Avery Bradley making a difference for the Pistons

[Phantom255x]

Like I've echoed on the Kyrie-Isaiah trade threads...

It's hard to evaluate this Morris-Bradley trade w/o seeing more of Morris.

BUT SO FAR.. Detroit has looked like the winners in this trade, and AB is helping them a ton. 

We didn't make this trade to get the better player.

We did it to create the cap space for Gordon, and to get a more cost controlled player.

Your post truly confuses me.

Agreed. I think Phantom may misunderstand why that deal was made. Getting Morris was a bonus.

Yeah my mistake.

My thinking was they wanted to "sell high" on him since they simply did not want to pay him next year and they really needed a PF.

Forgot about the Hayward and $$$ situation though. My bad 

[Granath]

Like I've echoed on the Kyrie-Isaiah trade threads...

It's hard to evaluate this Morris-Bradley trade w/o seeing more of Morris.

BUT SO FAR.. Detroit has looked like the winners in this trade, and AB is helping them a ton. 

We didn't make this trade to get the better player.

We did it to create the cap space for Gordon, and to get a more cost controlled player.

Your post truly confuses me.

Agreed. I think Phantom may misunderstand why that deal was made. Getting Morris was a bonus.

Yeah my mistake.

My thinking was they wanted to "sell high" on him since they simply did not want to pay him next year and they really needed a PF.

Forgot about the Hayward and $$$ situation though. My bad 

No worries. TP.

It's hard to keep up with all of Danny's trades and the reasons for them. 

[Fafnir]

Hard to say what's changed the most for the Pistons. They've gotten a lot of improvement from all over their roster.

Drummond's ability to make a workable number of FTAs, Reggie Jackson not being a huge minus on the floor, Bradley's play, Harris is playing really well right now, etc.

[Monkhouse]

Hard to say what's changed the most for the Pistons. They've gotten a lot of improvement from all over their roster.

Drummond's ability to make a workable number of FTAs, Reggie Jackson not being a huge minus on the floor, Bradley's play, Harris is playing really well right now, etc.

Jackson improving on defense, and trying to take away passing lanes has been a godsend especially considering Jackson was a black hole on defense.
Drummond making free throws has also been a revelation. Jury is still out, whether or not Drummond can become more aggressive, and force more fouls. Also with them trying to adapt to the pace and space, their lineup of Jackson, Bradley, SJ, Harris, (who has been lights out offensively,) and Drummond has been a great lineup defensively.


I still am convinced the Pistons messed up not going after Bledsoe.

[Fafnir]

I still am convinced the Pistons messed up not going after Bledsoe.

They did, but they didn't have an expiring to dump for him and the Suns didn't want to take on more money.

[RodyTur10]

I still am convinced the Pistons messed up not going after Bledsoe.

They did, but they didn't have an expiring to dump for him and the Suns didn't want to take on more money.

I don't get why taking on salaries would be an issue for the Suns.

[RJ87]

I still am convinced the Pistons messed up not going after Bledsoe.

They did, but they didn't have an expiring to dump for him and the Suns didn't want to take on more money.

I don't get why taking on salaries would be an issue for the Suns.

So that they can keep their cap space open. They've actually been able to get FA meetings (LaMarcus Aldridge a few years ago. Blake Griffin this past off season before the Clippers got him to re-up). It's not inconceivable that they'll be able to get another FA meeting. In fact, I see them as a big threat to throw big money at Marcus Smart. He'd make a ton of sense next to Devin Booker long term.