Within the first 72 hours of NBA free agency, the Detroit Pistons secured Tobias Harris with a two-year, $52 million deal (yikes!) and still have around $28 million in cap space left. Their new president of basketball operations, Trajan Langdon, aims to utilize the extra space by acquiring unwanted contracts to gain draft assets. In The Athletic, James L. Edwards III explains how Detroit, needing to reach the salary floor and fill their roster, might target financially constrained teams like the New York Knicks for mutually beneficial trades.
The Knicks, having acquired Mikal Bridges and retained OG Anunoby, now boast one of the NBA’s best wing duos but face the risk of being hard-capped.