Nets’ Dennis Schroder on trade to Nets: ‘can’t wait to get to know everybody’
NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets did not make a blockbuster kind of trade like they said during last season’s trade deadline. However, Brooklyn was able to bring in a guy in Dennis Schroder who has been around the league and has been productive for every team he has played for. He’s just ready to get started.
“At the end of the day, we play basketball for a living,” Schroder said after Thursday’s 118-95 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. He came to the Nets in the trade that sent Spencer Dinwiddie to the Toronto Raptors hours before Thursday’s 3 PM ET trade deadline. Schroder said that he found out about his trade from his agent after he woke up from a nap following a road game.
“Extremely grateful for it,” Schroder said of the opportunity to play in the NBA for a living. “Can’t wait to get to know know everybody in the locker room, front office, everybody who is in this organization and go to work.” Schroder comes in following the trades of 30-year-old veterans in Dinwiddie and Royce O’Neale and finds himself as one of the older players on the team.
However, he fills a need for the Nets as even with Ben Simmons in the fold, Schroder is still needed to bring some playmaking and scoring ability to the point guard position, whether that’s starting or not. Granted, Brooklyn is not likely to finish the season as one of the six playoff seeds so he could have his work cut out for him either way.
Schroder, 30, is in the second-to-last year of his contract so the Nets can have some security knowing that he will be around next season to continue growing with the club. From the sound of it, it looks like Schroder is ready to get things started with the Nets to hopefully end the season in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.
