Warriors' Kerr Backs Dennis Schröder amid Struggles After Trade: 'Tiny Sample Size'

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Dennis Schröder has struggled in his first five games with the Golden State Warriors following his trade from the Brooklyn Nets.

Despite the slow start, head coach Steve Kerr trusts that Schröder will find his footing and noted the Warriors' struggles as a whole as a cause for Schröder's individual struggles.

"What you do is you trust who the player has been for the last 10 or 12 years," Kerr said. "You trust that he'll get comfortable and settle in. It's a tiny sample size we're looking at. He also came to us at a time when we were ice cold. He needs shooting around him. He's a pick-and-roll player. We were 7-for-38 tonight from three."

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