Dennis Schröder on joining the Brooklyn Nets

Dennis Schröder on joining the Brooklyn Nets

MEDIA. LET’S LISTEN TO THE NEWEST NET. >> HEY, DENNIS, WELCOME TO NEW YORK. >> THANKS. >> FROM, CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH, I MEAN YOU’RE OBVIOUSLY, YOU’RE AN EXPERIENCED PLAYER, YOU’VE SEEN THIS SIDE OF THE GAME BEFORE. BUT CAN YOU JUST WAGNER US THROUGH HOW THE DAY WENT FOR YOU?

HOW DID YOU FIND IDENTITY THAT YOU GOT TRADED, WHO COLD YOU — TOLD YOU AND WITH A WERE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS? >> MY AGENT CALLED ME WHILE I WAS ASLEEP, CAME IN LATE LAST NIGHT. FROM A GAME AND HE CALLED ME A COUPLE OF TIMES, I WOKE UP AND

HE TOLD ME THAT I’M GOING TO BROOKLYN. AND I MEAN, HAVING A FAMILY, HAVING THREE KIDS, YOU KNOW, WIFE, IT’S NOT EASY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY NOTHING REALLY CHANGED. OF COURSE I GO TO A NEW CITY, NEW SITUATION. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE

PLAY BASKETBALL FOR A LIVING. AND REALLY EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR IT, AND CAN’T WAIT, YOU KNOW, TO GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY IN THE LOCKER ROOM, FRONT OFFICE, EVERYBODY WHO IS IN THIS ORGANIZATION, AND GET TO WORK. >> DENNIS, ALSO, WELCOME TO NEW YORK. YOU PLAY WITH LONNIE, PLAYED AGAINST MIKAL AND CAM IN THE

WORLD CUP LAST YEAR. WHAT EXCITES YOU ABOUT BEING ON A TEAM WHERE YOU’VE SEEN THESE GUYS AS COMPETITORS BUT SEE THEM UP CLOSE IN THE SUMMER AS WELL, LONNIE LAST YEAR. WOULD THAT MAKE AN EASY TRANSITION, DO YOU THINK, FOR YOU? >> YEAH, I MEAN, I’VE BEEN IN

THE LEAGUE LONG ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, I’VE WATCHED A LOT OF BASKETBALL, LOT OF BASKETBALL GAMES, IN MY FREE TIME, AND TRIED TO LEARN, YOU KNOW, THE GAME OF BASKETBALL EVERY DAY, EVERY SINGLE DAY, TRY TO GET BEMPLET AND I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF TALENT IN THIS LOCKER ROOM.

I MEAN, I REMEMBER WHEN MIKAL AND CAM, THEY WAS ON THE PHOENIX TEAM AND WE PLAYED THEM IN THE FIRST PLAYOFF ROUND. REALLY, REALLY TALENTED PLAYERS, LONNIE WE MADE IT LAST YEAR TO THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. HE HAD A REALLY BIG GAMES FOR US, AND I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE

IN THAT LOCKER ROOM, YOU KNOW, HAVE GREAT INTENTIONS OF WINNING, AND I JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE DAY GIVE EVERYTHING I HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO WIN THE DAY OR WIN THE GAME WHEN WE HAVE ONE. >> WELCOME, DENNIS. I’M JUST WONDERING WHAT YOUR PERCEPTIONS ARE OF MOVING TO

NEW YORK FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE CITY, ABOUT BROOKLYN, AND I GUESS HOW YOU’RE FEELING ABOUT LIVING HERE NOW. >> A BIG CITY. I’M FROM GERMANY, 250,000 PEOPLE ONLY. REALLY SMALL CITY. BUT AT THE END OF THE DARRICK’S LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, I’M A FAMILY PERSON.

ALWAYS WITH MY KIDS, MY WIFE. AND MY LOVED ONES. AND, OF COURSE, THE TRAFFIC GONNA HURT A LITTLE BIT, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, NEW YORK IS ALWAYS, I MEAN, A BIG CITY BUT IT WAS ALWAYS FUN WHEN I WAS HERE. FANS FROM BROOKLYN WAS GREAT AS WELL.

SO I’M JUST EXCITED, YOU KNOW, TAKING IT DAY BY DAY, AND TRY TO GET SOME WINS. >> DENNIS, YOU COME TO THIS TEAM WITH PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE PLAYOFFS, AND JUST BEING A GOOD PLAYER IN THIS LEAGUE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE PRIMARY THING THAT YOU BRING

TO A TEAM LIKE THE NETS WITH THE WAY THE ROSTER IS CURRENTLY SET UP? >> I MEAN, DON’T MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE. I JUST WANT TO WIN, YOU KNOW. AND HAVING THAT MENTALITY OF DOING IT AS A TEAM, HAVING TO LEAD OUT THERE TALK TO TEAMMATES, EVEN IF IT’S A BAD SITUATION.

I MEAN, I’M ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, TRY TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH GUYS, AND PEOPLE, I WANT PEOPLE TO BE THE SAME WAY WITH ME. IF THEY SEE ANYTHING WHAT I CAN DO BETTER, JUST CALL IT OUT AND THEN WE GO FROM THERE. AND THAT’S HOW I’VE BEEN MY WHOLE CAREER.

AND IT’S JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, GREAT INTENTIONS, JUST FOR WINNING

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