The Boston Celtics are in the market for a point guard, and free agent Dennis Schroder might be the player to fit the bill.
Boston has offered Schroder a one-year contract with the possibility of a two-year deal containing a player option, according to Brian Robb of Mass Live. The most lucrative one-year deal the Celtics can offer Schroder is the mid-level exception at $9.5 million — but the actual offer is the taxpayer mid-level exception of $5.9 million, according to ESPN’s Jordan Schultz.
Perhaps Schroder will join the Celtics on a prove-it contract in hopes of cashing in on a much bigger pact down the line, but those figures are far less than the four-year, $84 million deal he reportedly turned down to remain with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Schroder averaged 15.4 points and 5.8 assists in 61 games last season for the Lakers. The eight-year veteran previously played for the Oklahoma City Thunder and Atlanta Hawks. He has averaged 14.3 points and 4.7 assists over the course of his professional career.
