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Detroit Pistons lose creator of trade machine, Assistant GM Sachin Gupta to Minnesota

By Brendan Triola

DETROIT, MI - JUNE 20: Ed Stefanski senior adviser talks to the media at Little Caesars Arena on June 20, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty Images)
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The Detroit Pistons have lost their assistant general manager, Sachin Gupta, to the Minnesota Timberwolves after only one season.

According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Minnesota Timberwolves have hired Detroit Pistons assistant GM Sachin Gupta as their Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations.

The Timberwolves previously hired Gersson Rosas to be their President of Basketball Operations, and Rosas and Gupta worked together during their time with the Houston Rockets.

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Gupta was hired as the Pistons assistant GM the last offseason, as the front office tore down everything from the Stan Van Gundy era and started fresh. Gupta’s role focused on analytics, and perhaps he is most well known for being the creator of the ESPN trade machine.

Pistons fans were delighted to hear of his signing with the team, as it signaled towards more of an analytically driven front office; those of which you’ll find in almost every successful franchise in the National Basketball Association.

Gupta had previously worked under Daryl Morey in Houston as a special advisor before signing with the Detroit Pistons the last off-season. Houston, as many know, are the golden standard for the analytical movement. It took the Rockets to a game seven against the Golden State Warriors last season and many believe would’ve gotten them to the finals if Chris Paul did not go down.

Pistons fans saw the difference immediately this season with an increased emphasis on three-point attempts. The Detroit Pistons finished sixth in the three-point attempts per game this season with 34.8 per game.

But, the Pistons were just 23rd in the league in percentage shooting a disappointing 34.8 percent from downtown.

The Pistons made the concerted effort to more of an analytical type of game while Gupta was employed in Detroit, and hope to continue what he helped establish in his one season here.

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James Edwards of the Athletic has reported that the Pistons will look both in-house, as well as at outside candidates when making their decision on who they would like to pursue to replace Gupta.

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