah…

He is wrong…

[hugepatsfan]

The concept of trades in pro sports is pretty unlike anything else we do in society. There's definitely some nuance to it. Comparing it to slavery does not capture that nuance though lol

My job could tell me tomorrow I need to move cross country if I want to stay. But very rarely would it be as sudden as a pro sports trade where I have to up and go that day. And if it was, people would surely criticize and protest the company for being unethical. And if I refused, I can still go get another job with another employer in my field (non-competes notwithstanding which can sometimes be an obstacle but I believe were made illegal in most circumstances last year). Athletes don't have that choice. But their career field is unique in many ways, some more beneficial to them and some not so much. It is not slavery lol

[JayMKE]

Schroeder is an idiot and should be ashamed of himself, he should go play in Spain or go home to Germany if he truly believes this.

[sodmoraes]

We already knew he was dumb when he didnt sign that guaranteed contract...

[maverick_41]

This is who the league should have taken as the next Lakers cornerstone . Why they took a Slavic guy who sits at home with his wife and doesn't think all day about slavery and BLM is beyond any reason.

[Rainwater]

I understand the toll a trade may have on an athlete but the benefits these athletes have does not compare to slavery.

[DimesandKnicks]

schröder has never been the brightest candle on the cake (a german saying. dunno if that also works in english)

Definitely stealing this

[bmurph128]

Its funny too because when you compare to any of our jobs, its actually pretty skewed toward a players favor relative to us (even completely ignoring the amount of money).

The NBA is one company with 30 branches. Just like if you work at a company with multiple branches, they don't have to grant your desire to transfer to a specific branch at any time, just like a player can't decide right now they want to go play for the Celtics if the Celtics don't need them or don't have room for them.

A player CAN go to another company in the same field at any time, just like we can. He can quit the NBA today and probably go play in China or any other basketball league.

But man for those of us who live/work in "at will" states, unfortunately our employment can end today and we may get absolutely nothing. Meanwhile, if the Warriors cut him right now, they would owe him the guaranteed money from his contract.

His comment is so, so, so, so bad. It is incomprehensible.

[Pantsman]

Every year someone says this and every year it’s the dumbest thing anyone has said all year

[ryguy613]

This is probably the dumbest thing a player has said since he didnt have enough to feed his family because "yes we make a lot of money but we also spend a lot of money". Some guys are probably better limiting what they say for their own good.

[El Turco]

schröder has never been the brightest candle on the cake (a german saying. dunno if that also works in english)

Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.

Not the brightest crayon in the box.

Not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Few fries short of a happy meal.

Sandwich short of a picnic.

Buttons are working but the electricity's out.

Only rowing with one oar.

Not playing with a full deck.

Sharp as a bowling ball.

[SkyBill40]

Ah, yes. Another case of laughable false equivalency.

[52-12-7]

Man, I hate these diva players. NBA players got to be the biggest divas on earth.