The Cavaliers, Rockets, Pelicans, and Thunder are among the teams that are “making overtures” to evaluate what it would take to trade up to the No. 1 spot in this year’s draft, sources tell Jonathan Givony of ESPN.
Givony cautions that any talks are in the very early stages and says that if the Pistons make a deal involving the No. 1 pick, it would happen much closer to the draft. Givony adds that he’s skeptical at this point that Detroit would actually trade out of the top spot, suggesting that the team is simply leaving “no stone unturned” in its evaluations. The most likely scenario is that the Pistons stay put and snag top prospect Cade Cunningham.
Still, Givony – like several other reporters – has heard that the Pistons continue to do their homework on prospects like Jalen Green and “especially” Evan Mobley. The USC big man may be Detroit’s target if the team were to move down, according to Givony.
If the Pistons do want Mobley, they likely wouldn’t feel comfortable moving down further than the No. 2 or No. 3 spot, which would make Cleveland or Houston a logical trade partner. New Orleans (No. 10) and Oklahoma City (Nos. 6, 16, and 18) pick later in the lottery, though both teams have a huge surplus of future first-rounders that could intrigue Detroit if general manager Troy Weaver is open to the idea of moving out of the top five.
Not sure if piston fans could stomach the idea of trading down and not guaranteeing to get a crack at any player they could possibly want. Mobley is interesting as a prospect but of him, Cade and Green I think Mobley has the biggest boom or bust potential. The real question is do they want playmaking that Cade offers or do they want buckets that Green offers. These two have been 1-2 in this class since high school with Mobley and Suggs generally being 3-4.
Any way you look at it Detroit would want a ransom of capital to make any deal. Rockets would have to sign off on the future first that Detroit owes for beef stew and that is to just get it started.
Cavs would be interesting if they were sending out a young guard that can score along with another asset beyond the third pick and Detroit was really big on Mobley which reports indicate.
I think it’s all just a matter of due diligence though. I can’t imagine Detroit wants to pass on something they’ve not had since the early 70s which is a shot at the top guy.
Detroit would be foolish not to stay put and grab CC – he’s their Rainbow in the Dark.
Dio? Rainbow in the dark? Is this Ronnie James Dio’s fan site?
It’s always a mystery…
All they have to do is take Cade. Then wait n see who offers Best deal. Green and Mobley are solid picks for Pistons especially if they get another player or players,’or picks. Detroit is in great position. Green in three yrs could be best talent. Cade could also be next Bron. Not easy decision. But loot at Hawks and Young. They got killed for passing on Luka. Now Young and Reddish are looking pretty good. 19 yr olds take time to show. They are not even Men yet …. Cade is ahead of curve physically like Luka was. Green n Mobley will need a few yrs.
No way Detroit trades out of 1. Cade is the best play maker coming out since Luka. And with his size he fits on any team. Also takes the pressure off Killian Hayes and will help him develop. I understand they don’t have much draft capital and this is a pretty good draft. But y not take the sure thing. Don’t over think this and have another Darko mistake. Imagine what Carmelo or DWade would of been like with Rip, Chauncey, Sheed, Prince and Ben.
I agree that Detroit should keep the pick. But the whole Darko thing is a false narrative. If they had Carmelo they wouldn’t have traded for Sheed, and they wouldn’t have won the championship without him.
And Wade wasn’t an option at #2 that year, he was drafted 5th for a reason. He just put in the work after that to become a HOFr
Come on…they may not have needed Sheed if they drafted Melo and still have won.
Facts.
I firmly believe that if the Pistons had taken Melo at 2, he would’ve been one of the Top 10 players of all-time.
That team’s window would have stayed open longer, and his trajectory would have been completely different.
These are just hypotheticals. The reality is that they did draft Darko, did trade for Rasheed, and did win a championship.
I like Melo, but to think that the Pistons would have had as much success as they did if they’d drafted Melo instead seems off. Those Pistons teams were true, non-superstar teams. Prime Melo teams were all about Melo. Would have completely changed the dynamics. Note that Melo has only made it past the first round of the playoffs twice in his career.
Go on YouTube and ask Clique to do a Melo to the Pistons on 2K.
“Facts… I firmly believe”??? I do not, after that start.
rct, good point about Melo… I assume what was meant was that the Pistons would have made Melo less selfish, thus better. But i would call that an unlikely “if”.
