Insider Reveals Lucrative Offer Lakers Starter Surprisingly Rejected

Dennis Schroder received a good offer from the Lakers but the starter rejected it. The German native was super impressed with the team and dreams of signing a long-term deal with the storied franchise. However, things got stuck in the middle of nowhere.

Brian Windhorst from ESPN reported that the Lakers offered Schroder to get Kyle Lowry from the Toronto Raptors. At the NBA trade deadline.

The Lakers offered Schroder a deal but he turned it down. They offered him a four-year deal worth $84 million. This was the max deal LA could offer at this point.

“So, what I have been told and this rumor is pretty widely out there so I doubt this is very surprising, is that the Lakers did indeed offer him that $84 million over four years,” Windhorst detailed on a recent episode of The Hoop Collective podcast. “Now, this is where we get into [a] grey area. Was it fully guaranteed? Was it partially guaranteed? Were there incentives blah blah blah? I don’t know, but I believe he was offered a contract in that realm, and he said no to it. He said no to that extension, and subsequently, the Lakers offered him in a trade for Kyle Lowry.”

Schroder offer undigestible for the Lakers starter – He rejected it for a reason

Schroder didn’t accept the deal and he is willing to test the open market. Yes, Schroder likes the Lakers and he would love to stay on the team. However, he may go somewhere else.

“I mean, it’s a crazy business,” Schröder said after the trade deadline, per Silver Screen and Roll. “At the end of the day, I want to play my season out. I said that I want to see my options. I for sure want to be a Laker, but I still want to see my options. … After eight years, it’s my first time seeing what other people, other clubs have interest in me. That’s what I said, too, but nobody mentioned that in the media. Everybody’s saying I just want to sign long-term with the Lakers.”

Jovan Buha and Bill Oram from The Athletic reported that the Lakers and their veteran are “far apart” in negotiations. Maybe Schroder wants to test the open market.

The Lakers thought that Lowry’s contract is more digestible. The front office didn’t want to part ways with Talen Horton-Tucker. He wasn’t even mentioned in the trade deal.