Pistons trade-value rankings No. 11: Luigi Datome

I’m a sucker for Bill Simmons’ trade-value rankings. So, I created a list using the same criteria – production, contract status and age – for the Pistons. The order runs lowest-to-highest value.

No. 11 Luigi Datome

There isn’t much difference between Datome and Joel Anthony, who ranked one spot lower on this list. Both are on expiring contracts, and neither plays much – though Anthony, as a big man, finds an on-court use a little more often.

So why does Datome rank higher? He makes less money.

Between two players who don’t provide anything, teams would probably rather pay Datome $576,471 than Anthony $1,251,765

the rest of the season.