For a few short days five months ago, the Detroit Pistons had Donatas Motiejunas, Marcus Thornton, and no first round draft pick. Today, the team has Henry Ellenson and Jon Leuer, while Houston is stuck playing the restricted free agency game with Motiejunas. The revisionist history game is a fickle one, but Detroit has to love how this all played out.
We all know about the Motiejunas saga. Stan Van Gundy and company shipped away a first round pick to acquire the stretch-four at last season’s trade deadline.