Deleterious

Link to the Pistons salary situation. https://www.spotrac.com/nba/detroit-pistons/yearly They sit at about $135 million with 11 players signed. This included none of the free agents for this summer like Duren. Salary cap is projected at $165 million. 1st Apron at $209 million. 2nd Apron at $222 million. Luxury tax at $201 million. Draft: June 23rd is the first round and the 24th is the second round. Pistons are picking 21st. They currently do not have a 2nd round pick. Key free agent dates: June 30th at 6PM eastern teams are free to start talking to free agents. July 1st the moratorium begins. Teams can continue to negotiate, but no contracts or trades can happen at this time. The league uses this time to go over the books and determine the seasons salary cap. June 6th at noon eastern teams can officially start to sign free agents. Dates related to the Pistons and their players: June 29th - The team option for Jenkins and Smith must be decided by this date. If they pick up Smith's option it is not guaranteed, yet. January 10th - Reed, Robinson, and Smith are guaranteed if still on the roster at this date. Reed and Smith can be cut this summer and cost Detroit $0. Robinson can be cut this summer and cost Detroit $2 million, compared to his $15 million season salary. Pistons free agents: Jalen Duren - Restricted full Bird rights Tobias Harris - Unrestricted partial Bird rights Javonte Green - Unrestricted partial Bird rights Kevin Huerter - Unrestricted full Bird rights Malik Beasley - Unrestricted partial Bird rights. Yes, they still hold the rights to Beasley. Full vs. restricted Bird rights. Full means they can go over the cap for pretty much any amount to sign them. Partial means there are restrictions on how much they can offer. They can go over that restriction, but then they need actual cap space to offer them. Most feel the Pistons will operate as an over the cap team this summer. That means they will have no cap space to use on free agents. They will get the Mid-Level Exception(MLE). The MLE Is a certain percentage of the cap and will probably be around $15.5 million this year. So that is what the Pistons have to work with in free agency this summer, $15.5 million. They did have the Bi-Annual Exception, but burned it in the trade with Minnesota. That means they can't use it this summer, but can again in the summer of 2027.

By the way. The Pistons are now free to make trades, with a few rules. They can only trade with other teams whose season is over. They can not trade any pending free agents, like Duren. I don't think they can trade anyone with a pending option either, but I could be wrong on that. I'm having a hard time coming up with any trades that have actually gone down during this period. Most want to wait until the new season starts on July 1st.

I would offer Ausar 5/$150 million and probably go up to 5/$175 but nothing higher this summer. I doubt he would sign either of them.

I would offer Duren 4/$80 million and tell him to go find a better offer. I match up to 4/$100 no questions asked and go no higher than 4/$120.

That is the most Joe thing ever.

The knock on JB has always been he's not a strong X's and O's guy, and he did nothing in this series to prove that wrong. For seven straight games the Pistons switched everything. That left two of their worst perimeter defenders out on an island against the two best Cavs offensive players. Most of the time Detroit didn't even fight it. Often switching before Cleveland actually made physical contact on the screen. I don't understand how you make zero defensive adjustments the entire series.

It wouldn't be easy. His value has never been lower than it is right now.

Basically the good CB tactic in the NFL.

If you told me before the game Harden would shoot 2-10 0-6 for 9 points I would probably have asked what time the Pistons-Knicks tip on Tuesday.

In the two games Detroit was eliminated the past two seasons. Cade is 0-15 from three combined.

I better not ever see Tobias Harris in a Pistons uniform again.

Not sure if I should be upset with Cade for only taking 15 shots in a game 7. Or happy he only took 15 shots since he shot 33% from the field and 0-6 from three.

Tobias Harris doesn't make a single FG in a game 7.

You never let opportunity slip through your hands, and they did. Nothing is guaranteed, just ask Lions fans. Everyone thought they would be back after losing to SF, and they have had two consecutive disappointing seasons in a row.

What an epic disaster of a season. The east hasn't been this wide open in years, and probably won't be for the foreseeable future. Instead of Detroit shooting their shot they sat on their hands and didn't try to improve at the deadline. So you are stuck with Jenkins and Sasser playing big minutes in a game 7. They lost this game in February.

Mitchell just went 3/4 speed down the court for the layup attempt

Just running the Pistons off the floor

Why is Sasser playing? There is a reason you didn't play him all year. There is a reason you played Green and Holland.

Allen with another great game 7

Maybe JB can sign another extension before the end of the game

What the **** is Cade doing?

Old man Harden out hustles the Pistons for the offensive rebound

They warned them. First one is a warning then you shoot on the second one