The Golden State Warriors reached a deal to acquire guard Dennis Schroder and a second-round pick from the Brooklyn Nets for guard De’Anthony Melton and three second-round picks, ESPN reported Saturday.
The trade cannot be made official until Sunday when Melton becomes trade-eligible.
The Warriors get backcourt help from Schroder, who had a strong summer at the 2024 Paris Olympics for Germany and is producing for the Nets, averaging 18.4 points and 6.6 assists and shooting 45.2% from the field, 38.7% on 3-pointers and 88.9% on free throws. He has three games with 30 or more points this season, including 34 against Milwaukee.
Schroder, 31, signed a two-year, $25.4 million with Toronto in 2023 and was dealt to Brooklyn at the trade deadline last season. He is a free agent after this season.
The Warriors signed Melton, 26, to a one-year, $12.8 million contract in the offseason, and he averaged 10.3 points in six games before undergoing season-ending knee surgery for a partially torn left ACL.
“I feel so bad for De’Anthony,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr told reporters last month. “He’s such a perfect fit for us and we were so excited to have him, and he was clearly going to be our starter next to Steph (Curry). The good news is he’s a young guy and the surgery is pretty routine these days, so he should be able to come back and resume his career really well, but I feel awful for him and bad for us, too.”
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