When competing for a championship, role players can be worth their weight in gold. But teams in the Detroit Pistons’ position evaluate role players differently than more competitive teams. At times, this has put Troy Weaver in a difficult position.
Throughout the last three years, he’s been forced to trade players for less than their worth because it wasn’t in the interest of the team to pay them fair market value. Other teams have been well aware of the Pistons’ position and often had more than one option to fill their needs.
Detroit Pistons: Trading away the role players was smart
Weaver traded both Bruce Brown and Luke Kennard for less than their “fair market” value, but he acquired something for players he couldn’t justify paying.