Dennis Schroder joins his third team in 12 hours after being traded again

A few hours after the Golden State Warriors sent Schroder to the Utah Jazz in their blockbuster deal to land Jimmy Butler, the Jazz rerouted Schroder to the Detroit Pistons for Kenyon Martin, Jr., Josh Richardson and the real prize, a 2028 second-round pick. 

You could argue that Schroder hit four teams — Warriors, Miami Heat, Jazz, Pistons — though the moves will likely be folded into one giant transaction when the deals are finalized.

Schroder told Dalton Johnson of NBC Sports Bay Area that he was aware that the NBA was a business, especially since he owns Basketball Lowen Braunschweig in the Bundesliga. He called getting traded a "luxury problem," since players still get their salaries. But he took issue with organizations having so much power over players.

"It's like modern slavery," Schroder said. "It's modern slavery at the end of the day. Everybody can decide where you're going, even if you have a contract."

The trade wasn't motivated by Schroder's comments, though. It's because Wednesday was the first day he was eligible to be aggregated with other players in a trade, one reason the Warriors moved quickly to acquire him from the Brooklyn Nets in mid-December. Schroder wasn't a good fit in the Warriors offense, so he's on to the Pistons.

He should be a great fit on the surprising Pistons, who can use another ball-handler and creator behind Cade Cunningham with Jaden Ivey out for the season. With much of the Pistons' young depth in the frontcourt, Schroder could very well resign in Detroit this summer.

But he'll probably have to sweat out another trade deadline all the same. He may want to see changes, but the NBA's annual deadline madness isn't ending anytime soon.