Detroit Pistons trade Monte Morris for Troy Brown Jr & Shake Milton reactions
Never know uh Monty Williams likes going pretty deep rotations it seems like it’s 14 15 deep most nights it’s it’s it’s kind of crazy uh I did want yeah I do want to transition into the second trade that the Pistons made and that was Mont Morris which I was kind of surprised by
If I’m being a 100% honest with you uh they obviously trade Monte for shake Milton Troy Troy Brown Jr and a 203 second round pick so if that 20 30 round second round pick is listening I think you were in sixth grade right now so um
Hey man who who knows if we’ll even keep that pick but hey you never know where Minnesota’s gonna be up in 2030 in six years but initially what did you think of this trade do you think that they got fair value for Amonte Morris based off of the six game sample
Size that we saw from from him I would say yeah if I I think that if he would have been healthier and he would have been able to play those first what uh 43 games I think he probably would I think Not only would the Pistons record have
Been a lot bit differently but I don’t think that he would have been he would have been traded at all they would have tried to keep him long term but I mean the fact that it just did not work out the way they wanted to and
You know to be fair to him we brought you home to to be a part of something special that we’re building and we weren’t able to fulfill that let’s just let’s just go ahead and still address some areas that we need while putting you in a better position I think it was
A I think it was a Fair Deal to everybody all around I mean Shake Milton and Troy Brown may feel a little bit differently as you know but to for Monte foron the the Pistons and the timber I think it was a solid deal I think it’s just
Jarring because you were he was a flit native um former Mr Michigan Mr basketball it was such a great story about him returning home he was gonna be this guy to be the to to expect to be the expect serve backup point guard I know I jum with that but he was supposed
To serve there as their backup to Kade Cunningham and it just didn’t happen and now that he’s finally healthy he didn’t even really get a chance to get his leg legs up under him and boom he’s on another team so I think that was just I
Think it was just more so that shocking how quickly the the trigger got pulled on on on him here after six games but at the end of the day the NBA is a business and right now he he he you could see that it was a little bit different with him being out
There as opposed to Killian having said that it still didn’t look like Morris was at his full normal self so I I I I get I get the move I get the move I do because also too what this does is this also frees up more time for
Marcus Sasser who has earned it he’s definitely earned he’s he’s he’s earned his Sinker swim moment so I I just I think it was a I don’t want to say whether it’s a good or bad trade it’s a understandable trade yeah um I wasn’t surprised I I
Think I had texted you early in the earlier in the week I said said I heard mon said Minnesota is probably going to happen um and you have you kind of have to look at the the organization and who’s a part of that front office and it’s Tim Connelly who drafted Monte
Morris when he when he was in Denver um and he want him last year if I’m not mistaken he did he did so they they even tried to make a trade I I learned this week uh with the Wizards and the Wizards weren’t interested obviously the Pistons
Traded second for him um and they get them and you’re getting two guys that at the end of the day are NBA players um you know Troy Brown Jr I think is a huge upgrade over Isaiah livers um he’s only 24 years old too I mean he’s still
Fairly young which is with his experience that’s crazy yeah he had a he had a quote yesterday and I know Amari posted it after after the game and he was like telling Kate like um they know you’re going to shoot uh when you go off one
Foot he’s like go off two feet and just follow bait him and it’s crazy to me that he said that because he’s only 24 and he’s only two years older but he’s already a vet in the locker room which I I think adds value um I liked him out
There he looked like the defense looked a lot better with him out there um and I think the Pistons wanted just to get a look at him like if they like him cool they can resign him if not like they can get rid of him um I I think he’s a those
Three and D wings that I think a lot of Pistons fans were hammering for this summer and you you got a guy that you know possibly could be that for the team maybe he’s a starter maybe he’s off the bench you never know um and Shake Milton
I think you know backup point guard um in case of emergency or Monty was playing him um as the second backup uh behind um he’s a guy that I was really high coming out of college like he could shoot the out of the ball I don’t know what happened when he went to
Minnesota they basically told him like shoot the ball you’re going to the bench like I don’t know what happened there yeah he has he has some solid um solid time in the Philly I think he was um I think at one point he was I I I don’t
Want to say in the top five or something like that but he was recognized as one of the better six men of the year of of the league yeah I mean he’s a guy like I I think both of these guys are just going to get you know start more
Opportunities and I I I think you can kind of evaluate if you want to have them on your team long term and I just want to say like this move to me was just a marginal move and and I think a lot of the moves were very
Marginal there wasn’t like you know a quot like this deadline to me I thought was one of the most quietest deadlines in terms of star movement like there wasn’t really like you know a Kyrie Irving trade like last year or like James Harden to the like you know to
Brooklyn like it it was pretty quiet in my opinion I don’t think anybody I think with I think right now we’re seeing the NBA and this is just my opinion I think we’re seeing the NBA with so much parity that I don’t think anybody was really interested in helping anybody else I
Mean before you know some guys they just like all right we just you’ll see some crazy stuff at that deadline before where just like a superstar is going to a team you’re like why the heck they give him the them they didn’t get nothing out of the deal this year it
Just kind of seem like everybody like you said they made they made marginal small moves to in increase you know make their team a little bit better or add more depth for a playoff run but it didn’t seem like anybody was just in the business of helping anybody out like
Normally you would hear something about the Lakers trying to make some miraculous trade happen nobody was interested in helping the Lakers out I mean you you heard Rumblings about what Phoenix wanted to do and who they wanted to get in nobody was interested in helping Phoenix out so it was it was it
Was an interesting deadline for [Applause] [Applause] Sure yeah
This week on Pistons Talk Podcast, Anthony was joined by Kory Woods Beat reporter from M-Live. They reacted to the Monte Morris trade to the Minnesota Timberwolves
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