Regrading all 4 Raptors Trade Deadline deals after final details are revealed

Trade No. 4: Dennis Schröder to the Brooklyn Nets

The Trade: Dennis Schröder and Thaddeus Young to the Brooklyn Nets for Spencer Dinwiddie

After making a pair of blockbuster deals to reset their core, the Toronto Raptors made a relatively small move on Trade Deadline day, sending point guard Dennis Schroder and power forward Thaddeus Young to the Brooklyn Nets for Spencer Dinwiddie, a veteran point guard who was promptly waived. Dinwiddie signed with the Los Angeles Lakers and played a small role for them down the stretch and in the playoffs.

The Brooklyn Nets turned Dinwiddie’s expiring deal into Schroder, who is under contract next season at $13 million. He is likely tradeable at that number, and teams looking for a strong backup at the position could send the Nets something of value for him. Is that more valuable than having another $13 million in cap space? Given the Nets’ operating over the cap this summer it’s likely that the answer is yes. Thaddeus Young is a free agent and may be retiring if he doesn’t catch on somewhere.

Toronto, on the other hand, didn’t have a need for Schroder once they added Immanuel Quickley and committed to easing back on the throttle last year. Scroder was signed to a deal when Fred VanVleet left for the Houston Rockets and Toronto had plans to compete for a playoff berth this past year; when it became clear they weren’t and began moving off of their veteran stars, it was more valuable to the Raptors to have another $13 million in cap space for this summer. If Schroder were still on the books the Raptors would be over the luxury tax line.

This was a relatively small move, and it didn’t have any earth-shattering results. It’s possible Toronto would have been able to trade Schroder themselves this offseason, but they didn’t need to find a home for him by moving him at the deadline. It was a solid bit of business even if the Raptors didn’t use cap space this summer.

Grade: B+