Detroit Pistons Receive: C Deandre Ayton
Indiana Pacers Receive: C Kelly Olynyk, 2022 First-Round Pick (5th Pick – DET)
Phoenix Suns receive: C Myles Turner, F Jerami Grant
If this deal is remotely possible, the Phoenix Suns ought to jump at the chance to take it. After all, the opportunity to sign-and-trade a recent first-overall pick and actually improve your team is a rare one.
It may be in the cards. This deal depends on the Pistons seeing more upside in Ayton than they do in anyone that will be available with the fifth pick in the 2022 draft. They’ve been frequently linked to Ayton: is it possible they like him this much?
The Suns will surely hope so. So will the Indiana Pacers. They’re not going to get better value for Turner than the fifth overall pick. As the owners of the sixth pick, this deal has them picking back-to-back.
It could be a franchise-altering event. Suppose the Pacers are stuck between two prospects with the sixth pick. Suddenly, they can have their cake and eat it too. In fact, every team involved in this trade is eating well after making it.
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Assuming, that is, that, unlike the Suns, the Pistons view Deandre Ayton as a max-level player.
