Detroit Pistons could look to the trade market Instead of signing free agents?

Detroit Pistons could look to the trade market Instead of signing free agents?

This comes from Ryan he wants to know your thoughts on free agency anyone that you would have in mind that is a great question um it’s not like a loaded free agency class right like there’s not like a I mean there could potentially be a LeBron James available but like let’s be

Realistic you know not necessarily a Detroit Pistons Target um the only way that could ever even hypothetically possibly and very unlikely happen is if the Pistons ended up with bronny but even then I feel like it’s probably not likely um the big the big fish in question in

Terms of free agency signings would be Tobias right like it’s clear that they’re very linked to him everybody’s pretty aware of this Tobias is someone who um I’ve heard has mutual interest I know James reported the same thing where there’s mutual interest in in a return to Detroit and ideally again I know

That’s kind of been the the phrasing like ideally you know this is going to work ideally he’s that perfect stretch for that you know this team really desperately has missed since Jeremy Grant um and I I I think the fit is definitely good it’s just a question of

Is he worth 40 3040 million right and I know some people don’t want to pay him that some people do want to pay him that regardless this team needs needs to go out and get somebody and I think it’s very likely that they’re going to pursue Tobias that doesn’t mean they’re going

To sign him necessarily but I think they’re going to pursue him um but I also look at the trade market for for who their big splash could be because I don’t necessarily think like the LaVine talks will are completely dead you know like I think there’s a possibility like

They could revisit that and I don’t think his values increase a ton so I think it’d be kind of easy for them to go out and maybe get a Zack LaVine and sign um a lower tier role player as like that stretch five or stretch four excuse

Me it’s just I I I would like I would I would I think it’s more likely that the Pistons work the trade market this summer in terms of finding that missing piece than than going out and signing somebody and the only person I can really see them aggressively pursuing

That sort of a bigger name is Tobias Harris uh ogn and Obie’s kind of out the window right because pretty everybody’s pretty certain he’s gonna stay in New York same with SE yakum in in Indiana so I I would I would look at like some teams are also

Probably gonna have to make some hard decisions in terms of cap space because that that second apron’s hitting a new C new CBA comes into effect someone like Carl Anthony towns might become available you know like so stuff like that is something I I think the Pistons

Could could get involved in um someone like a Brandon Ingram or a Zion Williamson you know like one of those players not saying that they’re goingon to land him but I think that’s what they should probably be looking at it’s it’s so funny the the three players that you

Named we we we talked I talked with Corey um last week and Corey’s been on the Brandon Ingram trade since like October’s that doesn’t work out like he’s a free agent in 2025 right pelicans have a shitload of money invested into a core that hasn’t won them anything yeah

Yet like they haven’t won a championship like maybe Zion’s a available probably don’t want to bring Z to Detroit yeah um Ingram I think would just be a bona fight star but I think the Pelicans would try to if it came to trade talks they’d probably want the farm for Brandon

Ingram and I think it would cost a whole lot the LaVine stuff I think you’re spot on they they probably will revisit it because it seemed like they were really close and he elected for surgery I mean that was the report but we don’t really

Know that to be true for a fact I mentioned the lower tier player last week and damnn near I they wanted to cut my head off for it I mentioned Andrew Wiggins oh okay because I thought he’s a lower tier Guy golden state is going to

Be in cap space hell um I don’t think the Pistons are GNA try to Target older Klay Thompson but like could they could like stylist Bally it makes sense you know get Cade the shooter he needs I don’t know right um I think they’re going to be more

Active in the trade market because they’re putting all their eggs in one basket with not only Tobias Harris but like miles Bridges as well and I know some Pistons fans are it’s a very touchy subject and I 100% understand it the off the court stuff I’m not goingon to get

Into it into that because I think it’s a responsible to even speak on it because I don’t know anything about it but as a basketball standpoint I think he makes sense stylistically I personally think what you were saying the trade market I think is the better

Market to go for because if you look at some of these free agents man like this list is just a bunch of like C+ B minus players like yeah if you because I have James on last month and he said he wants he said that the Pistons want to be like

The Houston Rockets uh last summer yeah and I was just like well that’s that’s good and like Dandy but it’s like James like there’s not like you know the Houston Rocket free agents that they sign like there’s no Fred Van Fleet out there there’s no Dylan Brooks out there

Yeah I’m I mean you let’s say hypothetically they go and get uh buddy hee and Tobias Harris you know I feel like maybe that could be similar impact to to a Fred Van vet Dylan Brooks offseason you know like those are two guys who are gonna come in and make a

Difference day one and are you know exactly what they are and you can rely on them and I I think both stylistically do fit um I know the Pistons had interest in buddy held up until the deadline and he will be a free agent we’ll see what Philly does with their

Money but I I I feel like I feel like the the Houston offseason’s a little rep easy to replicate this offseason just because you’re not going and getting like a like a kawhai Leonard like how the Clippers got kawhai and Paul George like you’re not GNA go and do that right like

That’s not realistic but getting a Tobias Harris buddy healed per se that’s that’s something that I could see in the cards yeah I I think the way I viewed it was like you know Fred Van fet NBA champion like really good point guard yeah uh Dylan Brooks for for what it’s

Worth I know the Antics are the Antics but he’s a really good Defender yeah and when he’s hitting his three-point shots uh that’s a player you probably don’t want to play against because he’s talking the whole time yeah but I mean like I I just look at free agency

And I’m like you know to buy is you know go signs with I don’t know let’s say a reunion in Orlando because Orlando’s going to have a bunch of cap space too right yeah like you never know um I mean they had a like Shams karania put out

Their wish list and like I still have like that graphic and I keep putting an X like like bascal seak nope yep know like I I I just don’t know what they’re gonna do man like they they say we’re going to have cap space and you know we

Feel like this is the year to have it I was like man I think last year was the year to have personally yeah and they did have it last year too um someone like cam Johnson would have really I I feel like made a difference on this team and that

Might be a whiff on on their end because I do know that um I heard people told me that you know cam had interest in in coming to Detroit so specifically with the manty Williams reunion right so I I feel like maybe you know there was a whiff there but I feel

Like they might have a chance to redeem themselves so I guess we’ll just we’ll see yeah I mean I I I heard another player um basically was going to sign and I don’t want to name the player because the person I talked to is a because if I say the player then people

Are just going to clip this and like run with it but okay it was kind of like a lower tier player and he was like basically willing to come for less and like he would have been a great fit on this team but Troy dragged his feet and

He just he resigned um with another team and I was just like man that sucks right um because I nothing against Joe Harris um but he was completely shot moné Morris like I was actually kind of excited about but he just could he just couldn’t get healthy and that’s not his

Fault um I mean he’s probably won he’s almost won half as many games in Minnesota in a week and yeah a whole year with Detroit like yeah he’s probably like loving it over there like Shon but uh Flint I mean this this free agency man it’s just like so like I’m

Like normally I would be excited because we have money but there’s like no free agents like I haven’t got yeah like I I just if people are trying to talk draft with me I just like dude I just don’t care yeah like I’m I’m over it I don’t

Care if we have the fifth pick again I really I get it I get it yeah

This week on Pistons Talk Podcast, Anthony was joined by Zariq the topic of discussion was what type of moves could we see this summer.

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