The Detroit Pistons traded with the Minnesota Timberwovles to move up from the 53rd to the 37th pick in the NBA Draft. That means the team will likely get a player with a legitimate shot to make a roster and not just someone to stash overseas.
The cost was the contract of Wendell Moore who has $2.5 million on his final guaranteed deal. If he makes the team great, if he doesn’t, that’s fine too.
Detroit was not the only team to wheel and deal. The Kings traded a pair of young players to cut salary in Davion Mitchell and Sasha Vezenkov, and the Hawks dealt away 2022 first-rounder AJ Griffin in a salary dump.