The Detroit Pistons made the biggest splash during last week’s trade deadline, as much for the future as for this season, in acquiring Tobias Harris from the Orlando Magic for Brandon Jennings and Ersan Ilyasova. The Pistons swung another big deal on deadline day, acquiring Donatas Motiejunas and Marcus Thornton for the Pistons’ 2016 first round draft pick (which was top-eight protected) and Joel Anthony.
The Pistons did their due diligence, insisting on a 72-hour extension in order to conduct Motiejunas’ physical, and on Monday afternoon the news came out that DMo had in fact failed his physical.