Pistons trade Arron Afflalo and Walter Sharpe
By Dan Feldman
The Pistons have traded Arron Afflalo and Walter Sharpe to the Nuggets for a future second-round pick, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.
It would have been nice to pick up a first rounder, but I like this deal. Detroit has a crowd at shooting guard and small forward, so Afflalo wouldn’t have seen many minutes. And Sharpe didn’t show enough to give indication he can be a player in this league.
Here’s how the salary chart looks now:
| Player | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
| Richard Hamilton | $11,625,000 | $12,650,000 | $12,650,000 | $12,650,000 | $0 |
| Tayshaun Prince | $10,324,380 | $11,148,760 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Ben Gordon | $9,000,000 | $9,720,000 | $10,440,000 | $11,160,000 | $11,880,000 |
| Charlie Villanueva | $6,000,000 | $6,500,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,500,000 | $8,000,000 |
| Jason Maxiell | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $0 |
| Kwame Brown | $4,100,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Rodney Stuckey | $1,805,040 | $2,767,126 | $3,868,442 | $0 | $0 |
| Fabricio Oberto | $1,800,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Austin Daye | $1,398,200 | $1,503,100 | $1,875,500 | $2,875,142 | $4,019,448 |
| Will Bynum | $825,497 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| TOTALS: | $51,878,117 | $49,288,986 | $40,833,942 | $39,185,142 | $23,899,448 |
The Pistons also have two roster charges of $457,588 because they have few than 12 players. I’m not sure if each disappears as the team acquires a player or if it’s after the player acquired. But for now, Detroit’s total cap number is $52,793,293.
The salary cap is set at $57.7 million, so the Pistons have $4,906,077 in cap room.