Dennis Schoder has been a hot topic in NBA circles during this year's free agency period, yet for all the wrong reasons. Before settling for a one-year, $5.9 million deal with the Boston Celtics to be the team's backup point guard-- after a year of starting for the championship-hopeful Los Angeles Lakers-- the German player turned down a four-year, $84 million extension from the team before the trade deadline, with hopes to cash in on an even better play.
Well, after a lackluster showing in this year's playoffs, which led to a first round exit for a Lakers team that was originally thought to make it to the Finals with relative ease, turning down that $84 million extension is looking to be a horrible decision in retrospect. Part of what likely contributed to his financial demise was a zero-point performance in game 5 against the Phoenix Suns – a pivotal moment for the series where the point guard failed to show up for the Lakers.
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Cognizant of the crucial piece of information that Schroder turned down multiple millions, and settled for a one-year deal in a reduced role with the Celtics, NBA Twitter had lots to say about his free agency decision, which came a full week and some change after most of the movement around the league occurred.
Check out some of those tweets below.
https://twitter.com/_/status/1425233954919964674
https://twitter.com/_/status/1425232805265494017
https://twitter.com/_/status/1425235596839034884
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https://twitter.com/_/status/1425240535728599040
https://twitter.com/_/status/1425161111653994497
https://twitter.com/_/status/1425230923990245377
https://twitter.com/_/status/1425260212378869772
https://twitter.com/_/status/1425440934121156611
https://twitter.com/_/status/1425249454521819143
https://twitter.com/_/status/1425187646947696640
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