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Early this morning, before the game between the Lakers and the Raptors, Schroder talked about the Lakers who had fired him from a four-year, $84 million contract.
Schroeder said: "Actually, according to my own thoughts, I wanted to sign this contract, because my mother taught me from a young age not to leave any money at the negotiating table. But my agent at the time had been trying to dissuade me from 'don't sign, don't sign', he always felt that he could wait for a bigger contract, and now that I think about it, it was really the darkest two years of my career. ”
Regret is regret, but when you think about it, I have two healthy children, as well as a mom and siblings. As a player from a small city, this is lucky enough. According to Schroder's rhetoric, the two years before rejecting the Lakers' 84 million fat contract were the darkest moments of his career. In fact, for the Lakers, why not? The contract extension negotiations between the Lakers and Schroder took place in 2021. At that time, the Lakers gave Schroder two chances, the first was in the middle and late of the season, the Lakers offered him a four-year, $84 million contract, and wanted to complete an early extension with Schroder, but the latter refused.
The second is the offseason, when the Lakers' salary space is crowded and difficult to strengthen. At that time, the most suitable reinforcement was to sign Schroder and then make a follow-up transaction. Therefore, in this case, if Schroder is willing to sit down with the Lakers and have a good talk, the contract amount is likely to be higher than 84 million. It's a pity that Schroeder at that time only wanted to pursue a total value of more than 1200 million maximum salary contract. Why is it said that it is 1200 million top salary, because in the offseason of that year, it was not only the Lakers who pursued Schroeder, and in order to achieve good results in the European Cup, the German men's national basketball team also invited Schroeder.
It's a pity that in the end, Schroeder still didn't participate in that World Cup. But at the time, the president of the German Basketball Association said: "Schröder thinks he can sign at least 1$200 million contract, so we were asked to buy an injury policy of the same value for him, but because the insurance amount was too large, we couldn't come up with the money, so we had to give up. So, three years ago, Schroder not only joined the German men's basketball team, but also did not return to the Lakers. It is precisely because of this decision that there is a series of things that follow. The most direct is that the Lakers traded to Wei Shao to supplement the guard line in the offseason of that year, and then there was a chain reaction.
James and Wei Shao are not compatible at all, resulting in a very poor team record. The fans had a headache, and Zhan Wei and the two were sprayed in the market. In fact, from the current point of view, there is no big problem with the strength of the two, but they were forcibly arranged together, which is a rather wrong decision. And it was also because of this trade that the Lakers lost players such as Pope and Kuzma. And these players are playing quite well now. What's more, the positions of these two are still the 3D wings that the Lakers dream of. As for Schroder, if he didn't listen to his agent at the beginning, now that the big contract has been received, he may be able to help the team achieve better results in the Lakers.
It's a pity that there is no if.