ATLANTA _ The at-times tumultuous tenure of Dennis Schroder with the Hawks is over.
In a move that has been all but certain for weeks, the Hawks parted ways with Schroder as part of a three-team trade with the Thunder and 76ers on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the situation. In addition to sending their starting point guard to the Thunder, the Hawks will send forward/center Mike Muscala to the 76ers.
The big name in the trade is Carmelo Anthony. The 10-time All-Star will come to the Hawks in the deal but will never play in Atlanta. The forward will be bought out and become a free agent. He will reportedly will receive his entire $27.9 million owed in the final year of his expiring contract.
The Hawks will receive small forward Justin Anderson from the 76ers and a 2022 first-round pick from the Thunder. The pick is lottery protected (1-14) and will become two second-round picks if it doesn't convey. The Thunder will receive small forward Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot from the 76ers.
The Hawks tried to trade Schroder for weeks but couldn't find a market for the former first-round draft pick. The need to trade Schroder became obvious when the Hawks obtained two other point guards _ first selecting Trae Young in the NBA draft as the No. 5 overall pick and then trading for veteran Jeremy Lin. General manager Travis Schlenk declined to comment on what the Lin acquisition meant for Schroder but it was apparent all three point guards could not remain on the same roster.
Schroder, 24, faces possible felony charges for an assault arrest in September. He also said during a press conference in his native Germany that he would like to be traded, preferably to the Bucks or Pacers. He was also suspended several times over his five-year career with the Hawks for different violations, including not returning from an All-Star break trip to Germany after he forgot his visa.
Schroder has three years and $46.5 million remaining on a contract extension he signed at $15.5 million per season. He averaged 12.9 points and 4.8 assists in 352 career regular-season games with the Hawks, who selected him with the 17th overall pick in 2013. In the two seasons since being the full-time starter, replacing the traded Jeff Teague, Schroder averaged 17.9 and 19.4 points, respectively.
Muscala was a fan favorite since being selected in the second round in 2013 in the same draft as Schroder. Muscala picked up a $5 million player option this summer after signing a two-year deal last summer as a free agent. Muscala averaged 5.4 points and 3.8 rebounds in his 243 career regular-season games. He helped the Hawks as a stretch big and proved capable of making 3-point shots.
Anderson, 6-foot-6, was selected by the Mavericks with the 21st overall pick in the 2015 draft out of Virginia. He played two seasons with the Mavericks and the past two seasons with the 76ers. In 168 career regular-season games, he averaged 5.8 points and 2.8 rebounds.
The Hawks have 14 roster spots before the trade, including 13 non-guaranteed contracts after waiving Jaylen Morris earlier in the day Thursday.
