Following up on conflicting reports about the Pistons‘ apparent interest in Damyean Dotson, Stefan Bondy of The New York Daily News confirms (via Twitter) that Detroit has expressed interest in trading for the Knicks‘ swingman. It’s not clear how enthusiastic New York would be about moving Dotson, but both the Pistons and Nets have been linked to him within the last couple weeks.
While the Pistons could use a little more stability on the wing, Bondy’s report, which noted that Luke Kennard hadn’t yet found a fit in Dwane Casey‘s system, came just hours before Kennard went off for a career-high 28 points on Monday night. If the 2017 lottery pick can get it going, Detroit’s need for reinforcements figures to be less urgent.
Here’s more from around the Central:
- In the wake of Monday’s report that Bulls players contacted the National Basketball Players Association of Jim Boylen‘s coaching tactics, a front office sources stressed to Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun-Times that the team’s new head coach is “safe.” That source also had no complaints about what happened over the weekend: “Jim handled [Sunday] really well. It was a teachable moment for our young guys.”
- Indiana has turned Victor Oladipo‘s absence into a positive, with several Pacers playing their best ball of the season while Oladipo has been sidelined, writes Gregg Doyel of The Indianapolis Star. With Oladipo on the verge of returning, the Pacers will certainly be happy to welcome him back, but they’ll need to make some tweaks to their rotation to accommodate him, says Mark Montieth of Pacers.com.
- Rodney Hood and Alec Burks were traded from the Jazz to the Cavaliers in separate deals, with Donovan Mitchell‘s emergence in Utah playing a major part in the change in their career paths. Joe Vardon of The Athletic spoke to both Hood and Burks about adjusting to Cleveland and what comes next for them.
Bojan Bogdonovich joined the Pacers because he wanted to be a starter. Now he’s their leading scorer and best player. He’s always been among the league leaders in 3 point shooting. I think they’ll need to sign Bojan and Sabonis this summer. The way Kyle O’Quin is filling in for Sabonis and Turner when they miss games, they can afford to trade one of them.
If the Suns would be willing to take Reggie Jackson, I could see the Pistons taking Katavius Caldwell-Cope back. Glenn Robinson didn’t fit with the Pacers, and doesn’t with the Pistons either. I can see him playing in Europe in the future.
They wouldn’t have a point guard on the roster then (Detroit).
The only way it works is if it’s kcp and rondo to Detroit, Jackson to Phoenix, and Ariza to LA.
Detroit still has Ish Smith and he started all last season while Jackson was injured.
Several reports of teams having interest in Dotson, and none about any having interest in THJ. Maybe volume shooting and poor defense aren’t as valuable as the FO assumed.
The Bull’s players are as incompetent and clueless as their management. Can you imagine that talentless group complaining to anyone about anything? If it wasn’t for that lame franchise, most of them wouldn’t even be in the league. What a mess…