The Sacramento Kings entered the offseason needing a new starting point guard after trading De’Aaron Fox to the Spurs before the February deadline, and they landed on Dennis Schr\u00f6der. The NBA journeyman arrived in Sacramento via a sign-and-trade, getting a three-year, $45 million deal from the Kings. <\/p>\n
Schr\u00f6der will be the team’s starting point guard, coming off a season where he suited up for three different teams. He started 23 games for the Nets to begin the season before Brooklyn traded him to the Warriors, where Schr\u00f6der started 18 of the 24 games he played. Golden State then traded him to Utah, who traded him to the Pistons. He played 28 games in Detroit, starting eight of them. <\/p>\n
Now, after helping the Pistons finish the season and win their first postseason game since 2008, Schr\u00f6der will have an even bigger opportunity ahead of him, fighting to lead the Kings to the playoffs. <\/p>\n
Dennis Schr\u00f6der will be the Kings’ starting point guard<\/p>\n
Schr\u00f6der is a good veteran point guard to have on the roster, but Sacramento’s decision to give him the contract the team did and make him the starter was questionable. He won’t come close to filling the void left behind by Fox, but having him as the lead ballhandler is better than letting Devin Carter run point, since the Kings think they have a shot in the West. <\/p>\n
The new point guard won’t fill the void that Fox left behind; that’s not who Schr\u00f6der is. He isn’t a star point guard. He’s not the Kings’ new face of their franchise. Odds are that Schr\u00f6der will be in trade rumors <\/a>well before his current contract runs out. That’s how his career has gone. <\/p>\n