Dennis Schroder was still a free agent over a week after free agency, and it appears he quickly regretted rejecting the four-year, $84 million extension the Los Angeles Lakers offered him during the 2020-21 season.

The German guard's bet on himself certainly did not pay off. Teams showed little to no interest in signing him at his preferred price tag. In fact, according to a recent report, the Boston Celtics only offered the $5.9 million taxpayer mid-level salary exception to sign him.

With everything not going according to his plan, Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald claimed that Schroder was still in a “state of shock” after realizing he should have taken the Lakers' extension in the first place. While Schroder accepted the Celtics' deal on Tuesday evening, agreeing to the team's proposal to back up Marcus Smart, Schroder was also said to be interested only in doing a one-year deal before trying the free agency market once again.

“He needs time — I think he’s in a state of shock because of what he’s done,” Murphy's source said of Schroder on turning down the Lakers' massive offer.

It remains to be seen how Dennis Schroder will fare with the Celtics. It's unlikely that he'll return to the Lakers in the future, and he had to settle for way less money than he initially expected.

The Celtics certainly appear to be a good fit for the 27-year-old floor general, but it will be tough for him to accept how badly he mismanaged his situation after he rejected $21 million per year.