The Detroit Pistons haven't made a marquee move this summer, which has upset some of the fanbase, but they also haven't done anything stupid.
The Pistons have been attached to just about every available (and some not so available) players this summer, and all of them came with substantial red flags, mostly in terms of either trade cost, age or availability.
The Pistons have one of the cleanest cap sheets in the league, and should continue to have plenty of financial wiggle room after re-signing Jalen Duren, whenever that happens.
Other teams weren't so lucky, as our friend Zach Buckley from Bleacher Report put together a list of the 10 most overrated players in the league, and many of them were players who have been attached to the Pistons.
The Pistons have dodged bullets
Detroit was reportedly set to offer Austin Reaves a contract to try and lure him away from the Lakers, which didn't happen and the Pistons should probably feel good about it.
Reaves is a good offensive player, but he's not a two-way guy and he is now making second-option money. Is he a second option? Maybe, but that's unproven. Not having to pay Austin Reaves $184 million is a good thing, especially when the Pistons have Ausar Thompson's future extension to think about.
De'Aaron Fox was a guy who was attached to the Pistons in the past, and if they wanted him now, I'm sure the Spurs would be happy to give him away after his performance in the playoffs. Another guy making max money who is not even close to a max guy, so no thanks, but it won't hurt the Spurs until their young players start getting raises.
Zion Williamson was another favorite name of the trade machine aficianados, but luckily Trajan Langdon has already been down that road and wouldn't be stupid enough to do it again. Zion is still hurt all of the time and isn't even that good now when he isn't. Good luck with him and Troy Weaver, Pelicans fans!
Miles Bridges was attached to the Pistons mostly because of his connections to Michigan, but I was against that one for many reasons. Aside from the fact that he's a scumbag, he's not very good at basketball and the Suns are about to overpay him in an extension. Bullet dodged.
Jaren Jackson Jr. is a guy I wouldn't mind on the Pistons, and there were rumblings Detroit might pursue him, but Utah jumped in with three first-round picks for him. That alone is probably an overpay (though Utah had plenty of extras) not to mention paying a guy who is hurt a lot over $50 million for each of the next three seasons. I'm not sure JJJ would have moved the needle enough for the Pistons to be worth all of that. John Collins isn't better, but he's making a third of the money.
Brandon Ingram was attached to the Pistons by hopeful fans who saw him as a possible answer as the second creator. BI is good, but he is still frustratingly average at all of the things you'd want him to do. Glad the Pistons didn't bite.
Anthony Davis was briefly named as a guy the Pistons may pursue, but luckily the Wizards were the dummies. They may have gotten him for cheap, but are now talking about extending a guy who has played marginally more in the NBA than I have over the last two seasons. Another lucky miss for the Pistons.
There were a lot of the guys mentioned as possibilities for the Pistons, but they are lucky to have missed out, as all of them are making too much money for what they provide or can't stay on the court long enough for it to matter.
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