Dennis Schröder announced it on his Instagram account: for the 2021-2022 season, he will wear the Boston Celtics jersey. The 27-year-old playmaker, who spent a year with the Los Angeles Lakers, was free of any contracts.
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According to ESPN, he just signed a contract in Boston at $ 5.9 million (around € 5 million), well below what the Lakers were offering him. Also according to the American sports media, the player had indeed refused during the season an extension of 80 million dollars (about 68 M €) over four years in Los Angeles, to hope to hang a better offer during the transfers.
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“This is one of the best franchises in NBA history and it will be an honor for me to wear the green and white jersey to do what I love. I will give my all in every game for this city ”, Schröder promised on his social network.
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Last season, Schröder scored 15.4 points per game for the Lakers, crowned in the summer of 2020 before his arrival, but eliminated in the first round of the 2021 play-offs by the Phoenix Suns. The German arrives in a team where the post of leader was vacant, after the departure of Kemba Walker from the Thunder of Oklahoma City, the former club of Schröder.
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