Two years ago, when Dennis Schröder was just arriving in Oklahoma City, he was re-acclimating himself to a bench role. During his previous two years in Atlanta, he started all but one game while averaging 17.9 and 19.4 points per game, respectively.
Then he was traded to the Thunder and Head Coach Billy Donovan brought him in as a super-sub. In a transitional 2018-19 year where he played 29.3 minutes per night, Schröder averaged 15.5 points and 4.1 assists while starting just 14 of 79 games. In 2019-20, he followed that up with 63 games of masterful ball – 19.