Now that the majority of moves the Pistons will make this off-season are complete, it’s time to grade them, breaking each move down individually.
Acquiring Ersan Ilyasova in exchange for Caron Butler and Shawne Williams.
Caron Butler was a fine role player off the bench who played 20.8 minutes per game in 78 appearances last year, but he wasn’t going to be a factor in the Pistons youth movement. Shawne Williams was never a thing in Detroit, and won’t be missed.
The acquisition of Ilyasova gives the Pistons a much needed stretch-four power forward who will space the floor on offense and will help fans collectively forget that Josh/Monroe/Drummond interior logjam horror-show of years gone by.
This move gets an A-.
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