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JScottWriter
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Drummond just got traded to Cleveland for Brandon Knight, John Henson and a 2nd round pick. This is what happens when you don't trade him years ago.
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Get StartedNot just Detroit, the NBA trading makes no sense. In NFL you get meaningful draft picks, MLB you get top prospects - NBA you get expiring contracts.
Yup Tom is right it is the contracts. AD has a contract he can opt into next year at a lot of money that scared any contending team trying ot get him for a rental . Jscott is right should been done last year or the year before. This deal sucks. Espically with this braintrust drafting players.
Yup Tom is right it is the contracts. AD has a contract he can opt into next year at a lot of money that scared any contending team trying ot get him for a rental . Jscott is right should been done last year or the year before. This deal sucks. Espically with this braintrust drafting players.
looks like the Pistons are about as classy of an organization as the Lions
From AD
If there?s one thing I learned about the NBA, there?s no friends or loyalty. I?ve given my heart and soul to the Pistons , and to be have this happen with no heads up makes me realize even more that this is just a business! I love you Detroit...
Sure why not just keep him then? This doesn't make them better.
2nd round pick and expiring contracts is better than getting nothing at all or getting stiffed with an extra year of a player that will ruin draft position.
The real fuck up was trading him at his lowest market value over two years. Keeping him is the only thing they could've done worse.
How. 2 guys gone and a 2nd round pick that will never become a pro, most likely. Not sure how this makes us better. That's the NBA, trade a guy for nothing so we can lose more and get a better draft pick. They're basically telling teams that tanking is your best option.
The amount of money basketball players make is absolutely ridiculous.
Because it is. Like it or not, you get the vast majority of top players in the top 5. Somewhere the Pistons haven't picked since 2003.
When you're bad, you add to your stockpile of picks and expiring contacts. Add to the war chest so to speak. People don't seem to understand that the NBA doesn't work like other leagues and it hasn't for a long time. You don't do player for player deals that benefit both rosters very often. Hardly ever really.
But that was what they were trying to prevent with the lottery but their rules say otherwise. And it's unfortunate.
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