Dennis Schroder: ‘I want to be a starting point guard’

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Jeff Teague views himself as a starter.

Dennis Schroder has bided his time and wants to be a starting point guard.

The Atlanta Hawks and Mike Budenholzer have an interesting dilemma this summer: They have two starting-caliber point guards and Budenholzer will have to decide if Schroder is ready to start.

“In the future, I want to be a starting point guard,” Schroder said at the Hawks’ last gathering on Monday in Atlanta. “Everybody knows it. But in the situation I was this year, I was fine with it. I played my minutes, and I just tried to get better. When the coaching staff and everybody decides I get the team [and start], I’m going to be ready for it.”

If Budenholzer decides to promote Schroder, do the Hawks opt to trade Teague in an effort to improve their roster in another area?

“We value both Jeff and Dennis,” Budenholzer said when asked if he is ready to hand the keys to the offense to Schroder. “They have both been incredibly good for us. Part of the reason we have had success is we have had two really good point guards.

“I am not ready to say anything other than how much we love them both. They are a big part of why we have been successful.”

In the Hawks’ final game of the season, Budenholzer rode the hot hand of Schroder down the stretch in Game 4 against the …

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