Sources: Warriors acquiring Nets PG Schroder

The Golden State Warriors are finalizing a woody to get Brooklyn Nets constituent defender Dennis Schroder for De'Anthony Melton, sources told ESPN connected Saturday.

The Warriors are besides receiving 1 second-round prime from the Nets and sending 3 second-round picks to Brooklyn successful the deal, sources said.

Schroder has been 1 of the champion guards successful the NBA this season, pushing the Nets into play-in contention successful the Eastern Conference early successful the season.

In his first afloat play successful Brooklyn since being traded from the Raptors past year, Schroder is averaging 18.4 points and a career-high 6.6 assists successful 33.6 minutes per game. He's taken strides arsenic an extracurricular shooter arsenic well, getting up a career-high 6.5 3-pointers per crippled connected astir 39% shooting.

The Nets entered the play successful 10th spot successful the convention and 4 losses backmost of the No. 6 seed.

Melton, signed to a one-year woody this offseason, went down pinch a torn ACL past period and is beryllium retired for the remainder of the season. The Warriors person struggled without him; aft a basking commencement to the twelvemonth Golden State has mislaid 7 of their past 9 games.

Schroder, 31, is connected an expiring statement worthy $13 million.