Speaking of contract year impact, there was interesting info provided recently on a Hooked on Mavs podcast about the possibility of signing Schroder.
One of the hosts had done some insider research on Schroder, trying to figure out why he's still unsigned. He talked with beat writers for Schroder's teams the last two years who follow the team closely, and see every game and talk to other players. In doing that, he came across an interesting perspective on DS from the ones in BOS.
Their player-analysis observation was that Schroder was the best player on the team in attacking the basket, while his defense was no good, and his shot was meh. That's not anything unexpected to hear.
But the main thing, and which was very informative for whether he makes sense for the Mavs, is that he was seen as a tremendous net negative by his teammates. Because he is skilled and they needed PG minutes, he got a lot of play. But the problem was that, it being a contract year, he was only willing to play for himself -- once he had the ball (and being a PG, that happened all the time, of course), he'd proceed at his own (incredibly slow) pace, willing to use as much time as it took to find stats for himself, and wasn't much worried who else might be open or what the overall team needed. BOS couldn't wait to get rid of him.
It may only be coincidental, but maybe it is informative, that once he was gone, BOS was much better and more successful.
IMO all of that answers for me whether the Mavs should add him or not.
One of the hosts had done some insider research on Schroder, trying to figure out why he's still unsigned. He talked with beat writers for Schroder's teams the last two years who follow the team closely, and see every game and talk to other players. In doing that, he came across an interesting perspective on DS from the ones in BOS.
Their player-analysis observation was that Schroder was the best player on the team in attacking the basket, while his defense was no good, and his shot was meh. That's not anything unexpected to hear.
But the main thing, and which was very informative for whether he makes sense for the Mavs, is that he was seen as a tremendous net negative by his teammates. Because he is skilled and they needed PG minutes, he got a lot of play. But the problem was that, it being a contract year, he was only willing to play for himself -- once he had the ball (and being a PG, that happened all the time, of course), he'd proceed at his own (incredibly slow) pace, willing to use as much time as it took to find stats for himself, and wasn't much worried who else might be open or what the overall team needed. BOS couldn't wait to get rid of him.
It may only be coincidental, but maybe it is informative, that once he was gone, BOS was much better and more successful.
IMO all of that answers for me whether the Mavs should add him or not.
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