Pistons Secret Weapon?! 👀 This Move Gives Them MAJOR Flexibility | Pistons Jack Reacts

Pistons Secret Weapon?! 👀 This Move Gives Them MAJOR Flexibility | Pistons Jack Reacts

Welcome back to the Pistons Jack YouTube channel. On today’s episode, we are going to go through some updated information regarding the Pistons trader player exception, how they can use it, and more importantly, when I think they will use it. We’ll also touch on some of Pistons general manager Tjan Langden’s latest comments on the off season, and a whole lot more. So, let’s get to it. [Music] All right, let’s dive straight into it. I’ve spoken about this trade player exception a whole lot. uh in the past couple of days. We’ve spoken about it at length over the past week really. This will probably be the last time I talk about it uh for the foreseeable future and it is because I got some more information. I’ve dug deeper into exactly how this exception can be used. What we already know and what we spoke about on yesterday’s episode is that the value of the trader player exception is approximately $14.3 million. It has to be used within the calendar year. It cannot be used to aggregate salaries. So essentially the Pistons cannot say uh let’s combine Marcus Sasser and the trader player exception to go get a player worth $17.1 million. That’s what Sasser and the exception would be combined. You cannot do that. The exception you can only add picks and the exception together to send out in a deal. So basically that’s kind of the the thing I’ve been thinking about and speaking to people about to get further clarification on is to how this will be used. Now, why I think this is more likely to be used than say what history says. For example, the Pistons, this is their 18th trade exception in history. They’ve only used two previously. We spoke about those on yesterday’s show. The reason why I think there’s a higher chance of this being used than Traan Lang Langden actually executing a deal using it is because of the current climate of the salary cap and the tax implications and how that affects teams. Uh, so for example, and this ties in with when I think it will use. Right now, pretty much all 30 NBA teams either feel really good about their roster and making the play or playoffs or they know they’re a rebuilding roster and they know that they they’re gunning for high lottery odds. This time of the year, teams are feeling good. But this is where the value of the trade exception can help the Pistons and when I think it will be used is closer to the trade deadline in the upcoming season. Whilst this exception can be used at any moment now for the upcoming year I believe I think it is likely it is something that Traan looks to capitalize on you know around mid December when deals players all players can be start to be traded all the way up until the trade deadline and that’s because typically around 30 games into the season most NBA teams know where they’re at. Most teams will know oh our roster is not as good as we thought oh we’re not close to the plan. Okay, we’re definitely not going to be top six in our conference. That’s when they start to look into moves they can make to potentially get out of the tax. There could be a team that’s currently in the first or second apron that thinks, “Yeah, we’re going to be top four. We’re pushing for conference finals.” But they might get 35 games into the season go, “Oh, we’ve had this injury. This this call is not working. We need to get under the tax and the under the apron because our owner is not going going to want to pay a huge tax bill for us to not even get close to where a team of this expense should be. So that’s where I think the Pistons going to really be able to capitalize. Right now the only team I believe that has cap space per spot track in the upcoming season is the Jazz and Nets. The the Nets currently have 8 million and the Jazz currently have just over 4 million. Apart from that, every other team is is and some other teams do have trade exceptions. I believe the Hawks do, but every other team doesn’t have cap space to work with for the current moment. Now, that probably could change. We’ll see what happens as the offseason plays out, but this is where Pistons can benefit. They’re a team that, as you can see, these players on the right that we spoke about yesterday, all of these players here, PJ Washington, Obi Toppin, Grant Williams, Jared Vanderbut, all those guys there, they fit into the trade exception. And this means that the Pistons can really capitalize. Now, for example, let’s use um PJ Washington. I know everyone loves him. I spoke a little bit bit about it on yesterday’s show. U but just PJ Washington and his contract. Let’s say the Mavs. I think they have very high aspirations the upcoming season. Let’s say though, uh let’s just say their season doesn’t go as a planned. K Iving is ruled out indefinitely. Um, let’s say for example, AD suffers some injuries and then Cooper Flag needs probably a bit more time than maybe they first thought and it’s just looking like they’re not going to make a true playoff push. Maybe they go, “Okay, we’re not going to pay the tax. Let’s try to get off PJ Washington.” And then the Pistons can swoop in and say, “Well, look, PJ is still a valuable player. We’ll give you a future first and some second for him and we’ll take him into our