Dennis Schroder is closing in on a strange slice of NBA history, and it has nothing to do with scoring titles or All-Star nods.
The Cavaliers are reportedly trying to move him just months after acquiring him from the Kings, which would push Schroder even deeper into the league’s trade record books. He has already been traded eight times and played for 11 different teams, putting him in rare territory on both lists.
That kind of movement has become part of Schroder’s NBA story. In FIBA play, his résumé looks elite: he’s a FIBA World Cup MVP, a FIBA EuroBasket MVP, a World Cup gold medalist, a EuroBasket gold medalist, and a EuroBasket bronze medalist. But in the NBA, teams have tended to see him as useful without wanting to commit to him for the long haul.
That gap is exactly why he keeps showing up in trade conversations. Schroder is good enough to stay in the league, but he has also become one of the most movable names around, the kind of player teams can include when they want to reshape a roster.
Right now, Trevor Ariza owns the NBA record for most trades in a career with 11. Schroder is tied for second with eight, along with three other players. If Cleveland does deal him again, he would move to nine and stand alone in second place.
And the chase might not stop there. Schroder is only two trades away from tying Ariza and three from passing him. At 32 years old, that means there is still plenty of time for his name to keep popping up in deals.
He has already been bounced between three teams in a single year more than once, so another trade would hardly be a surprise. If he eventually gets sent to three more teams he hasn’t played for yet, he would also take Ish Smith’s all-time record in that category.
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