Following several weeks of riding the pine after his ill-timed trade request, it appears Thon Maker finally got his wish and is headed to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Stanley Johnson, per Adrian Wojnarowski.
Pistons are finalizing a trade to send Stanley Johnson to Milwaukee for Thon Maker, league source tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 6, 2019
Over the past two seasons, Maker flashed occasional potential as a switchable big who could stroke it from deep, but fell out of Budenholzer’s rotation as this season wore on.