exception.” They don’t need to take contracts back. Now, do the Mavs want to try to get a player back for PJ Washington? Probably. But Pistons picks could be enticing now. I mean, because I think PJ is worth something of value. I don’t think the Pistons and the Mavs just give him up, dump him to the Pistons. So, um, and and plenty of other teams will be trying to get him. But that’s one example. The another example here is, let’s use Herb Jones for example. Let’s say the Pelicans, who I think are deep. They’re they’re got one of the most expensive rosters going into next season from what I can see with Jordan Paul, Zion, uh, who else do they have? Trey Murphy’s extension kicking in, I believe. Um, they have some other Oh, Deonte Murray, they’re really expensive team now. They they obviously with the deals, the moves they’ve made, they think they’re going to be a playoff team next season, and they very may well may be. Let’s say they’re not. And let’s say their ownership, who is not the ownership who likes to pay the tax, says, “Why are we paying all this money?” They might go, “Herb Jones, we value him, but he’s also someone we could move. the Pistons could swoop in and offer some picks to get Herb Jones. Now, on the flip side as well, the Pistons might not need to give up picks. It’s just Herb Jones and PJ Washington are two really good rotation players who could start in a playoff game in my opinion. So, that’s why I think the Pistons will have to give up future picks. But on the flip side, there could be another team heap into the tax that is looking to shed salary come the Jet deadline like the Phoenix Suns. Uh now look, Dylan Brooks, Grace Allen, they’re a bit expensive for this, but um they might have some lesser players on their roster. Here’s the thing. The trade exception can be used on multiple deals. So they might want to shed some salary around the $8 million mark if they have that. Pistons can take that in, and they still will have roughly 6 million on that trade exception. Now, that probably won’t get used, but just for some clarification there. So these are just ways they can use it, and I think it’s really going to be beneficial around the trade deadline, and I think that’s when you can expect to see it being used. Um, so yeah, I understand for the most part fans disappointed we didn’t get a player back. I kind of was too. I was kind of getting excited for Malik Monk or if they could do something with John Collins, but uh it sounds like Trajan and we’re going to talk about his comments in just a moment has a real investment in this young core and ensuring that even guys like Ron and Assaar can play some of those backup four minutes with Bobby Clintman and just getting a real feel for this young core for the first 50 games of the season. So that’s just kind of my final update on that. Um, and just to confirm, the trader player exception is worth $14.354 million. It can’t be a dollar over that, but any player below that on that salary for next season can be brought in. Keep that in mind. Now, some we had some deals finalized today and announced officially with some contract details for who the Pistons have signed. I’ll go through these very, very quickly, but it does tie into how the Pistons can continue to build out this roster over the off season that remains. Duncan Robinson signed for 3 years 48 million. We knew that. The bit we didn’t know is that we knew year one was fully guaranteed at 16 million. Year two’s only got $2 million guaranteed. So reportedly it was around 9 million initially. So that’s all the way down to 2 million. Year three non-g guaranteed at all. So I think that’s a really good deal. I’m a bit higher on Dougen Robinson. Let me know your thoughts. Uh Carris Levert, I don’t think the team announced it and I’m pretty sure they’ve used their midlevel to sign him two years 29 million. Chaz Laneir as reported by Mike Scottto has replied of hoops has signed for four years 8.79 million first two years fully guaranteed year three and four could be with some triggers there. So similar to Bobby last year who got a guaranteed contract in the second round at pick 372. Uh seems like there’s a real investment in um these second round picks that Traan has taken. So um we’ll see what happens. I’m excited to watch both Bobby and Chaz at the summer league next week. We’re going to do a full breakdown on the summer league tomorrow. Bit of a preview for you all for what to expect, who’s on the team. Uh and then finally, Bball Paul, uh it was Keith Smith of the Front Office Show and over at Spotrak said that uh the Pistons did use bird rights or free agency rights to bring back Paul Reed on the 2 years $11 million. So, what that means is that the Pistons still have to add players. They’ve got 13 players on the roster for the upcoming season. They still need to add at least one, I’m pretty sure. Maybe you can add up to 15. Well, I think you can have up to 22 on your roster heading into training camp, but I think it has to be cut back to 15 uh before opening night. And I think you can go in with 14. So, they need to at least add another player to the roster. Um, and they can use the trader player exception we’ve spoken about of 14.35 million. They can use a bannual exception of 5.1 million that is still available to them. And they also have vet minimums which will be a $2.3 million cap