Schroder doesn't bother unpacking his bags: NBA player of Gambian roots joins his 11th team
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Reading Time: 2min | Wed. 04.02.26. | 18:15
The 32-year-old guard is a genuine "migratory bird"
The latest NBA news claims that Dennis Schroder has a new team. And the followers of the strongest basketball league in the world must be wondering: What's new with that?
If anyone indeed ponders the thought mentioned above, they shouldn't be blamed. After all, the Cleveland Cavaliers, to whom he was traded three days ago, became Schroder's ninth team since 2020 and 11th in total?!
The German, with Gambian roots on his mother's side, was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in 2013, and his five-year spell with the Georgia franchise was his longest in the league. His first trade came in 2018, when he joined the Oklahoma City Thunder, and since then, he hasn’t bothered unpacking his bags, figuratively speaking.
After spending the 2020/2021 season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Schroder had a lavish four-year, $84 million offer from the LA franchise on the table, but he turned it down, choosing the journeyman path instead of stability. One can only imagine how much he regrets this mistake now...
Dennis Schroder is the 2nd most traded player in NBA history behind only Trevor Ariza.
— Hater Report (@HaterReport) February 1, 2026
He is on his 11th team. Only 19 more to go before he can play for all 30 ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ pic.twitter.com/fRQrY2cq6a
Since leaving the popular City of Angels, Schroder has played for the Boston Celtics, the Houston Rockets, the Toronto Raptors, the Brooklyn Nets, the Golden State Warriors, the Detroit Pistons, and the Sacramento Kings, while his move to the Cavs is the eighth trade he was involved in, which puts him in the second place on the list of most-traded players, just behind the unmatched Trevor Ariza, who was traded 11 times!
At the same time, the 32-year-old Schroder is now closer to making a record for the most teams in the NBA career, as he (with 11 franchises in his resume) is just two steps behind the unrivaled Ish Smith, who represented 13 teams in his 14-year NBA career.
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