Instead of signing $84m NBA contract, I got $6m. Bad counsel prevented me from signing.
Basketball great Dennis Schröder regrets rejecting the Lakers’ $84 million deal extension. The Toronto Raptors point guard has revealed his representation at the time and advised him to turn down the lucrative offer in 2021. “And I would have signed it,” Schröder told Yahoo Sports. “I would never just leave money on the table. “My mom didn’t raise me that way.” Alex Saratsis of Octagon was representing Schröder at the time. He has since changed his agent to Mark Bartlestein of Priority Sports. A year after rejecting the Lakers offer, he signed …