12-10-2025, 05:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-10-2025, 08:39 AM by HoosierDaddyKid.)
(12-09-2025, 11:38 PM)RasheedsBigWhiteSpot Wrote: I'd want from Detroit:
Tobias Harris, Isaiah Stewart, Jaden Ivey, Ron Holland, 2027 1st unprotected, 2028 swap, 2029 1st unprotected
for
AD, Martin, Hardy and Exum
This trade makes them the overwhelming East favorite. This is my baseline if I'm Dallas because let's be honest about the return:
Ivey - a young, very injury prone player with upside
Stewart - a solid rotational big
Holland - a former top pick who is unproven
Harris - expiring salary dump
The draft picks are most likely in the mid-20s
I don't think this is a big ask relative to where it puts Detroit
And I position the picks exactly this way because I don't want this season's glorified 2nd round pick. Plus, by staggering them like this, the 2028 OKC swap essentially just becomes another Detroit pick in consecutive drafts.
That's like stealing. No way I do that trade if I'm Detroit. Giving up two 1st's, Beef Stew, Ivey, Holland, and Harris? For basically just AD. Martin, Hardy and Exum are nothing special. You are overrating those players. I don't think they need AD personally. They already are a good young team, and AD wouldn’t make them a title contender. You can't trust his reliability, his age and he makes too much money. They're not trading Stewart, he's tough and plays good D and is a very important core of the team.
https://x.com/SiriusXMNBA/status/1998546956310733246
Mark Stein on the Pistons.