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Yossi Gozlan: The Pistons will need to include another player or waive a player to make room for the two-for-one. Jaden Ivey for Kevin Huerter works straight up. Dario Saric will go into the $14.1 million Dennis Schroder trade exception. They have $8.7 million remaining in it.
Yossi Gozlan: I doubt the Sacramento Kings are done. De'Andre Hunter for Dennis Schroder adds $10 million to their 2026-27 payroll, pushing them $13 million over the projected luxury tax line. I expect them to make subsequent moves to address this.
Bobby Marks: Contract breakdown for the 4 players involved To Cleveland Dennis Schroder: $14.1M, $14.8M, $15.5M ($4.3 GTY), UFA 2028 Keon Ellis: $2.3M, UFA 2026 Note: Ellis is eligible to sign a 3/$52M extension starting on 2/9 To Sacramento De’Andre Hunter: $23.3M, $24.9M, UFA 2027 Note: $1.25M in unlikely bonuses that count toward the apron To Chicago Dario Saric: $5.4M, UFA 206
Yossi Gozlan: The Cleveland Cavaliers save $50 million in payroll and luxury tax combined by trading De'Andre Hunter for Dennis Schroder and Keon Ellis. They also go from $22 million above the second apron to $13.9 million above it.
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The Kings were sifting through a variety of Ellis scenarios Friday, league sources say, including larger trade constructions that could feature the likes of DeMar DeRozan, Malik Monk and Cleveland's Hunter. Word also surfaced that a specific three-team framework is being discussed between the Kings and Cavaliers that potentially includes Sacramento's Dennis Schroder.
Sacramento Kings guard Dennis Schroder didn’t mince words when asked about the rumors swirling around his team with the Feb. 5 NBA trade deadline fast approaching. “I don’t give a f--- about that,” Schroder said. “At the end of the day, I enjoy every single day being in the NBA. I don’t take it for granted.”
One of the common internal criticisms on the ground level the past few seasons, team sources said, has been a lack of player-to-player accountability. Veteran guard Dennis Schroder, who Perry signed to a three-year, $45 million contract this summer, voiced as much recently, telling reporters at his locker after a 41-point road loss to the Clippers that it happens "here and there" but "consistently, I wouldn't say." "With the [German] national team, when I'm on some B.S., people will call me out," Schroder said. "'Dennis, you gotta come on,' That's what we need." Domantas Sabonis, league sources said, has held a similar desire for more vocal internal leadership, prompting him to push for the organization to sign Russell Westbrook, his former teammate in Oklahoma City.
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Dennis Schroder is taking his impact off the court to the next level. The 32-year-old Sacramento Kings guard is helping to fund a bilingual elementary school that’s set to open in the summer of 2026. Schroder is contributing €2 million to the project, which will also carry his name. The idea for the school came from Schroder’s former teammate, LeBron James, who opened the "I Promise School" in 2018 to support disadvantaged youth. "I thought, how incredible is it to have your own school?" Schroder said per Braunschweiger Zeitung. "That’s bigger than anything LeBron achieved on the court. He gives scholarships, gives people the visibility to achieve something in life."
The team was ran by the two star point guards at the time, Jeff Teague and Dennis Schroder, who was coming off the bench. Though these two never shared a great relationship on or off the court, Teague recently revealed on Club 520 that Schroder was the most annoying teammate he has ever played with, noting that he tended to overshare and cross boundaries without recognizing that others might feel uncomfortable. "Most annoying was probably Dennis Schroder," Teague said about the opponent whose trash-talk annoyed him in his podcast. "He was annoying, man. I remember the days, being chopping on the block… the only reason me and Dennis didn't see eye-to-eye is because he was from a different country."