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6’1″ Dennis Schroder approaches LeBron James for potential team-up, forced to eat humble pie after rejecting $84 million Lakers deal in 2021

Tonoy Sengupta
|PublishedJul 19, 2022

6'1" Dennis Schroder approaches LeBron James for potential team-up, forced to eat humble pie after rejecting $84 million Lakers deal in 2021

Dennis Schroder shoots his shot at ex-Lakers teammate LeBron James as he finds his NBA future bleak at best

Does anybody even remember Dennis Schroder anymore?

Back during the 2020-21 NBA season, this man was a decent player for the Lakers. He was above-average on defense, could be a shot-creator when needed, and he could make some plays for other too. Not bad for a role-player, by any stretch of the imagination.

Problem is, Schroder believed he was a star. So, when he was offered an $84 million extension by the Lakers in 2021, he turned it down. And well, the next best offer was a $5 million deal from the Celtics.

Since taking up that offer, Schroder found himself bouncing around a bit, last playing for the Rockets, arguably the worst team in the NBA, right now. And now, here during the 2022 NBA offseason, he finds himself as an unrestricted free agent… that no teams have shown real interest in.

What next? Well, it appears that Dennis has to drum something up on his own. And who better to do business with, than former Lakers teammate, LeBron James?

Let’s get right into it, shall we?

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Dennis Schroder approaches LeBron James on Instagram for yet another potential team-up ahead of next season

And this wasn’t something that happened in private or anything. This happened in broad daylight, for the whole NBA community to see.

But, instead of just droning on about what happened next in our own words, how about we just show you? Take a gander at the picture in the tweet below.

Just for context here, this is the same man that almost seemed flabbergasted that the Lakers ‘only’ offered him an $84 million extension in 2021. The taste of some good ol’ humble pie is never a sweet one.

As for LeBron James, will he accept this? Will he have him on the Lakers again?

Given the kind of role players they need, there surely is more than just a small chance. And given the price Schroder can likely be acquired for during this free agency, we think it’ll be a really good piece of business.

Watch this space.

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About the author

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.