The NBA has captured the Detroit Pistons mega-trade that includes five other teams, 10 players, and a handful of draft picks trading hands on its official website. That is a sign that the deal is complete and, importantly, not getting any bigger.
There has been no official press release sent by any of the teams involved, but let’s be honest, that’s a lot of stuff to type up.
The key players in the deal, from Detroit’s perspective, are all names we’ve heard before. Detroit is sending out Isaiah Stewart
(to the Memphis Grizzlies), Caris LeVert (to the Milwaukee Bucks), and Marcus Sasser (to the Dallas Mavericks). Incoming to the Pistons will be John Collins (from the Los Angeles Clippers), and Taurean Prince and Gary Harris (from the Bucks).
The deal is unofficially even bigger than it looks because the draft considerations Detroit received from the Grizzlies for Stewart are the exact picks Detroit sent to Memphis as it moved up the draft board on NBA Draft night to select Ebuka Okorie at No. 17.
Here is how the trade officially breaks down for all involved.
Detroit Pistons Receive:
- Gary Harris (Bucks)
- Taurean Prince (Bucks)
- John Collins (Clippers)
- Draft Considerations (Grizzlies)
Dallas Mavericks Receive:
- Santi Aldama (Grizzlies)
- Marcus Sasser (Pistons)
Memphis Grizzlies Receive:
- Isaiah Stewart (Pistons)
- D’Angelo Russell (Wizards)
- AJ Johnson (Mavericks)
- Draft Considerations (Wizards)
Milwaukee Bucks Receive:
- Caris LeVert (Pistons)
- Draft Considerations (Pistons)
Washington Wizards Receive:
- Khris Middleton (Mavericks)
- Draft Considerations (Mavericks)
Los Angeles Clippers Receive:
- Draft Considerations (Pistons)
Because several players were traded for draft picks, there are also some sizeable trade-player exceptions involved that will expire in a year, will likely go unused, but are always helpful to have at your disposal in case the right kind of deal presents itself.
Several of the teams are also hard-capped because of players obtained in sign-and-trade deals, including the Pistons.
Here is a not-so-helpful visual representation of the deal, included just because it’s kind of funny. When the deal is represented on the basketball-reference transaction log, it will also look like an Infinite Jest-sized chunk of text.
Who is the most important player in this deal? John Collins? Isaiah Stewart? Santi Aldama? Who knows. But it’s done.
