Pistons: 1 NBA Draft trade with every team in the Northwest Division
The Detroit Pistons will have four picks in the upcoming NBA Draft but are unlikely to use them all to select players.
They won’t have the roster spots and probably don’t want to add three more rookies to a team that is already has a lot of youth in Saddiq Bey, Isaiah Stewart, Killian Hayes and soon to be Cade Cunningham, so one option would be to make a trade using some of their picks to either move into the first round or to grab a veteran player.
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We are going to take a look at NBA Draft trades they could make with every team in the NBA, starting with the Northwest Division.
The Northwest was one of the strongest divisions in the league this year with the Jazz and Nuggets leading the way and the Trail Blazers not far behind. The division also has the perpetually horrible Timberwolves and the rebuilding Thunder, so there are plenty of potential options when it comes to trades.
Here is one trade with each of the teams from the Northwest, starting from the bottom.
Detroit Pistons: NBA Draft trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder
The Thunder are rebuilding but already have some promising young talent. They also have three picks in the first round of the NBA Draft and may be able to grab an asset to move one of them.
In this trade, the Thunder grab another project player to develop and two second-round picks for their trouble.
The Detroit Pistons get the lowest of the Thunder’s three first-round picks, which will fall at #18 in the NBA Draft.
Weaver didn’t draft Doumbouya, so has no connection to him and may feel he can find a better player in that range, while the Thunder get to take a flyer on a former #15 pick who might just need more minutes and a consistent role to flourish. Everyone wins here, as Sekou gets to develop in a less pressure-filled environment and Troy Weaver gets the clean slate he has always wanted.