Warriors' Dennis Schroder says trade deadline is 'like modern slavery,'

[Bigwhite2498]

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."

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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If making millions of dollars a year and get to live in some of the best cities in the world is slavery how do i become a slave. I’m sure my ancestors would’ve loved this type of slavery as well

 

[No1]

An African-American would never say some sh*t like this.

Adrian Peterson did.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

I forgot he was having a great year for his standards…was supposed to be a great trade pick up for the dudes, and has been complete dogshyt

 

[Canada Goose]

well, NBA players can always leave the NBA if they want to, but I understand what he's saying. Most people take the word "slave" as meaning one thing, but it's deeper than that. There are so many stipulations in an NBA contract and they require so much of your time, that they really do own you. You get fined for:

skipping morning shootarounds
pre-gram shootarounds
interviews
not giving long enough answers during interviews
saying the wrong words during interviews
taking a picture with guns
posting movies on social media
saying "stop snitching"


They really own you in the NBA. But they are paid very well for it. Players really don't be having a lot of free time like that during the season. Guys like Kareem changed a lot of shyt in the 80s by refusing to give interviews.

In response to your players don't be having free time like that during the season.... Don't a lot of ACTIVE NBA players have podcasts?


I'm subscribed to Brunson and Josh Hart YouTube podcast channel and they regularly be uploading videos during the NBA season

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Said all this with his chest out married to a white woman while playing for fukking Germany of all places

this shyt crazy

 

[34TheTruth]

trust me, players value days off of practice. I know a few dudes that have been in the NBA and playing there now. I remember an interview talking about Iverson being offered He got Game and there was talk of him saying, "I'm not going to work my first summer having money" or something like that lol. So yes, they make a LOT, but it's not just games and home. They have a LOT of obligations. It comes with the check. Your job doesn't have morning obligations on work days, you go to work and then post work obligations like hanging out to give interviews and then if you have a great performance at work and the game is on TNT, you have to stick around and talk to the TNT crew. BUT, as we all have stated, they are paid lovely for it

Sure looks like free time to me

 

[MJ Truth]

Atlanta Hawk legend.

 

[MikelArteta]

Literally slaves in Libya and this German fakkit is dropping quotes like this

 

[Damnshow]

Dennis from time to time proves how fukking stupid he is and why no serious championship contender needs him.

Rejected that 50+ mil contract, then kept talking shyt how European basketball is superior with high IQ, calling Americans dumb pretty much, now he thinks playing for NBA is modern slavery???? Newsflash you fukking retard.... SLAVERY DID NOT GO AWAY. Ask those builders in Qatar who built the football stadiums in brutal conditions in the middle of summer what modern slavery is.

Ask about slaves in middle east and other regions. This fukking guy needs to go away and play basketball somewhere in Germany so nobody cares about him anymore.