Atlanta Hawks point guard Dennis Schröder is one of best young playmakers in the NBA and it showed during his second season. The German averaged 10.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists while playing for only 20 minutes, per Basketball-Reference.com.

Schröder is only 22 years old and has shown the ability to drive the basket and "make plays off the bounce," as reported by NBC Sports. His future in the league looks good, but he is currently just a backup for the Hawks behind Jeff Teague.

The report also noted that Teague made big strides of improvement last season as he was one of the four Atlanta players that were named to the 2015 All-Star Game. He is also only 27 years old, which makes it difficult for Schröder to a have a breakout third season.

The 22-year-old backup was recently interviewed by German sports news outlet Bild, per Sports1. "My goal is to start as point guard. If this doesn't happen, I will look for other opportunities. The Hawks are a great team, the city is nice and everything is perfect now. Teague? He was an All-Star and he helped me a lot. I must be patient and work hard and eventually I'll have my opportunities," Schröder said as quoted and translated by Sportando.

CBS Sports compared Schröder's comments to former Oklahoma City Thunder guard Reggie Jackson when he talked about his goals while he was backing up Russell Westbrook. The report noted that all of it was just speculation, but Jackson was eventually traded to the Pistons, signing a long-term contract to become Detroit's starting point guard.

The 17th overall pick of the 2013 draft played for Germany in the 2015 EuroBasket and showed why he is the future of German basketball. He averaged 15.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists in six games while shooting 57.1 percent from the field, 43.5 percent from threes and 100 percent from the free throw line, per EuroBasket2015.org.

NBC Sports added that Schröder and Teague are both under contract for two more years, with Schröder being a restricted free agent while Teague will be unrestricted. The German has not leveraged to force himself out of Atlanta and would just have to remain patient and continue his development.

Earlier in June, Chris Broussard of ESPN posted on Twitter that the Sacramento Kings were eyeing Schröder for a trade. He was on the Kings list of targets along with Jeremy Lin, Ty Lawson and Jrue Holiday before settling for one year of Rajon Rondo, per ESPN.