Strange argument using Darko as an example considering they would have been better off trading down in that instance because EVERYONE saw Darko as the #2 pick that year. Just like EVERYONE sees Cade as the #1 pick this year.
There are no guarantees in the draft. None. Everyone is just guessing.
Actually we would have taken Bosh, Dumars is on record saying this too…
Never trust any exec that says this is who I wanted to draft. I guarantee you there were at least some execs that would have taken Adam Morrison #1, but those guys aren’t speaking up. It’s always the ones that would have taken the star that speak up.
Besides, if Dumars would have taken Bosh, then why didn’t he?
I mean…that’s a terrible argument because if he just wanted to sound smart, he would have said he wanted DWade, not Bosh…
It’ll be the worst decision they’d ever make since the Blake Griffin trade! Cade is a franchise Player. They better not mess this up especially given how awful that Hayes kid looked. I watched him doing same thing on and on, drive to left and try lob it to somebody or turn the ball over. He looked afraid of shooting the hall just like Shaquille Simmons!
Huh? Why do you think the Griffin trade even stands out as a particularly bad move. Detroit has made so many bad decisions in the last decade, it’s hard to even count.
Why are you calling him Shaquille like it is an insult? Shaq is one the greatest NBA players of all time despite his poor free throw shooting.
Stewart is as good as Mobley! You add Cade, Bey, Diallo and Grant and you got a promising young core! This is not a big men league anymore. Just trade that clown Hayes for a shooter like Barton and they might compete for play in tournament !
You say it’s not a big man’s league, yet the playoffs were filled with teams with great big men in Giannis, Embiid, Jokic, Davis, Ayton, Gobert, Jackson Jr., and Randle.
If you want to stretch, you can even throw in Capela (averaged a double double in these playoffs).
Stewart is very good, but he’s not even close to what Mobley will be if he ever reaches his full potential. The only thing holding him back is his lack of size which limits his effectiveness in the paint. If Mobley can bulk up to 235-240 in a couple of years and is drafted by a team capable of developing his expansive skill set, he will replace AD as the best big man in the NBA.
You’re the guy that told us Bigs were obsolete. That this was a shooters NBA now. Warriors and Rockets showed that. NBA is all about size lol.
Just cause there are more shooters now. The gm has not changed. You see what Ayton is doing. Where are Bucks without Lopez. Giannis is a 7’er. Embiid, Wiseman. Shooting has just opened up floor. Makes it easier to go to basket. Teams used to pack it in. Can’t do that anymore.
This is for the board. If you don’t get NBA is all about size. Then you’re not really a basketball fan. OK
No. I said Bigs who can’t shoot threes are obsolete, and that is 100% correct. Why would I have Christian Wood’s name as part of my handle here if I thought that all Bigs were obsolete in the NBA? Right now he’s the Rockets best player, but that should change on draft night.
Yeah exactly, you’ve been changing your name and philosophy like a girl changes her hair. You think we forget all your mess with Harden and small ball. Dude I don’t forget Nothing. Two negatives like Harden n you. This board is still waiting for the CP3 apology lol. Show some respect for tha gm you post so much about
I wouldn’t trade the pick.
Detroit needs a go to scorer or playmaker. That will not be found after the 3rd pick. And Mobley doesn’t move the needle for this team.
I don’t care how talented he might be. This league is led by people who can have the ball in their hands at mid-court, gone are the days of Scott Skiles and the like dribbling down to pass it in to Shaq.
Weaver has built a nice core (overnight) but role players and core people are like end tables without a sofa. The Pistons need to take Cunningham or possibly Green. No one should be on their board.
Detroit will hold onto it and they should go after Mobley
If they want Mobley they should trade down to #3 & get Cleveland’s unprotected 1st next yr
Agreed
If Pistons are serious
Or
They can trade the 1 for Wiseman and 7
Weaver’s decisions were right last year and he did not go with conventional wisdom.
I hope the Cavs do not sacrifice boatloads to get Cade but Altman may feel a need to make a statement.
Altman has already made his statement when he told everyone about all the great talent he has amassed. Apparently he was referring to the YMCA team he coaches because so much amazing talent wouldn’t have been sitting at home since May 16th.
