$100 million left on table in major contract fail

Former LA Lakers point guard Dennis Schroder has left more than $100 million on the table in a failed attempt to gamble on himself amid the NBA’s free agency period.

Schroder, who famously turned down a four-year $114 million dollar contract extension with the Lakers, has today signed a one-year deal worth $8 million with the Boston Celtics.

The 27-year-old turned down the monster offer by the Lakers back in March. He had joined the 2020 NBA champions during the previous off-season via trade from Oklahoma City to become Los Angeles’ starting point guard in a line-up that featured superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

It’s understood the decision to turn down the Lakers’ offer was based on the assumption he could get a bigger contract during the free agency period that is happening right now in the NBA.

“He turned down a lucrative extension offer from the Los Angeles Lakers during the regular season, worth north of (USD) $80 million, to pursue a bigger deal this summer,” ESPN reporter Tim Bontemps revealed.

But unfortunately for Schroder, a disastrous outing during LA’s early playoffs exit in June, which included a game where he didn’t register a single point, dented the point guard’s hopes of convincing teams he was worthy of a bigger contract than what the Lakers had previously offered him.

And in another blow to the German NBA star, it’s expected he will be the back-up point guard for the Celtics, with the team expect to start fellow guard Marcus Smart ahead of him.

Following the announcement Schroder would join the Celtics on a lesser deal, the NBA world was quick to react with the point guard on the unfortunate end of a number of jokes.

Legendary NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe led the discussion on Twitter by suggesting either Schroder or his manager should be fired for turning down the offer from the Lakers.

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