It appears the Pistons‘ top two trade candidates will remain in Detroit past today’s deadline. There’s an “increased likelihood” that an Andre Drummond deal won’t materialize, tweets Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, while Derrick Rose is expected to stay unless the team gets an unexpected offer, writes Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports.
The Pistons have been trying for weeks to find a taker for Drummond, with the Hawks and Knicks being prominently mentioned. However, interest from both teams cooled because of Detroit’s asking price and the expectation that Drummond will opt out of his $28.75MM salary for next season, making him a short-term rental if his new team isn’t ready to heavily invest long-term.
Sources tell Goodwill that the Pistons will consider moving Rose if they receive a lottery pick in return, but it’s hard to imagine that a non-contender would give up a high draft choice for the 31-year-old guard. The Lakers, Clippers and Jazz all inquired about Rose, Goodwill adds, but none of them has the draft capital the Pistons are looking for.
Rose has said he likes playing in Detroit and doesn’t want to be traded, even though the Pistons are a disappointing 19-34 and four games out of a playoff spot. Rose signed a two-year deal over the summer and will make $7.68MM next season.
With major deals apparently off the board, the Pistons will shift their focus to trying to move Markieff Morris and Langston Galloway, according to Rod Beard of The Detroit News (Twitter link). However, he notes that many of the contending teams have already completed trades, so the Pistons may not get the assets they want in return (Twitter link).
Detroit turned down an offer from the Celtics for Christian Wood, tweets James Edwards III of The Athletic. Wood, who has an expiring $1.6MM contract, may be the long-term replacement at center if Drummond leaves.
Only reason not to trade Drummond is they’re hope of a sign and trade or opt in based on market. Could end with sticky, gooey all over their faces.
Holding onto Rose makes sense as an anchor to build with going forward.
The sticky gooey has landed my friend
The pistons need to move Drummond before they lose him for nothing. Even if it’s for a pair of 2nds
Pistons management is a joke. A lottery pick for Rose? Unrealistic. Contenders are who wants him; they’re not in the lottery. Rebuilding teams aren’t giving up young assets and picks for Rose. It makes no sense.
Drummond will now walk and Detroit gets nothing. Or worse, he opts in, cripples the cap, and just delays the rebuild another year.
Gores needs to explain what his rationale is to the fans. I hope something materializes, because this is a disaster otherwise
This is what happens to a team that tries to build around Blake Griffin. The Clippers now look like geniuses after getting rid of him.
They were geniuses the second that deal was done. What an awful trade for Detroit. Owner only cares about profit.
SVG ruined Detroit with his decisions for years. Griffin was the headliner of his incompetence. His drafting was bad, FA signings worse, and coaching horrible. It’s gonna take awhile to fix his debacle.
Interesting that the Jazz inquired about Rose given their acquisition of Conley and how well they played when Conley was hurt. I guess it was before they got Clarkson.
Great move Detroit! Crush those playoffs!!!
What a terrible, lame franchise. Absolutely inexcusable to not get anything for the wounded warrior Derrick rose and the Big Nothing Andre Drummond.
I wonder who the Celtics offered for Christian Wood. Ojeleye maybe ?
It’s only probable, not sure, that the Pistons could have gotten a first for Drummond earlier in the year, or the offseason. One would think so, given the max talk and the steady rise in stats, but they pushed forward.
However Griffin was not moving well from the start. That made them overall losers and hurt market values.
Rose is who they want to lead now, so he hets a hands-off valuation.
Wow that didn’t last long…