Pistons and Bucks make a deal

[biggunsbob]

Pistons get Snell and the 30th pick For John Leuer. Bucks save 4 million dollars in the deal. I like this deal . Detroit now has picks 15 and 30 in NBA draft.


https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...de-jon-leuer-milwaukee-tony-snell/1507534001/

 

[Mitchrapp]

So we pay his full salary?

 

[Mitchrapp]

It just dawned on me that average players make way too much money.

 

[sggatecl]

It just dawned on me that average players make way too much money.

Fraction of the roster size and semi comparable revenue to other sports. Better that it goes to the players than the owners I suppose.

So we pay his full salary?

Yeah. That's why they made this trade. It wasn't for Leuer's skill. It was for his expiring contract. His contract is one year shorter than Snell's. They realize that they have a window, looking to seize on it. Smart really.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Fraction of the roster size and semi comparable revenue to other sports. Better that it goes to the players than the owners I suppose.



Yeah. That's why they made this trade. It wasn't for Leuer's skill. It was for his expiring contract. His contract is one year shorter than Snell's. They realize that they have a window, looking to seize on it. Smart really.

I get the smaller roster but dang that seems like a lot for what either offer. I don't really care who gets it, the players or owners. But it generally gets taken from us, the fans. We pay all of them.

 

[gotime909]

Good to see the Pistons maximizing value with a team trying to win it all. Milwaukee is clearly trying to clear more $$ to sign another impact player.

 

[dubbsco]

Good to see the Pistons maximizing value with a team trying to win it all. Milwaukee is clearly trying to clear more $$ to sign another impact player.

Snell averages 6 points a game throughout his six-year career. He's not going to do anything for this organization.

Ultimately, the only trades that will help this franchise move forward are any that get rid of some combination of Jackson and Drummond. Management is so fixated on these guys being a "Big 3" that everything else seems to blind them.

 

[biggunsbob]

So Snell’s deal is for 1 more year. Isn’t that when all of our bad deals end ? Or is it next year I forget ? Also we may get lightning in the bottle at picks 15 and 30 and get great players !!!

Only to let them go and flourish elsewhere lol !

 

[sggatecl]

Snell averages 6 points a game throughout his six-year career. He's not going to do anything for this organization.

Ultimately, the only trades that will help this franchise move forward are any that get rid of some combination of Jackson and Drummond. Management is so fixated on these guys being a "Big 3" that everything else seems to blind them.

Couldn't agree more. I'm terrified that they're going to extend Drummond to a super max when he's eligible. Gores and/or the front office are idiots. Anyone who watched the playoffs knows how much Drummond doesn't fit in the current NBA. Siakam, Lopez...hell, I'm take Ibaka over Drummond. He just doesn't stretch the floor. He's a liability.

 

[gotime909]

Snell averages 6 points a game throughout his six-year career. He's not going to do anything for this organization.

Ultimately, the only trades that will help this franchise move forward are any that get rid of some combination of Jackson and Drummond. Management is so fixated on these guys being a "Big 3" that everything else seems to blind them.

He's the best shooter on this team from day one. The biggest need on this team is 3 point shooting and he definitely helps in that area. Plus grabbed a late 1st round pick for basically nothing. Just because he was blocked behind very good players in Milwaukee doesn't mean he isn't good.

 

[Mitchrapp]

He's the best shooter on this team from day one. The biggest need on this team is 3 point shooting and he definitely helps in that area. Plus grabbed a late 1st round pick for basically nothing. Just because he was blocked behind very good players in Milwaukee doesn't mean he isn't good.

Coming to Detroit when players are behind the 3 point line who do you think is the one that gets covered? I bet it's Snell. Imo his 3 % will be considerably lower.

 

[gotime909]

Coming to Detroit when players are behind the 3 point line who do you think is the one that gets covered? I bet it's Snell. Imo his 3 % will be considerably lower.

Great, so now Kennard will get better looks. Another win

 

[gotime909]

This team needs shooters and added one at no cost plus grabbed another first Rd pick. Not sure how anyone could not call this a slam dunk win.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Well Snell does have an extra year plus I hear the draft thins considerably towards the end of round 1. It might be a win but slam dunk win, meh.

 

[dubbsco]

He's the best shooter on this team from day one. The biggest need on this team is 3 point shooting and he definitely helps in that area. Plus grabbed a late 1st round pick for basically nothing. Just because he was blocked behind very good players in Milwaukee doesn't mean he isn't good.

The biggest need on this team is getting a superstar, or players that you can win championships with. I heard the exact same thing the year they drafted Luke Kennard. They passed up an absolute superstar in Mitchell to shore up that three-point shooting. Not working well.

This team is so devoid of ANY top-end talent. They need to blow this thing up properly, acquire top picks and do this right. The Pistons are moving around decks on the Titanic. They are in love with three guys that you cannot win a title with. Drummond is a relic, Jackson is not a good PG, and Blake may do one more year of this before he says "get me out of town."

The series against the Bucks showed how big of a canyon there is between themselves and being legit.

This is a like being the fastest swimmer in a kid's pool. This move could be the greatest thing in the world, but it does basically nothing to move this team forward.

 

[JScottWriter]

Funny to see people complaining about a trade where we get a better player and a draft pick in the first half of the draft for Jon Leuer.

 

[gotime909]

Funny to see people complaining about a trade where we get a better player and a draft pick in the first half of the draft for Jon Leuer.

Exactly!!!

 

[Mitchrapp]

Not complaining just don't see us better because of it.

 

[gotime909]

Nobody is saying this move puts us in the finals. But this trade definitely makes is better.

 

[dubbsco]

Nobody is saying this move puts us in the finals. But this team definitely makes is better.

Does it really? So we now have someone off the bench that will soak up a few minutes that would otherwise go to a combination of Galloway/Thomas/GR3. If it makes the Pistons better, it will be incredibly minimal.

These trades make me frustrated, because it further illustrates the groupthink in the Pistons organization that they feel they have the right pieces at the core and they just need to add a little bit around them, when in reality the entire thing needs to start over.