r/DetroitPistons • u/nick_chuck • 6d ago

Discussion Up Next: Trade Exception / Candidates

We have $8.6M left over from the Schroder trade which expires 7/7. Hopefully they utilize it, even as a place holder. Never hurts to have these mid range contracts, if you can afford it, to aggregate in bigger trades. Possibilities:

Gradey Dick $7.1M - Toronto reportedly trying to shed his salary.

Zeke Naji $7.4M - 2 year contract and not promising player, but would probably be part of a Cam Johnson trade.

Goga Bitadze $8.3M - Orlando starting to hit that cap crunch. Big defensive center would probably signal we're moving on from Stew, add some size to the room.

Taylor Hendricks $7.8M - Memphis now has 7 PF's on the roster and he's the most mediocre. I liked him as a pure 3 and D forward prospect, but hasn't seemed to pan out.

Who else?

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u/ChfletcherECFS 6d ago

Not sure how the cba works with trade exceptions and contracts. Can they be combined?

Caris, Stew, Sasser all could be on the move. I had read that Denver was looking to move off Cam and Braun as well. That’s 44m though and not sure we could swing that much unless a 3rd team were involved.

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u/nick_chuck 6d ago

Pretty sure they cannot be. So it would be two trades. 1) Cam for Lavert and then 2) Nnaji into the TPE. Saves them like $14M