Looking ahead at Detroit Pistons 2020 free agents

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Luke Kennard- Team Option- $5.3 Million

While Luke Kennard is technically a free agent, he really isn’t. The team option is a formality as Kennard is a staple of the Detroit offense being a lethal 3-point shooter.

Over his career he averages are 8.6 points per game while shooting a stellar 40 percent from behind the arc. It’s still up in the air whether Kennard will start or not but in the games where he started in he played much better, scoring much more.

Since Reggie Bullock was traded, there’s an opening at the shooting guard position that Kennard could thrive in. In the final six games of the season, all without Griffin, Kennard scored 15, 27, 21, 19, 9, and 11 points. These performances will be demanded of Kennard in order to make the Pistons push towards the playoffs.

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This will be the last cheap year for Kennard as 2020-21 will be the final year of his rookie deal. After the rookie deal he will enter Restricted Free Agency and will get his first pay day. Unless something drastic happens, I imagine Kennard will be a Piston for the long haul, whether the Pistons offer a deal or match another team’s offer, he will be here, but for how much?

Terrence Ross‘ four-year, $54 million contract, Wayne Ellington‘s two-year, $16 million contract, and J.J. Redick‘s two-year, $26.5 million contract are all indicators of what he will get but since he’s younger, he could get more. I would expect Kennard to get between $9-$14 million a season for four/five years.