Bragging can be a sign of feeling disrespected. There’s a few other signs the honeymoon is over. I am pretty sure the #3 will turn out okay though… The last two drafts thinned out just before the cavs pick and skill was required.
Can’t blame them for listening, but they’d be foolish to trade out of the 1 unless someone offers something insane. Even then, don’t drop lower than #3. Basketball isn’t really like other sports where a treasure trove of picks propels you forward. The star is more important than the depth.
Pelicans can trade Zion for 1 and other players
Thunder has no centerpiece to make trade
Well they do, but they’re not trading SGA.
I agree; they should keep the pick. I’m sure Houston would love to pair Cade and Wood together, but if it’s not an apparent overpayment, DON’T DO IT!!!!!
The Rockets have between 7 and 9 first round pick over the next 3 drafts, that’s more than enough to trade up from #2 to #1 and still leaves them with plenty of picks to complete their rebuild.
You sofa GMs getting mad, it literally says the most likely scenario is they keep the pick, they are just seeing what’s out there.
You don’t trade down when you have the #1 PICK.
You sit and wait on who wants Cade the most lols. Wake up. Take Cade and just count the offers.
You’ve got to keep the options wide open
And you hope someone will make huge overpaid offer or offer Zion or Trae Young type players
And you make it clear that anything less than huge overpaid will be just wasting of time
Tell that to Boston. They made out like bandits trading #1 (Fultz) to the Sixers for #3 (Tatum).
And most people actually thought Tatum was a slight reach at #3 with most analysts rating Josh Jackson above him.
You never know.
I see top 10 as all future starters. Next yr or soon enough. There is talent in whole first rd. Starters and rotation guys. It’s what you need for your team and are you willing to develop. Like Texas C, K Jones. Very raw but could even be a big 4. I see big upside here. But you have to commit and develop. It’s not happening in a yr or two. Same with Mobley he needs weight and strength for NBA. But he can step outside and can shoot. He’s perfect Center for today’s NBA. Also a very good 2way player. This draft is loaded. We know there is always a player or two. In lower 1st rd that becomes a good player. This yr there could 4-6 of those players. Scouts going to earn their money this yr.
Al on this page you have one snappy post and two long mumbly ones that can turn brains into wet rags. Do you do drugs. What is your state of mind when mumbling into the mic?
Would you rather have
HOU offer – #2 and #23
OKC offer – #6 and #16 and #35
NOP offer – #10 and Ingram ???
NOP for sure. Ingram is a proven All Star. Everything else there is a gamble.
Yeah but making All Star money. Why not take a number 1 guy who can play 2-4 yrs at an all star level at a low salary and develop him?
Because Ingram can actually make you a winning team now as opposed to someone else that will make you lose for that 2-4 years. In addition, you might get an All Star, but you could also get Andrew Wiggins or Markelle Fultz or Marvin Bagley and have to basically start again.
Also, the #1 guy does not have a low salary. The #1 pick is locked in at over $10MM per year with absolutely no proof he can even play at an NBA level, let alone at an all star level.
Pistons should listen, but at the end of the day, it would be next to nuts to deal CC for anything except a certain player they like better – i.e., the guy they would take if they had to keep the pick. Nothing else makes sense in the NBA, where 3 almost great players don’t equate to one actual great one. Nobody knows who the next great player(s) are, but you have to trust your process.
So… Sexton and 3 for Cade?
Would Detroit take Houston’s 3 first round picks for the #1?
I would if I was their GM.
I’d do it in a heartbeat
and I wouldn’t think twice about
my gut tells me the Pistons should choose Jalen green over Evan Mobley because of how well he study the game from past nba players while playing in the g-league and also his celling in having that it factor to become great. Evan Mobley is somebody that has great upside and but lack strength. Detroit have their future center Isiah Stuart. If Killian Hayes can stay healthy longterm him and green would make great backcourt pairing.
The bigger question here is what will it take for OKC or Golden State to move up into the top 4 or 5.
Golden State could easily move up a couple of spots into the top 5 by offering 7 & 14. OKC has about 35 1st rounders over the next 7 years, so they could possibly get the ENTIRE top 5 if they really wanted it.
Rockets trade 23,24, Eric Gordon to the Pacers for 13, Jeremy Lamb
Rockets trade picks 2 and 13 to the Pistons for #1.
Who says no?