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When Troy Weaver spoke at season’s end and said, “The assets for the Pistons moving forward are all in house – it’s internal development and growth that will be our focus this summer,” it was easy to draw the inference he was referring largely to the four rookies drafted last November and thrown into the fray immediately without benefit of a typical rookie orientation.
He could just as easily have been talking about Hamidou Diallo. At 22, Diallo showed flashes – thunderbolts, at times – of the potential NBA scouts have seen in him since he came on their radar as a 15-year-old on the AAU circuit. In 20 games with the Pistons, Diallo showed the athleticism, toughness and explosive bursts that make him a potentially devastating defender and holy terror in transition and as an attacker.
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The NBA trade market could erupt this offseason.
The need for roster reinforcements is seen almost everywhere, from championship hopefuls looking for the finishing piece to playoff disappointments deciding they ve had enough of their core. As per usual, there s also a class of bottom-feeders in asset-accumulation mode who have a willingness to deal.
While the upcoming draft class looks loaded at the top, it probably won t give many win-now teams much assistance. Free agency usually does, but this offseason, few clubs will have meaningful cap space, and there will be fewer high-level players to spend it on.
So, if teams are interested in adjustments, they re probably willing to talk swaps. While there is already ample speculation on what could happen this summer, we went into the trade-machine lab and cooked up four fresh ideas the hoops world would never see coming.