Windhorst explains why Warriors were fortunate to make Schröder trade

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Windhorst explains why Warriors were fortunate to make Schröder trade originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

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The stars aligned for the Warriors to acquire veteran guard Dennis Schröder from the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.

Golden State is hard-capped at the first luxury tax apron because of the historic six-team deal they pulled off in July, which included sign-and-trades. Before Sunday’s trade, the Warriors were roughly $534,000 under that apron.

That left little room for the Warriors to take back money in a trade.

But Schröder is earning just over $203,000 more this season than De’Anthony Melton, who was sent to the Nets along with three future second-round draft picks.

With Melton out for the season due to a torn ACL and the Warriors struggling to score late in games, they jumped at the first chance — Dec. 15 when Melton became tradeable — to swap the salaries.

“This is the dream acquisition and not because he’s a superstar player by any stretch,” NBA analyst Brian Windhorst said on ESPN’s “NBA Today” on Monday. “But No. 1, they really didn’t go up any talent here because Melton is out for the year with the torn ACL. Brooklyn is trying to lose more and frankly, Schroder has been so good that they’re winning too many games. Seriously. They’re basically kind of giving them away. They’re selling them for some draft picks. So that’s one thing, they trade an injured guy for a guy who can help right away.

“The second thing is they had to really thread a needle here because with where they are in their salary in the aprons. Long story short, they can only do a trade where they take on $500,000 or less in salary. They were extremely fortunate that Schröder only earns $200,000 more than Melton. So this deal actually fit, slipped underneath the apron where they were allowed, they were able to do it without losing a rotation player because because Melton was hurt. So no wonder they at the first, literally the first moment they could trade Melton…

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Publish date : 2024-12-17 16:05:00

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