Golden State Warriors guard Dennis Schroder owns Basketball Lowen Braunschweig, a German league team based in his hometown. As such, more than most players who are stressing about Thursday's trade deadline, the 31-year-old understands the other side of it.
"I got my own team in Germany. I know how it works," Schroder said in an interview with NBC Sports Bay Area's Dalton Johnson on Monday. "For me, it's a business at the end of the day."
Schroder said that being traded to a different city is a "luxury problem," not a "real problem." He added that "your salary is still the same" if you wind up on a new team.
At the same time, Schroder does not find the trade deadline exciting. He thinks it's "terrible for the league" that it has become an event that overshadows the games on the schedule this time of year. He doesn't like that players have no control over where they might land, as there are numerous factors -- the personality of the coach, the style of play, the available playing time, etc. -- that can change the trajectory of a player's career for the worse.
After seeing the Dallas Mavericks dump 25-year-old franchise player Luka Doncic out of the blue mere months after he led them to the NBA Finals -- a move that devastated their fan base and inspired some fans to protest -- Schroder told NBC Sports Bay Area that something has to change.
"It's like modern slavery," Schroder said. "It's modern slavery at the end of the day. Everybody can decide where you're going, even if you have a contract. Yeah, of course, we make a lot of money and we can feed our families, but at the end of the day if they say, 'You're not coming to work tomorrow, you're going over there,' they can decide that. They got to change that a little bit."
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"I got my own team in Germany. I know how it works," Schroder said in an interview with NBC Sports Bay Area's Dalton Johnson on Monday. "For me, it's a business at the end of the day."
Schroder said that being traded to a different city is a "luxury problem," not a "real problem." He added that "your salary is still the same" if you wind up on a new team.
At the same time, Schroder does not find the trade deadline exciting. He thinks it's "terrible for the league" that it has become an event that overshadows the games on the schedule this time of year. He doesn't like that players have no control over where they might land, as there are numerous factors -- the personality of the coach, the style of play, the available playing time, etc. -- that can change the trajectory of a player's career for the worse.
After seeing the Dallas Mavericks dump 25-year-old franchise player Luka Doncic out of the blue mere months after he led them to the NBA Finals -- a move that devastated their fan base and inspired some fans to protest -- Schroder told NBC Sports Bay Area that something has to change.
"It's like modern slavery," Schroder said. "It's modern slavery at the end of the day. Everybody can decide where you're going, even if you have a contract. Yeah, of course, we make a lot of money and we can feed our families, but at the end of the day if they say, 'You're not coming to work tomorrow, you're going over there,' they can decide that. They got to change that a little bit."
Warriors' Dennis Schroder says trade deadline is 'like modern slavery,' Luka Doncic deal shouldn't be allowed
Schroder, who owns a team in Germany, also said he understands that 'business is business'
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