ConSarnit wrote:
Schroder took the 3rd most FGA on the Celtics that year and had the 3rd highest usage (more FGA and higher usage than he has this year). If he was complaining about touches I would counter that 3rd option type usage is pretty generous for someone of Schroder's stature.
I didn't say he was complaining about touches, but what Tatum and Brown were doing at the time was selfish basketball. Maybe he had a direct problem with that and said something (I'm speculating). Smart had a problem and said it in the media. Their homer media acknowledged it, too. Dennis should have had the 3rd highest usage on that team.
Now time for reckless speculation:
I am of the belief that there is more than meets the eye when it comes to Schroder. The guy puts up the same numbers year after year and is regarded as a capable 6th man yet cannot get more than the MLE (a deal in which I assume was the best offer he got this offseason and was also born out of us panicking after losing FVV). He has denied the Lakers ever made the 4/84 offer (edit: I guess he is now saying the offer was there after denying it) and if that offer was on the table how did he go to only getting a 1-year $6m deal from the Celtics? He gets compared to Nerlens Noel for dropping the bag but Noel's deal was a post-rookie deal which are often based on potential (Noel did not improve the following year thus reducing his potential). Schroder on the other hand is a known commodity who is going make to make a combined $32m during what should be the prime 4 years of his career. I wouldn't be shocked if he wears out his welcome behind the scenes.
Schroder has been a known commodity since he was 26. There has to be something to him getting short changed on deals the past few years that extends past on the floor play. The guy can't stick anywhere nor can he get paid an actual market rate.
(I 100% acknowledge this is pure speculation on my part. It just doesn't make sense Schroder gets moved around and/or underpaid as much as he has in his career given he is a legitimate NBA talent)
Nothing you said here was reckless
He can be irascible in the locker room because he calls people out. Anthony Davis hated him when they first played together. Anthony Davis loved him in his second run with the Lakers.
Personally I don't think he's been moved around suspiciously. He was traded by the Hawks to the Thunder when they tanked and drafted Trae Young. He was traded by the Thunder to the Lakers when they decided to tank. He was offered a long-term commitment by the Lakers, and his agent made a blunder. He picked up the Celtics minimum offer. They traded him to a tanking team. He went back to the Lakers and they made the mistake of chasing Gabe Vincent instead, or he preferred to come here because of the Darko connection.
