By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
A year ago, it was reported that Dennis Schroder turned down a lucrative (84 million) multiyear contract extension offer by the Los Angeles Lakers halfway through the 2020-21 season.
After returning to the Lakers recently, Schroder now says that there wasn’t any contract offer to say “no” to. “I mean, end of the day, there never was a contract. There never was a contract, never rejected anything … That’s not true,” the German guard said per ESPN.
The 2021 free agency didn’t bring Schroder the kind of deal he was looking for and settled for a one-year, $5.9 million contract with the Boston Celtics. He had then mentioned that he and his agent decided to “not sign that contract” with the Lakers, saying that he didn’t think he “fit 100 percent” or that he “gave them everything.”
Now, Schroder is back in Los Angeles after a successful EuroBasket run in which he led Germany to the bronze medal while earning All-Tournament team honors.
He’s eager to provide the Lakers with what they need to get back to winning ways after missing the playoffs last season.
“I’m going to make sure everything I can do, I’ll bring to the team to win ballgames,” Schroder said. “I mean, Coach Darvin knows. He’s known me for 10 years now. He knows what I bring. And whatever it is, I’m going to do whatever to get a W and to finish the unfinished business.”