Pistons’ Twitter Mailbag: The Ayton risk, Josh Hart, Zion and more

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Pistons’ Twitter mailbag, where I take questions about all things Detroit Pistons.

Pistons’ Twitter came up with some great questions again this week, mostly focused on the offseason, which will be one of the most important ones in years.

We had questions about everything from free agency, to the Draft, to the chances Jerami Grant gets traded and I tried to answer as many of them as I could.

Thanks so much for submitting a question and if didn’t get to yours, sorry, it was just a space or repetition issue.

Let’s get to it.

Detroit Pistons’ Twitter mailbag: Reader questions about the offseason

Yes.

If the Pistons are going to pursue a big-named free agent, that player will likely be a restricted free agent and this is part of the risk/annoyance of making an offer that the other team can match or beat.

The Pistons aren’t likely to be big players in free agency otherwise, as they have most of their team already signed, so it wouldn’t be a big deal to have to wait in free-agent limbo.

If they were to sign Ayton, any other free agent signings would be minor, not guys who will be snatched up on the first day, so it doesn’t matter if they have to wait.

I wrote abbot the pros and cons of trading for Duncan Robinson earlier in the week, so I won’t rehash the entire argument.

My conclusion was no, they shouldn’t trade for him, as he is a one-dimensional player who might be getting worse and the Pistons can find a similar guy for cheaper. They may already have him in Isaiah Livers, who is more versatile and can defend, unlike Robinson.

The whole reason he would be available is because Max Strus outplayed him on a league minimum deal. I’d rather take chance on a few Strus-like players and see if one of them sticks than to tie up cap space on Robinson, who is good but doesn’t move the needle enough for that contract.