Dennis Schröder is headed to the Bay.
The Golden State Warriors traded for Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schröder on Saturday afternoon, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. In exchange, the Nets will get De’Anthony Melton and three future second-round draft picks. The Warriors will also get a future second-round pick in the deal.
The deal will be official on Sunday, once the trade window opens for the season.
Schröder has averaged 18.4 points and 6.6 assists per game this season, his first full one with the Nets. They traded for him midway through last season with the Toronto Raptors. The Warriors will now mark Schröder’s eighth team in his 12 seasons in the league. Schröder is in the final year of a two-year, $25.4 million deal he initially signed with the Raptors ahead of last season.
The Nets hold just a 10-15 record and have lost five of their last six heading into Monday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Nets officially hired Jordi Fernandez as their head coach in April after missing the playoffs for the first time in six years last season. The team has won just a singe playoff series in that span.
Melton averaged 10.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game with the Warriors this season, his first with the team. He signed a one-year, $12.8 million deal with the team this past offseason after he spent the last two seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers. Melton went down with a torn ACL last month, and will miss the rest of the season recovering.
The Warriors hold a 14-10 record entering Sunday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks. They reached the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup, but were eliminated by the Houston Rockets in a one-point loss that left coach Steve Kerr livid at the officials. Schröder’s arrival should provide them a significant boost offensively as they attempt to make it back to the playoffs for a third time in the last four seasons.