I believe Mgl is a bulls fan
I am
But 8 years living in Michigan make me a Pistons well-wisher
And now I have morbid curiosity
Sticking him on the corner isnāt the best usage of Ivey? IāM SHOCKED!
That will fix it
So pumped.
At least Gallinari and Muscala have expiring contracts.
Around 85 mil this offseason for Weaver to improve the team.
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I think this is a pretty unremarkable deal. Theyāre dealing 2 guys who donāt/canāt play for two guys who donāt/canāt play.
The upside is that they save the $12mil from Bagleyās final year in exchange for two second picks.
Now, the question is, will gong from $84 million in space to $96 million in space (Bogieās contract isnāt guaranteed, so these numbers are based on them not doing so, who knows) matter too much
At the end of the day, the deal means little, I just think that assuming there are nearly $100 mil of realistic FA deals worth signing for Detroit is probably not true. But who knows. The cost is low, it all sort of depends on what they can do in Free Agency (a good thing to remember is that really good players essentially never hit FA anymore - last years best free agent was Fred VanVleet).
The other upside is that this is (probably) the last time you guys need to read me write about Bagley.
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Cap space is helpful for more than just FA signings
Just for funs
Here is a list of āfree agentsā
Itās kind of flawed because, for instance, Maxey (#1) is getting extended, George is either getting extended or picking up that option, Holliday ditto, etc etc
The guys here who I think could be actually gettable (for someone, not necessarily the Pistons) are Siakam, DeRozan, Claxton, DLo, Monk, Miles Bridges, Dinwiddie
Yes if you have assets to trade
They could do the āgive me your Russell Westbrook contract and two firstsā gambit I guess
Cap space can be used more creatively than that. It is itself an asset. You can use it to take on bad contracts with assets attached. Now thatās something youād rather have at the start of a rebuild and not 3 years into it lol. But still in general better to have a bad team with cap space then a bad team without it
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Yes clearly
Iām just trying to think of the albatross contracts out there and whether those teams would be trading future picks to get off them - and most of those are already being absorbed by bad teams?
Ayton is getting absorbed by a bad team who wonāt be trading picks
Jerami Grant is on the same team
Simmons on a mediocre team but one likely not trading assets to accept, but maybe
Fournier has a club option next year so thatās moot
Harris is a free agent so thatās moot
Lowry is a free agent
I donāt see the Hornets dealing picks to offload Haywood
Not exhaustive but you get my point
Maybe the āfunctional but overpaidā route (DeAndre Hunter, Zach Lavine, Markelle Fultz all on teams whoād like to compete, Hawks want to ditch Murray)
As I said, it could work out! I guess your take on that is pretty close to your faith level in Weaver/Tellum.
On another note, Livers is reunited with JP
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Should also say the only 2025 pick they have to surrender is their own - so likely 1 pick out of the first round
Do we trust Weaver to know what to do with that money?
Heās had some decent draft picks, heās had a mixed bag in the trade market, with no Home Runs, and the only good FA signing I can think of was Jerami Grant.
Paying coming and going with Bagley, a guy nobody else wanted, is truly a masterclass in how to run a team.
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you might have to when Bagley goes 20 and 15 for the Wizards 
Weaver needs to be gone before he gets a chance to damage the roster.
Pistons win by 15 and win the trade.
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Undefeated on the season when Cade, Bojan, Livers, Bags, and Morris donāt play!
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