Now that seemingly every single NBA player has a podcast, Dennis Schröder has recognized a market inefficiency: Sure, we could listen to an hour-long recording of him talking to a co-host about how much fun he’s having this season did, but we wouldn’t do it. Wouldn’t it be more intriguing to see his reaction in real-time to Kendrick Nunn being shipped to Washington DC along with two second-round picks and a second-round pick swap in exchange for Rui Hachimura?
If the latest clip from his stream is any indication, it’s a worthwhile endeavor because this is absolutely mesmerizing, must-see footage:
For those who can’t watch with the sound on, the clip begins with Dennis figuring out the ins and outs of the trade from the comments section, which for the less Gen Z devotees among us I understand is basically just the woj or Shams alerts from Twitch streams.
“What trade? Rui? Oh no. No way. Rui for Kendrick Nunn? Oh dear God. I have to write Rui. I need to text Kendrick Nunn.”
After Dennis gets up from his desk setup, we see a seamless jump cut to him already leaning back in his chair, after which he says the following:
“This is a crazy man. The NBA is a business. Insane.”
Who needs post-game press conferences or player-hosted podcasts when you can get that kind of unfiltered, candid reaction to a colleague being relegated to the Washington Wizards in real-time on Schröder’s stream? I don’t, that’s for sure. I will only be visiting DennisSchroder on Twitch for all of my future NBA news and analysis.
The only other thing I know? I will definitely help Dennis with his daily goal of 100 with a subscriber. At least once I figure out how Twitch works.