I thought his contract was worse than it was but it's still not great. Maybe it's meant to be though, it is the same as Bledsoe and Knight. It appears he signed the "Not quite a max player but also not quite a PG" Phoenix Suns special for 4 years/$70 million. He has 3 years and $45 million left on it.
He's significantly worse than Bledsoe (who's actually a pretty good player despite his rep here)... and probably Knight too (who's rep here is well earned).
He is a really inefficient offensive player (19 points on 17 shots is pretty freaking terrible), he is an awful outside shooter, he does nothing to make his teammates better and he is an absolutely putrid defender.
One thing I don't get about the NBA is the continued playing time given to players who actively make their team worse on both ends on a consistent basis. Typically these guys are "good" on offense... because they score points, but really, they only score because they gobble up shots.
Dennis Schroder's "best" ability is his scoring. He had an effective FG% of 47%... the worst
TEAM in the league in that stat posted a 53% mark. His "strength" is something he's actually freaking teeeeeeerrible at when compared to the league average. His only calling card is that he's a ball hog.
Also, he seems to be bad news off the court.
15 million for a guy who doesn't do anything on defense, who takes up a ton of possessions and does nothing to help his teammates and who is one of the least effective shooters in the league.
Seriously, if that is the player who he is... I wouldn't take him as a volunteer. Even if he PAID his way onto the roster I wouldn't want him to play unless we were tanking. He is 2012/13 Beasley level terrible.
