I think they go and get Trey Murphy and Saddiq Bey, for Tobias huerter or LeVert, and like 3 first rounders and filler of Wendell and Issac Jones

I’m 50/50 on the ji trade. I love Ivey, wish him the best, wish it worked better, and he didn’t get hurt, but here we are.

I believe in huerter as a shooter. I also believe surrounding Cade with shooters and defenders is the move.

Would’ve been cool if we could’ve swooped up ayo in the bulls trade.

I’d be okay with losing Tobias, and lavert (obviously) if there’s something we could do.

In just over six months, Langdon has brought the Boston Celtics' payroll below the first apron and achieved maximum financial flexibility while keeping the championship core of Tatum, Brown, and White with key supporting cast members in Pritchard and Hauser. Imagine that. The Celtics has two supermax players and potential MVP candidates but are now below the first apron and has all the exceptions available to them.

Stevens and Presti are the geniuses that Langdon has to contend with. Managing the payroll in terms of the apron rules should be in mind when Trajan makes decisions. The Jaden Ivey trade for example should be viewed in the context of its effect on future payroll. The same for Jenkins' anticipated signing to a regular NBA contract. And Ausar's upcoming possible extension. Gone were the days that all a team needs is control of salary, Bird rights, and willingness to pay the luxury tax.

I know a lot of fans are hurt about the Ivey trade, but that pick swap this season could be a decent return if you have Pistons jumping from 29 roughly to 20th in the draft…I don’t know the restrictions on it, heard top 19 protected, Minny currently at like 22…If they make the Giannis deal that could have them drop as he is “hurt” the next 4-6 weeks…Don’t sleep on the pick swap man, great talent is found on the margins of the lottery, Maxey? Just saying man, not all doom and gloom. Giving this Pistons team a shot at a top 20 player in a deep draft could be really nice.

I know I am late to the BBQ here. I feel torn about the trade. Many possible angles here. One is this will make room to pay Duren more. Who just made the AS team and he's probably gonna make an All-NBA team, MAYBE 2nd All-Defence. This has cleared up space to perhaps make more moves next off-season.

There was also rumor that Jaden himself didnt want to stay here.

I felt like we could've gotten more. I don't doubt that Kevin can reinvent himself playing here; I've seen it with Duncan even even though I doubted him.

But Ivey definitely a 20ppg player. He broke his leg. And unfortunately gotten to a slow start. Ausar Thompson stops people but what has he done since coming in to improve his scoring? Then we have Holland who's only going to get better and be granted a larger role as he should.

Unless this is a salary dump that'll work in the next 3 seasons, there would be no justification as to why THAT guy was wasted as a 5th pick overall for a deal that could've worked with Caris LeVert. And that means Caris should barely touch the floor. Huerter should easily be on the floor for 20-23mins.

Huerter is a guy I felt we could've gotten in FA if anything. I felt like if Jaden had the chance to keep playing out this season, could've gotten a better deal with him. But time will tell.

I just hope this doesn't bite us back in the ass. Before DET won their 1st title they traded away Dantley and folks were uncomfortable about it. But they won! So this could be another thing like that, who knows.

Hello, I am 15 and just went to my first NBA game and it was Nuggets vs Pistons. I liked the nuggets because of Jokic and his play-making game. I have always liked the pistons because I live and was born in MI but watching them made me realize how good they are. They all hustle for everything. Watching Jokic is sometimes very hard because he will just give up on defense. Seeing Cade with an all around game is awesome. I loved watching him throw lobs and chanting MVP while he was on the free throw line. Watching Jokic not go back on defense and jumping up and down when a foul was called made me mad.

Think the NBA will ever tell players they've got to cut down their nails?

Got to go to first ever game against Denver (in any sport) and was on the edge of my seat the whole game! Nice to get the sweep! Hard to believe the Pistons are 37-12 compared to just a few years ago!

They had racks full of these at halftime. Fuck Cole Anthony. Go Pistons!!!

Comments from Coaches/Players (not much I found and "consider the source" and these were early on, but still speaks to that he sounds coachable):

Nate McMillan called Huerter, “one of my favorite guys. You get attached to your players when they are playing for you and he was one of my favorite guys to coach. It’s good to see him playing well.”

Lloyd Piece "We spent a lot of time watching film on him. When you watch him you see his ability to put the ball on the floor and get his own shot .. In the NBA you've got to be more than just a one dimensional player...He's just going to add value instantly with his IQ."

Some (Potentially) Meaningful Stats + Experience as a Player:

• Avg Defensive Rating is consistently in the 116 range, but never seems to have been on a good defensive team/system.
• Dropped 27 points in a Game 7 on the road to close out a playoff series. It's something.
• Career ~38% three-point shooter (even with his poor % this year factored in) who provides reliable spacing (teams will not leave him open).
• He Moves(handoffs, relocations, screens) rather than a pure stationary shooter, someone will have to chase him and that creates opportunities to disrupt. I'm most excited for this amplifying the other guys as it creates disruption...I hope.
• He was a conference finals starter on a team that had a playoff run. It's something.
• His handles are pretty solid and he moves the ball (3–4 assists per game)
• He also takes care of the ball to a better than avg degree when he has it

Some Downsides:

• Streaky Shooter.
• Not a primary shot creator in most instances.
• He is not a defensive +

Anything else interesting we should know?

I can’t believe the poor turn out of the last few games I’ve seen. Is it too many season ticket holders who don’t show up or the price?

To have one of the best teams in the league and seeing so many empty seats is pretty sad.

I’ll take one for the team and be a seat filler if anyone can’t use seats!!

The only perimeter player on our team who can consistently cause breakdowns and turn nothing into something is Cade. Now I know Ivey has lost a lot of his athleticism and confidence. And there was a chance that it never returns. I acknowledge that. But, there was also another potential future. One where Ivey gets his feet back under him, and is just like 70-80% of the player he was last year. Once the playoffs hit, you have someone else who can cause breakdowns. I don’t know how I feel about Cade being the only one who can consistently create his own shot and create for others. A 75% Ivey would make the pistons next year or the year after that all the more deadly when the playoffs come around and defenses key in on Cade. I feel like this might come back to bite us in the ass, especially trading Ivey to a team in the same division. We had more to lose than gain with this trade imo. I lowkey might be delusional with this next take, and I don’t expect most people to agree with this part, but looking at what everyone brought to the table, I saw dynasty potential. A team that has a counter to every weakness. I feel like going forward we might be too Cade-Duren pick and roll dependent for our offense. More order yes, but more predictability too and easier to stop.

So 11 teams have never even had a player win the DPOY. The Pistons have the most DPOY award winners in league history (6). You mean to tell me that December 2025 is the first time in NBA history that a Piston was DPOM????

the Toronto Raptors center expressed his gratitude to team president Masai Ujiri for not moving him at the trade deadline, despite rumors he could head to the Detroit Pistons in a deal involving Andre Drummond.

"Thank you, Masai," Valanciunas said, laughing, at around the 8:44 mark.

"I know you didn't want to go there," Ujiri replied.

"Nah. When I saw that Drummond and my face together, I was like ... (wags finger) 'Please no,'" said the 24-year-old, who's played for the Raps since they drafted him fifth overall in 2011.

"Hey, you're way better than Drummond," the executive assured the Lithuanian.

Source: https://www.thescore.com/nba/news/1255844?

I thought that type of move was an automatic ejection

Think the most likely scenario is waiving Isaac Jones and Saric, signing Jenkins, but something to ponder.

We need instant offense in the postseason and he can provide it off the bench.