Dennis Schröder shines at the Boston Celtics: That’s why he could still be traded soon

Dennis Schröder is currently playing big with the Boston Celtics and making the offensive of the Celts better. At the same time, his style of play also brings problems for the Celtics, who will even think about a trade by the German.

After a wild and eventful summer, things have calmed down a bit around Dennis Schröder. After he had “gambled” what was perhaps the biggest deal of his career, the German was ridiculed. After all, it was the Boston Celtics who had mercy and signed Schröder for a year and $ 5.9 million.

For both sides, this deal was and is an absolute win-win situation on paper. The Celtics simply had nothing to lose and Schröder had the opportunity to restore his value on the big stage.

Due to the injury and the failure of Jaylen Brown, Schröder now even takes on a significantly larger role than was intended for him.

Dennis Schröder makes the Celtics offensive better

Since his first day in the Association, it has been pretty clear how Schröder’s game worked. He is lightning fast, is not afraid of contact under the basket and can (sometimes more and sometimes less) run hot from a distance. He also has an eye for the free teammate and a dangerous floater. These strengths (we will get to the weaknesses later) are currently playing into his cards with the Celtics.

Only eleven players in the league recorded more drives per game than the Braunschweig player (15.2), which he also finished with excellent odds (51.6 percent, 6th place in the league with at least 6 attempts per game). In doing so, he changes the rhythm of the Celtics offensive, which is also carried over to his teammates. Compared to the previous year, the Celts recorded almost five more drives per game, especially Marcus Smart has seldom seen so aggressively to the basket.

At the same time, he expands the offensive repertoire of his team and makes it harder to calculate. Schröder, along with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, is the only Celtic who is able to create effective isolation plays. While Tatum is acting extremely inefficiently this season (35.7 FG percent with 5 attempts per game) and usually relies fully on his throw, Schröder prefers to move into the zone and pose problems for the big ones.

If he then also hits his throw from distance, as he did last against the Blazers (5/7 from Downtown), he becomes even more valuable. Bigs usually dive into the pick’n’roll defensive against Schröder because they are afraid of his drive. If they can’t afford that, the gaps are automatically cleared for Schröder’s teammates, which is why the 8 assists against Portland come as no surprise.

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However, the Celtics are better if Schröder and the rest don’t fall into isolation. “I have to make sure that everything is in motion and that we play fast. I can’t just dribble and wait for isolation. We are best when we do things quickly,” said Schröder last.

It is therefore not surprising that the lineup with Marcus Smart, Grant Williams, Tatum and Al Horford is by far the best lineup in the Celtics and one of the best in the league. Together with the four stud shooters and capable passers on the field, the space for Schröders Drives becomes even larger. He is one of the better guard finishers in the league on the ring (64.1 percent, in the range of Ja Morant and DeMar DeRozan) and uses it mercilessly night after night.

His teammates trust him and that noticeably inspires Schröder. While he often dived completely last season with the Lakers when he did not find his way, he remains present this season and continues to fight.

“In my current situation I feel 100 percent comfortable,” said Schröder MassLive and raved about the support and recognition of the organization: “So far it has been great. That’s all I wanted and I believe that we can achieve something great here.”

However, the Celtics could soon have problems due to Schröder’s good performance.

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