The Nets reportedly traded Dennis Schröder to the Warriors for De’Anthony Melton

The Nets reportedly traded Dennis Schröder to the Warriors for De’Anthony Melton

The Nets agreed to send Dennis Schröder to the Warriors on Saturday afternoon.

The Nets agreed to send Dennis Schröder to the Warriors on Saturday afternoon. (Steven Ryan/Getty Images)

Dennis Schröder is on his way to the Bay.

The Golden State Warriors traded Brooklyn Nets guard Dennis Schröder on Saturday afternoon, according to reports ESPN’s Shams Charania. In return, the Nets will receive De’Anthony Melton and three future second-round draft picks. The Warriors also receive a future second-round pick as part of the deal.

The deal will be official on Sunday once the season trade window opens.

Schröder is averaging 18.4 points and 6.6 assists per game this season, his first full point with the Nets. They traded him to the Toronto Raptors midway through last season. The Warriors are now Schröder’s eighth team in his 12 seasons in the league. Schröder is in the final year of a two-year, $25.4 million contract he originally signed with the Raptors before last season.

The Nets have 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 head coach in April after missing the playoffs last season for the first time in six years. The team has only won a single playoff series during this period.

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 contract with the team last offseason after spending the previous two seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers. Melton suffered a torn ACL last month and will miss the remainder of the season recovering.

The Warriors have a 14-10 record against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. They reached the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup, but were eliminated by a single point loss to the Houston Rockets, which left coach Steve Kerr angry with the officials. Schröder’s arrival should give them a significant boost offensively as they look to return to the playoffs for the third time in the last four seasons.

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