This is situation where both teams win in trade. Like Lowe says the trade will be viewed as win or loss depending on how you see Schroeder. But how you see him has a lot to do with how he fits with your roster and plans
A happy DS playing on a contending team like he wanted, behind a PG that he reveres, in a role — bench leader and spark plug — that he has excelled in could be successful. Although OKC would still be significantly overpaying even in this case imo
A disgruntled DS who from what I read showed significant weaknesses as a leader and facilitator last year. On a team that has just drafted their hopefully franchise cornerstone PG of the future and is clearly in rebuild mode. Would have been worse than dead salary. He would have obstructed development of TY amd / or been locker room headache.
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IMO There’s a bit of genuflecting going on in press to the greatness of Sam Presti , as there was in Lin trade to growing reputation of Sean Marks.
Schlenk is getting too little credit for how he has carefully and strategically pulled off a one two punch of trades that position the Hawks almost perfectly for what they want to achieve this season. Where winning is a relatively unimportant (if not minus) priority and developing youngsters, preserving cap space for future moves, and beginning to establish a good culture for team going forward are key priorities. The deals check all of these boxes and the timing and patience involved were particularly cool
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