Detroit Pistons Receive: C Deandre Ayton

Los Angeles Lakers Receive: F Jerami Grant, C Kelly Olynyk

Phoenix Suns receive: F/C Anthony Davis

With this deal, the Los Angeles Lakers may forego the most valuable asset in the deal (Ayton), but they’re getting a comfortably better fit for their current roster.

This trade may even allow them to hang onto Westbrook. For all of his flaws, it’s fair to say their 2021-22 roster did not maximize his strengths. By adding a stretch big in Olynyk and a strong floor-spacing four in Grant, they’d be giving him a much better opportunity to succeed.

Meanwhile, the rebuilding Pistons land a recent number-one pick in Ayton. He’s a perfect pick-and-roll partner for gifted franchise player Cade Cunningham. This deal, realistically, is a no-brainer for them.

On the other hand, it’s a head-scratcher for the Phoenix Suns. They’ll have soul-searching to do this summer.

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If they don’t see a future with Ayton, or Ayton doesn’t see a future with them, they may have to part with the man they made the number one pick just a few summers ago.

The Los Angeles Lakers just might be able to capitalize.