Dear Lord if there’s any reality to that they should run to the commissioner’s office and turn that in. Sasser and Levert are essentially useless and PJ Washington is at least as good as Tobias Harris.
And at age 27 with four more years on his deal at about 22 million a year, yeah that is a very nice Uncle T replacement
Im fine with Sasser and a pick swap for that Lakers 2029 1st
They get Sasser and we get a chance of a possible move up in 2029 with us having the Swap option
Why would we ask for only 2 FRP’s? Going rate these days seems to be 3.
B would be stupid
First round picks to the Lakers would be stupid because they have Luka and Reeves and Duren so they’re most likely always going to be in the playoffs so we’re Trading Duren for cap space and at best three borderline bench guys who might become a starters. In the meantime we have cap space of around 40 million a year and the available guys to spend it on are dog meat.
Also let us remember the Pistons have an incredibly hard time attracting free agents because of the perception of the city as opposed to other NBA cities not being as fun as well as the Piston style basketball is not one that leads to big numbers and another big contract or big endorsement deals or national visibility or your preferential treatment from the refs or the kind of hot chicks you can get in some of these other cities.
I don’t want cap space and pics because what you’re really trading during for is third tier free agents and bench guys 5 years down the line.
As much Sabonis hate is there is on this page it’s the kind of deal they would need for dirt which is style change, change of scenery, one upset dude for another of near the same skill sets
They can keep PJ- just taking Lefart is good enough.
TA had a few honey pots in his entourage.
This is why some of the dumbest people hang out on X. By all means, let’s trade him to the Lakers for two 1st round picks because look at the money we’ll save by not signing him? WT actual F!! We still save money via a sign and trade. Except Lakers have no trade able pieces.
B all day
I wouldnt trade him …I also wouldnt sign him for 40 plus.
https://x.com/i/status/2072042756562731501
Never in a million years would I have guessed Kawhi would EVER leave the Clippers.
Personally I don’t think Jalen is going to get the max 4 year $177 that he thinks he’s going to get. Pistons are forcing his hand because they know there are only about 2 teams in the NBA that have the cap space to sign him without trading away expensive pieces.
Hopefully it’s as simple as this. “Hey we want to pay you this. If you think you are worth more, solicit it and we will claim you back.” Hell literally Austin Reaves just added 8 figures to his salary by doing that to us.
Can we join and pick up Gradey the jokes about the D and Gradey write themselves and if he flakes we can say he wasnt worth dick
That’s more draft capital than the Raptors gave up for Kawhi last time.
Pistons understand the #1 rule in negotiations. You don’t negotiate against yourself. You don’t automatically sign Duren to a 4 year $177 max deal if you don’t believe the market will pay that kind of money for him. If someone does, then you explore options after they have written up a tender sheet—whether that is to meet that offer or sign and trade.
They gave up one draft pick for every game that he will play.
Tomorrow is going to be a interesting day. Red wings on other hand
Free agency actually starts at 6 PM eastern today.