12/5/25 7:30PM Trial Blazers @ Pistons

[buddha]

2 hours ago, NYLion said:

How don't the Pistons have another assets? They have everything a team needs to make a big trade like that, a wealth of young talent, control of all their 1sts, tradeable vet contracts to match salary and cap flexibility. The Pistons are set up as well as any team to make a big splash trade. Whether or not they have the willingness is another story.

other teams have better assets, like atlanta, san antonio, or okc (just off the top of my head).  other teams have been accumulating first round picks, the pistons have not.

the pistons' tradeable young assets arent really that young anymore in terms of a contract.  ivey and duren are both due big deals.  do you want to trade ausar?  i know we all joke about holland and sasser, but would another team really want either of those players as a centerpiece - or asset - in a deal?  sasser isnt very good, is too small, and never plays.  holland has regressed in year two and looks like a hustle guy with limited offensive upside.

ymmv on ivey and duren.  someone may love the potential and think they can extend them on lesser deals (especially ivey) that they will outplay once they get healthy/achieve their peak performance.  but i doubt duren takes less cash.

the real potential in ivey/duren is suckering the guy who drafted them into taking them for a better player/pistons fit (murphy) whom he didnt draft.  knowing weaver and dumars' track record, you may not even have to throw in too many (or any) picks.  when they have a scouting report crush on a player, they trade assets to get him regardless of whether they could get any back (see wiseman deal, bagley deal, stewart deal (which worked out), recent queen deal).  its possible to swindle them for one of their crushes, which could be ivey/duren.