Auburn Hills — For many NBA fans, the trade deadline is more like Christmas Day, full of promise and bright eyes, marveling at the shiny, new gifts coming in for being good all year.
In many cases, the prosperous teams such as the 76ers and Raptors got expensive new pieces, in Tobias Harris and Marc Gasol, respectively. Others, such as the Celtics, didn’t add anything new, awaiting the chance at a much bigger prize at the summer shopping season, if they saved up enough to get Anthony Davis.
In the Pistons’ case, they window-shopped in the premium section to add some needed pieces, but in the end, opted against going over their credit card limit by taking a significant risk on a trade with the Grizzlies for point guard Mike Conley.