Toronto Raptors point guard Dennis Schroder completely fumbled the bag.
Schroder told Yahoo that he was negotiating an $84 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2021, but declined at the behest of his agent. interview Published on Tuesday.
After rejecting a four-year, $84 million offer from the Lakers, he ultimately signed Signed with Boston Celtics for just $5.9 million on a one-year deal transaction. That's right – Schroeder made his $78 million mistake.
The German-born point guard would end up signing with the Lakers in a year anyway, but still for just $2.6 million. according to Go to spot rack.
Schroder ultimately signed a two-year, $25.4 million contract with the Raptors before the 2023-24 season.
Factoring in the $13 million the Raptors will pay him in 2025, Schroder will have earned about $34 million in signing bonus by the time his contract with the Lakers closes. That's less than half of the $84 million offered by LA. Weft. (Related: Memphis Grizzlies' Ja Morant to miss remainder of season after shoulder surgery)
schrader His agent was Alex Salatzis in the Octagon at the time, and he claims his agent advised him to turn it down, and he says he wouldn't have turned it down otherwise. “I would have signed it,” Schrader told Yahoo. “I'm not going to just leave money on the table. My mother didn't raise me that way.”
This is what he calls the two years since bad advice.It's like the worst two years of my career. ” Since then, he has changed agents, leaving the Octagon and bringing in Marc Bartlestein of Priority Sports. according to To Sports Illustrated.
Dennis Schroder claims his agent advised him to decline a four-year, $84 million contract extension this offseason. 😳 pic.twitter.com/pcctXfStDE
— OutOfSightSports🚀™️ (@OOSSports) January 9, 2024
Now, to be fair, Schrader, you can't even afford to pay me to live in California. So he kept me on his side until I decided to move back to Los Angeles for significantly less money. That just looks bad, buddy.
