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Tim Bontemps, ESPN
The Brooklyn Nets acquired Dennis Schroder and Thaddeus Young from the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Spencer Dinwiddie, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday.
Schroder, 30, was averaging 13.7 points and 6.1 assists in 30.6 minutes per game for Toronto, which signed him to a two-year, $26 million contract this offseason as a free agent from the Los Angeles Lakers to be the Raptors’ starting point guard.
With the arrival of Immanuel Quickley as Toronto’s long-term starter at the position, however, Schroder is now headed to Brooklyn. He will likely have the starting job for the Nets, who enter the deadline having lost 15 of their past 20 games.
That had been Dinwiddie’s role with the Nets, though he had been one of several names mentioned as possibilities to leave Brooklyn in deals in recent weeks. Dinwiddie, who has a $20.5 million expiring contract, is averaging 12.6 points per game and shooting 39.1% from the field — his lowest marks in both categories since the 2017-18 season.
This season he has been among the least efficient scorers in the NBA, ranking only behind rookies Scoot Henderson and Keyonte George in field goal percentage among players with at least 400 attempts, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Dinwiddie’s playmaking has bumped up, though, posting a career-best 4.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Dinwiddie, who will turn 31 in April, is in the final year of his deal. He will be an unrestricted free agent this summer.
Young, 35, is returning to the Nets, whom he played for from the middle of the 2014-15 season through the 2015-16 season, a total of 101 games. He has played sparingly for Toronto this season, appearing in 23 games.
Source: www.espn.com