The Detroit Pistons made waves around the NBA at the trade deadline for both what they did and what they ended up not doing in the end. The Pistons briefly acquired Donatas Motiejunas and Marcus Thornton from the Houston Rockets in exchange for their 2016 first round draft pick and Joel Anthony, only to void the trade after Motiejunas took and failed a physical.
All players involved in transactions are required to take physical examinations in order to complete trades, and there was concern about Motiejunas’s ability to pass leading up to the time of the event itself.