Heat get: Derrick Rose (2yr/$15m), Christian Wood (1yr/$1.6m), Markieff Morris (2yr/$6.5m, player option next season); Pistons get: Meyers Leonard (1yr/$11.2), KZ Okpala (3yr/$4.1m)
I kinda think D-Rose can be great with this fast-moving, no-position Heat team that are well-positioned for the playoffs and Morris should fit, too (though the Heat would probably rather have Marcus Morris, but, hey, they look alike...that's worth something, right?). As for Wood, I've always kinda liked him but it doesn't seem like he's really ever gonna play in this league, so I'm assuming he'd get cut (unless the Heat can make room for him by finally getting rid of Dion Waiters...?). Leonard gives the Heat minutes but...nothing else. I don't know what's up with Okpala, I haven't noticed him getting any playing time or any time in the G-League, so not sure what the Heat think of him.
As for the Pistons...ehhh....man, it doesn't matter what they do. Leonard would give them minutes for the rest of the year and then cap space in the summer. If Okpala is a keeper, then great, they'd keep him. Getting off Rose (Reggie Jax should be on his way back) and Morris would at least give them a little more flexibility in the summer. But...ehhh...it doesn't matter. If Blake Griffin can't play then this squad has absolutely nowhere to go and no money to spend, so....it doesn't matter, nothing matters. That Chicago and Cleveland are both somehow even worse is the only thing that even makes it look like Detroit is competing. Are they better off with Rose and Morris? It doesn't matter.
This isn't exactly the master stroke that puts the Heat over the top (that would have to involve getting rid of James Johnson and/or Waiters), but Rose off the bench and Morris in the rotation just makes them thicker and an even tougher out in the post-season. I don't see this team coming out of the East but I could see them beating somebody they're not supposed to beat. As for the Pistons, it doesn't matter, nothing matters.
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2019-20 Detroit Pistons
2018-19: 41-41 (lost in the 1st rd of the playoffs)
Draft picks: 15,45
Signed for next season ($116.8m): Blake Griffin, Andre Drummond, Reggie Jackson, Jon Leuer, Langston Galloway, Glenn Robinson, Luke Kennard, Thon Maker, Sy Mykhailiuk, Bruce Brown, Khyri Thomas
This squad is built around Girffin and Drummond for better or worse for two more years and that's not a bad way to go, but it does hamstring the roster for the rest of this season.
I assume this will be the last year in Detroit for Jackson, Leuer, Galloway, Robinson and Maker. They are effectively all auditioning for next summer's free agent market (or to be trade bait for the deadline).
Kennard, Mykhailiuk, Brown and Thomas are the youngsters to keep an eye on. So far each of them seems...okay...which is not gonna be good enough for the Pistons going forward. I expect the Pistons to completely clean house next summer.
This summer's free agents: Ish Smith, Zaza Pachulia, Jose Calderon, Wayne Ellington
Pachulia is probably done but Smith, Calderon and Ellington can still be effective players in the right circumstance, but I suppose Detroit is not that circumstance for any of these guys.
In the draft, if they end up with Romeo Langford (Indiana) and Johntay Porter (Missouri) that'd be a pretty good night. They're not looking to fill any particular position, they need to grab the best talent available regardless of position.
Next year's lineup:
PG Jackson, SG Kennard, SF Robinson, PF Griffin, C Drummond with Thomas, Mykhailiuk, Galloway, Maker and Leuer off the bench.
That's maybe good enough for 8th in the East but I don't see that squad getting further than that. I'd suggest they tank and get a good draft pick except that the Pistons haven't drafted particularly well over the years, may as well try to be a playoff team.
Draft picks: 15,45
Signed for next season ($116.8m): Blake Griffin, Andre Drummond, Reggie Jackson, Jon Leuer, Langston Galloway, Glenn Robinson, Luke Kennard, Thon Maker, Sy Mykhailiuk, Bruce Brown, Khyri Thomas
This squad is built around Girffin and Drummond for better or worse for two more years and that's not a bad way to go, but it does hamstring the roster for the rest of this season.
I assume this will be the last year in Detroit for Jackson, Leuer, Galloway, Robinson and Maker. They are effectively all auditioning for next summer's free agent market (or to be trade bait for the deadline).
Kennard, Mykhailiuk, Brown and Thomas are the youngsters to keep an eye on. So far each of them seems...okay...which is not gonna be good enough for the Pistons going forward. I expect the Pistons to completely clean house next summer.
This summer's free agents: Ish Smith, Zaza Pachulia, Jose Calderon, Wayne Ellington
Pachulia is probably done but Smith, Calderon and Ellington can still be effective players in the right circumstance, but I suppose Detroit is not that circumstance for any of these guys.
In the draft, if they end up with Romeo Langford (Indiana) and Johntay Porter (Missouri) that'd be a pretty good night. They're not looking to fill any particular position, they need to grab the best talent available regardless of position.
Next year's lineup:
PG Jackson, SG Kennard, SF Robinson, PF Griffin, C Drummond with Thomas, Mykhailiuk, Galloway, Maker and Leuer off the bench.
That's maybe good enough for 8th in the East but I don't see that squad getting further than that. I'd suggest they tank and get a good draft pick except that the Pistons haven't drafted particularly well over the years, may as well try to be a playoff team.
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