Pistons will make one trade today that could backfire

The Detroit Pistons have been busy this offseason, making moves on the fringes, including the likely trade of Marcus Sasser to the Dallas Mavericks. 

The moratorium on NBA transactions ends today, so the Pistons and Mavericks had to wait until today to make it official. 

Though the details of the trade have not been officially reported, it has been widely speculated that the Pistons will receive second-round draft compensation, though there has also been talk that the trade could be folded into something bigger. 

Either way, it will end the Marcus Sasser era in Detroit, an era that never really seemed to get off the ground.

Why didn’t Marcus Sasser get a chance? 

If Sasser is truly finished in Detroit, I would have to list him as the one young player on the roster who never really got a chance to show what he can do in a full-time role. 

After a promising rookie season in which Sasser appeared in 71 games, his games and minutes dropped in the two seasons after that even though Sasser performed well whenever he was called upon. 

He had a strange run in Detroit, as his shooting efficiency just kept getting better while his minutes went down, eventually losing his role altogether until some emergency duty in the playoffs. 

Sasser is arguably better than some of the guys who got repeated chances in Detroit, so I do have to wonder why he wasn’t able to get on the floor for a team that was starved for shooting. 

With the Pistons adding Isaiah Joe, re-signing Kevin Huerter and drafting Ebuka Okorie, Sasser got pushed even further down the depth chart, so it makes sense for Detroit to trade him, but it is a move they could regret. 

Marcus Sasser could be a very good 6th man 

I always thought Sasser should be a lightning in a bottle scorer off the bench, and he did play that role for Detroit at times but never consistently. 

I would not be shocked in the least if Sasser goes on to thrive in that role on another team. He has always shown that he can get buckets, so hopefully Sasser will land in a situation where he’ll have a consistent role on the right roster.

Detroit picked up the team option on Daniss Jenkins, so they’ve made their choice about which cheap guard to keep, and it makes sense given that Jenkins is the better ball handler. 

But don’t be shocked if Sasser goes on to play the exact role that he could have had in Detroit. Hopefully he will not be added to the list of Pistons that were traded too soon and went on to have successful careers elsewhere. 

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