hit. So, lot of info there. I hope that has cleared things up with how the trading player session can be used and what else the options the Pistons have to go at a backup for potentially like Chris Bush, Tre Lu spoke about them at length or a backup point guard if that’s what you see fit. Um, but I hope that clears it up. I hope that helps everyone and I probably won’t bring this up again unless there’s some rumors or updates with when this is going to be used. But I hope that helped a lot of you. Uh finally, uh Trajan had some spoke to the media very briefly today about some of his offseason acquisitions. Uh he said in relation to the Caris Levert and Duncan Robinson saying it was a priority to get bigger on the perimeter and he believes Levert and Duncan bring that. Car 6’6, Duncan Robson 6’8 definitely an upgrade in size from THJ and Malik Beasley. Um he also said he sees uh Caris Levert defending one through three being a secondary creator, being a secondary initiator, filling some of the void that Dennis Schroeder filled. Um whilst he not might not be the playmaker that Dennis is, I do think he’s got the similar shot creation and he’s 6’6. So I think Levert alongside Ivy alongside Assal some more playmaking reps. Whilst it might be a bit clunky to begin and not as smooth as a vet like Dennis Shro as a playmaker, I think you can feel that there if those guys warm into those roles. Uh he had an update on Assar Thompson which has the fan base. Very excited. Uh he said you’re going to see a very different Assar Thompson. He’s gotten bigger. So a lot of fans are tying that to the fact that Assar could be playing some backup four minutes. It looks like that right now with how the roster’s built. And I’m really excited to see a stronger Asar with an improved handle. How much better he can get at penetrating into the paint, getting to the free throw line, and really creating um catch and shoot looks when he collapses the defense because I think if he can improve that handle this season, I don’t really mind if the jump is still a season or two away. Cuz if he can improve that handle, that man is going to be very similar to his brother in the way they attack the paint because the athleticism in my opinion is very similar. Um, and I think what’s holding Assar back has probably just been that the handle. A man has a bit more of a tighter handle, a bit more crafty. So, I’m really excited for Assar, and I think we all should be. Final thing from Traan was on Jaden Ivy and he said, as such, Ivy’s return gets lost in all of this. This is a quote. A lot of people ask how he filling out the roles of exiting players. I think he’s going to fill a lot of those point guard roles and playmaking roles and cars will fill in for Dennis as well. So, as Traan’s kind of said the whole offseason before the draft, they’re banking on internal improvement. And I don’t think he’s banking on it that there’s no plan B if it doesn’t work. But I think it’s fair to go into this season before the trade deadline. Fingers crossed they can get 50 healthy games or relatively healthy games from the likes of Assar, uh, JD, um, Cade Ivy, more those four. But you throw in Ron there as well as the fifth just to see what they have because I think Ivy missed so much of last season at Crucial Points. Um Assam miss so much of his rookie season at Crucial Points. I know Traan wasn’t here, but that’s still data that was missed to see how these guys work. So I think that’s fine and I think you can pivot at the trade deadline. You can make that bigger move. You’ve got the trade exceptions, maybe bring someone in to help. So um I I like what I’m hearing from Trajan. backs up with his plan and if there’s whilst you might not agree with his plan, I think it’s very evident there’s a plan, he sticks to his word. He doesn’t reveal his entire plan to the media, he’s never going to do that. But it sounds like there is a real plan in there and I’m sure they have plan B and C if the young core doesn’t take the steps we expect. But I think with what we’ve had in previous regimes, it’s very nice to have a GM who has a plan, sticks to his word for the most part, and kind of delivers on that. So let’s not forget this team tripled their win total last season. They’re coming in off really good momentum. Uh so that’s going to do it for today’s show, guys. Uh hope you’re really enjoying the updates. I’m really enjoying all the increased subscribers and just the new audience coming in. I really appreciate it. I really enjoy talking hoops with you all in the comments. So, thank you so much for all your support. It means a lot to me. And we’re just getting started here. We’ve got so much content coming in the offseason, summer league, and obviously for a very exciting upcoming season. So, thank you for sticking with me. And as always, go Pistons. [Music]

The Pistons just created a $14.3M Traded Player Exception from the Dennis Schröder sign-and-trade — and it could be a game-changer.

In this video, I break down exactly how the TPE works, how Detroit can use it, and why this gives the Pistons major flexibility moving forward.

I also touch on:
– Ausar Thompson’s updated role heading into next season
– Trajan Langdon’s latest comments on the offseason

Let me know in the comments: What would YOU do with the $14.3M exception?

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