Detroit Pistons Receive: F Davis Bertans, 2025 First-Round Pick (DAL)
Dallas Mavericks Receive: F Bojan Bogdanovic
Of course, even shot creation probably isn’t the most premium skill in the NBA. Playmaking is.
The two concepts are closely related. If you can’t make a play for yourself, it’s harder to make plays for others. A player who can do both is generally a superstar.
The Pistons have two players in their backcourt with the potential to meet those standards. Cade Cunningham and Jaden Ivey both look like they’ll be elite playmakers in the future.
In all likelihood, they acquired Bogdanovic this summer to complement them both.
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There was some logic in that. On the other hand, the Pistons may have underestimated the impact of youth. Cunningham and Ivey have elite potential, but they aren’t elite playmakers yet.
Is this package enough to entice them to move on from Bogdanovic so quickly?