When Schroeder became the leader of the German men's basketball team in the European Championship and led the German men's basketball team to the knockout stage with a dark horse posture, Lakers fans were still ridiculing whether the Lakers should re-sign Schroeder, however, the thing was so sudden, after losing the semi-final of the European Championship, the Lakers and Schroeder completed the signing, the two sides reached a 1-year-2.64 million US dollar contract, and the Lakers announced the signing of the two sides through official Twitter The first time after the Schroeder signing report was released. You know, Schroeder still had a 3 or 4 game to play, in other words, Pelinka personally flew to Europe with the team and handed Schroeder a contract. Spending 7.78 million yuan in 1 year, the Lakers signed a contract to make a steady profit, and Schroeder resisted the pressure and longed for self-redemption.
According to Lakers reporter Ryan, Lakers and Schroeder signed a fully guaranteed contract. To be honest, Schroeder's return to the Lakers has been very face-giving, and this is really a bit unspeakable to give no guarantee contract. And signed Schroder, the Lakers' contract is partly paid by the league, the Lakers only need to pay $1.83 million in salary, the remaining 810,000 are paid by the league, and the Lakers only have $1.83 million will be counted in their salary space, according to calculations, this 1.83 million will bring the Lakers $5.95 million in luxury taxes. Add it up to the $7.78 million that the Lakers need to spend next season on Schroder for him.
However, compared to the Lakers' previous big contract to Schroeder, their spending for Schroder next season is nothing at all. More importantly, Schroeder returned to the Lakers this time, he not only lost a huge loss in salary compared to the contract provided to him by the Lakers last time, but also this time Schroeder re-signed the Lakers, he will not have the starting position, at least in the early part of the new season, Schroeder will start from the bench. According to NBA reporter Shelburne's report, although there is a discussion about the Lakers' starting point guard gradually heating up, in fact, out of respect for Wei Shao's former MVP identity, Lakers' new coach Ham still regards him as the starting point guard, and the Lakers' reporter reported that the Lakers regard Beverley as a flank 3D, and Schroeder's role as a substitute point guard is a very easy thing to foresee.
80 million you don't want, to take 2.6 million, the starting you don't want, willing to come to the bench, after Schroeder signed the Lakers, Lakers fans continue to ridicule Schroeder, but, at the same time, there are also many Lakers fans on Schroeder's decision to be solemn, calling him a "real Laker." At the beginning, most people were really out of a ridiculous mentality, saying that Schroeder was "thinking" for the Lakers, taking a lower salary and reducing his role on the team. However, after calming down and thinking about it, Schroeder really needs to take on a huge pressure to make such a decision, and he needs to have enough warriors to make such a decision.
On the surface, Schroeder can only sign a basic salary contract at this juncture, and the Lakers, as a highly exposed team, is the best choice for Schroeder to return to the public eye and prove his value. In fact, once Schroeder returns to the Lakers with a basic salary contract, the pressure he bears is difficult for others to empathize. The above mentioned irony, ridicule are Schroeder needs to bear, in addition, we need to be clear that Schroeder joined the Lakers at the time point, before he joined the Lakers, Schroeder is very clear that there is Wei Shao, Beverley is also coming, with a salary of 5.25 million Nunn is also going to return, Runny Walker (1 year 650) as the Lakers' biggest signings in the offseason, he also needs the ball.
That is to say, among the many choices, the difficulty of the Lakers is hellish compared to the Lone Ranger and the Suns, who are also interested in Schroeder. However, in Schroder's own words, he kept in touch with the Lakers as soon as the free agent market opened, and the two sides have been in communication. To put it bluntly, after ending his last contract, Schroeder has made up his mind to return to the Lakers' lineup, no matter how fiercely the competition is in this position in the No. 1 position, as long as the Lakers need him, he will return to complete some things he has not done.
Schroeder's situation reminds me of Howard in 19 years, who is also bent on returning to the Lakers in the hope of completing the redemption. Howard's situation was even worse than Schroeder's, and unlike Schroeder, who was scrambled by multiple playoff teams, Howard was unpopular in the entire market, and the latter had a very low status in the eyes of Lakers fans. And compared to Schroeder's full guarantee contract, Howard's basic salary contract signed with the Lakers at that time was fully unguaranteed. As a result, everyone knows that Howard's attitude, state, ability, and performance have exceeded everyone's expectations, and he has also helped the Lakers win the championship.