Welcome to Loud City · Aug 13, 2018
The downside of Dennis Schroder
A lot has been made of the trade that sent point guard Dennis Schroder to the Oklahoma City Thunder. In the three team team involving the Thunder, the Atlanta Hawks and the Philadelphia 76ers, Oklahoma City gave away Carmelo Anthony, in return they received Schroder and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot.
Acquiring a premier point guard from the eastern conference to backup Russell Westbrook, theoretically, can only bring positives. Indeed, Schroder averaged 19.4 points per game and 6.2 assist per game while starting in Atlanta. So, with a player who can score and pass like that off the bench, what could possibly be the downsides of adding Schroder.
Schroder struggles to shoot from three