Ex-Pistons players Marvin Bagley III and Isaiah Livers got news of their trade to Washington in the midst of a Detroit practice. As Mike Curtis of The Detroit News relays (Twitter video link ), Bagley and Livers – now members of the Wizards – were filmed bidding their Pistons colleagues farewell.
The duo, along with a pair of second-round draft picks, was shipped out to the Wizards earlier today. Detroit added forwards Danilo Gallinari and Mike Muscala , while saving considerable coin on Bagley’s contract for 2024/25.
There’s more out of the Motor City:
- With the trade deadline looming and the Pistons still spiraling at a league-worst 3-36, Omari Sankofa II Detroit Free Press has cooked up several potential trades that could help slightly elevate the club’s dismal 2023/24 season. Sankofa’s piece was published prior to today’s trade, hence the inclusion of Bagley in one of the proposals. Several of the hypothetical moves involve shipping out veterans Bogdan Bogdanovic and/or Alec Burks .
- Today’s trade seems to forecast a change-heavy summer for the Pistons, posits James L. Edwards III of The Athletic . Veterans Gallinari and Muscala are both signed to expiring deals, which – along with the expiring salaries of Burks, Joe Harris and Monte Morris – will put Detroit in position to create upwards of $60MM in cap room.
- As cap expert Yossi Gozlan (Twitter link ) previously noted and as Sankofa confirms (via Twitter ), the Pistons generated a $5.7MM trade exception as part of the deal. As Keith Smith of Spotrac (Twitter link ) observes, that means Detroit continues to operate as an over-the-cap team, despite its player salaries coming in a little below the $136MM cap.