Sacramento Kings guard Dennis Schroder has been suspended for three games due to an off the court incident that occurred following the Kings’ loss to the Lakers last month. The news was confirmed by multiple reporters, including ESPN senior NBA reporter Shams Charania. Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic has been reported as the other player involved in the incident.
The incident reportedly occurred with an undisclosed player backstage at the Lakers’ Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on December 28. While it is not immediately clear which player was involved in the altercation, many online are speculating about which other players may have been involved, if any further discipline will be dealt out, and what led to the confrontation.
Senior NBA Insider for NBA on Prime and The Association on NBATV Chris Haynes reported that the other player was Doncic.
“Lakers star Luka Doncic was the player Kings guard Dennis Schroder sought out in the hallway for a confrontation following a Dec. 28 contest, league sources tell @NBAonPrime, @NBATV. Schröder will begin serving 3-game suspension tomorrow,” Haynes tweeted.
Schroder played with the Lakers for multiple seasons but never at the same time as DonÄiÄ, who is in his second season in Los Angeles. Doncic spent the majority of his career with the Dallas Mavericks before being traded to the Lakers.
The Kings (8-30) currently have the second-worst record in the NBA and are in last place in the Western Conference standings. Meanwhile the Lakers are off to a strong start to the 2025-26 season and are in strong contention for their first NBA title in six years. The Lakers’ last title was during the 2020 season, which was cut short due to covid with the playoffs being played in a bubble tournament.
Looking Back at Dennis Schroder’s Career
Getty Dennis Schroder #17 and LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers react after James’ foul during the first quarter against the Denver Nuggets game four of the Western Conference Finals.
Schroder is in his 12th season in the NBA after being drafted 17th overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2013 NBA Draft. He has played in 873 regular season games during his career, averaging 13.9 points and 4.9 assists per game. He has spent time as both a starter and back up.
He spent his first five seasons with the Hawks before joining the Oklahoma City Thunder for two seasons from 2018-2020. While with the Thunder he finishing second in Sixth Man of the Year voting.
Schroder then joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2020â21 season, starting all 61 games he played in and averaging 15.4 points, 5.8 assists. The Lakers exited in the first round of the playoffs, where he averaged 14.3 points in six games.
In 2022, Schroder rejoined the Lakers on a one-year, low-value contract after opting against other interested teams. It was previously reported, and disputed by Schroder, that he had been offered an $84 million contract before signing the much smaller deal. He appeared in 66 games that season, starting in 50, that season.
Since leaving the Lakers during his second stint, he bounced around with stops at a handful of teams around the league. He played with three different teams last season.
Schroder has appeared in 31 games with the Kings this season, starting 12. He’s averaging 13 points and 5.7 assists per game this year.
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