What are the Detroit Pistons doing with this trade? | The Athletic NBA Show

What are the Detroit Pistons doing with this trade? | The Athletic NBA Show

What do we think of baggley on the Wizards of them trying to develop him he he’ll be he’ll be 25 sometime this year um he’s actually scoring and rebounding really well he’s just not playing a ton of minutes because he can’t really play him a lot

Of minutes like he’s he’s not he hasn’t been that player I don’t think he’s as bad as people make him out to be but he’s number two pick that got picked in front of you know Luca and Trey and jiren Jackson Jr all these guys so Josh

Do you think that baggley can be a starting level Big Man on a good deal maybe it’s it’s hard for me it’s hard for me to think either way about it because I just think the Wizards have so much work to do yeah it could go either D I think there’s just

So much work to be done right he’s not going to come in and they’re not going to be good still right they’re still not going to be good with this trade like there’s so much work that needs to be done as far as him fitting what what a

Modern five is sure I think he’s got what it takes to be a modern five the numbers look good in his minutes per game but I just don’t think I just think there’s too much work to be done to call it either way right now I don’t even

Know if he’s gonna stay in Washington right I don’t know you no the the answer is no Marvin Bagley is not a starting LEL player mariny rotation Marvin Bagley is one of the worst draft picks of all time consider right Luka jiren Trey young but here’s

The problem Jay the tone in your voice just now put that on baggley instead of on the Kings oh no I’m not putting that on Marvin Bagley that is fully on the Kings but but and this this the Pistons like they went out and and spent draft Capital to get

Marvin baggley sure go get him and now now they’re trading two second round picks to to dump him well yeah because they’re trying to create cap space and flexibility cap what is it 68 M show it just shows the misevaluation in the first place that they they thought they could basically

Salvage him they thought they could Salvage James wisman neither of them turned into good players now they’re dumping draft picks wow they’re three and 36 they are dumping draft picks what does that not seem insane to people that shouldn’t they be going out and getting draft picks into I’m the op that draft

Picks are overrated it it screams to me that we want it screams that we want to be good next year is what I hear rather than we’re this year we want to be good in3 that’s the thing people keep talking about they tried to make the play in

Tournament this year no they could continue to play their asses off and still win five games maybe this year look and and and they’ve got a ton of cash space now they have flexibility to absorb contracts they’ll have flexibility to to do other things and so

In that way this sets them up for the future but it just goes back to mistakes they’ve made in the past and there are so many mistakes and now they’re just keep band-aided over them just there Band-Aid on top of Band-Aid on top of Band-Aid on top of band-aid and it’s

Like that needs an amputation actually well it’s everybody it’s a bunch of people in the front office trying to say their jobs by going if we can sign players that can help us win in 20 24 2025 maybe we still got a chance to stick around right they’re not they’re

Not thinking long term if you those people will be around long term right there’s no sense in why are they why would Troy Weaver ammani Williams plan for five years from now where if they don’t win next year they’re going to be gone anyways yeah if they because if

They go from the worst team ever which is what they are currently to to nth or 30 wins 35 wins play for the play Monumental turnaround I mean my God yeah coach of the year is there is there a tiny chance is there a chance that adding the shooting

Of galinari and Mike muscala actually helps Kade Cunningham helps Jaden Ivy I know those guys are not like elite players but they needed shooting so badly on that roster that that maybe in some way adding those guys helps a little bit it’s not about that I don’t

Think this is about the Gap space and the flexibility moving forward but I don’t know this this is I mean those guys this is one of the saddest trades one of the saddest trades one and a half threes a game each maybe I mean it’s not I don’t I don’t they’re

Not they’re not floor spacers like that like you have two smart players two veterans in the mix now like that understanding can help but I mean they’re also probably going to trade more guys right um yeah I think I think if the Pistons can get to 10 wins this

Season we should give Monty Williams coach of the year because them winning seven more times seems impossible you know why it seems impossible here we go he’s playing Killian Hayes I knew it was cominging Isaiah Li and he just came out the other day and said I never thought

About playing Jay NY at point guard before we had an organizational meeting and they told me to play J what do you mean organizational meeting you needed an organizational meeting to figure out that the most athletic guy one of the most athletic guys in the league a lottery pick

Recently maybe you should put the ball in his hands just see what happens and not even that like I I understand not wanting to throw Jaden Ivy into the deep end it’s okay not to want to throw him into the deep end it’s okay to want him

To play off ball and be able to get downhill in the second side whatever you have reasons for that I get it Jay Ivy is a raw player he has a lot to work on you’re three and forever three and forever time to experiment you have to

Put the ball his hands you’re you’re it’s just so shortsighted to keep running out the same n and not trying to see what Jay NY can give you and letting him develop in real time what are you trying to salvage one win every 15 games one Fair Monte might

Be trying to get fired so he can just collect his checks which I I would respect the hell out of collecting $70 million at least he showed accountability he was like you know what that one’s on me that the last three months never considered it didn’t think one

That this guy who’s clearly projects to be a point guard long term never thought about it once never thought about it once

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