4 Stars the Detroit Pistons should avoid in trades

Brandon Ingram 

Even though I like Ingram a lot as a player, this is one I am getting sick of hearing about to be honest. 

If Trajan Langdon wanted Ingram, the Pistons would probably have him by now, but he’s another star that comes with big red flags. For all of the talk about how much Zion Williamson has been injured for the Pelicans, Ingram is nearly as bad. 

He’s only played more than 70 games once in his career (his rookie season) and has since played 59, 52, 62, 61, 55, 45 and 64 games. 

He’s either been the first- or second-best player on the Pelicans and hasn’t led them anywhere and had a miserable playoffs this season as his team flamed out again. 

On the right deal, I’d love Ingram, but he is looking for a max contract extension and he just hasn’t done enough or been on the court enough to warrant paying that much. 

Ingram falls into that borderline All-Star category of guys you don’t want to overpay, much like LaVine, a very good player with flaws who won’t give you value for money because of the number of games he misses.