Beijing time on January 15th, the famous reporter woj revealed that the Wizards (second last in the Eastern Conference) and the Pistons (first in the league) completed a 4-for-2 deal, and Bagley was sent to the Wizards.
The specific trading plan is as follows:
Wizards get: Bagley, Livers and two second rounds (25, 26);
Pistons get: Gallinari and Muscala.
Soon after, the Wizards officially announced that the deal had been officially reached, and posted photos of Bagley and Livers wearing Wizards jerseys.
Wizards general manager Dawkins also pointed out the purpose of the transaction in the statement: The first point is that Bagley and Livers are both young, have excellent personalities, love competition, and are expected to take a further step in the team system. The second point is to obtain draft picks to prepare the team for the future.
Bagley played in 26 games this season, averaging 18.4 minutes per game, averaging 10.2 points and 4.5 rebounds. Livers played in 23 games, averaging 20.4 minutes per game, averaging 5.0 points and 2.1 rebounds.
Pistons reporter James L. Edwards III followed up and pointed out several items that the team completed the deal.
The first point: free up salary space
Compared to Bagley, who has 12.5 million US dollars left next season, Gallinari (6.8 million) and Muscala (350) are both expiring contracts. After
completes this transaction, the Pistons will be able to create more than $60 million in salary space during the offseason.
Meiji Keith Smith followed up and pointed out that the Pistons are currently determined to free up US$50.3 million in salary space. If Bojan is sent away, this number will increase to US$66.1 million. Regardless of whether Bojan is sent away, the Magic will rank first in the league. Ranked second with 42 million.
3-6 are: 76ers (40.9 million), Jazz (35.8 million), Hornets (21.7 million) and Spurs (19.8 million).
The second point: Appropriate reinforcement of the current situation
james L. Edwards III pointed out in the analysis that the Pistons hope to appropriately strengthen the current situation without sacrificing the future to avoid creating the worst record in history. Currently, the Pistons have 3 wins and 36 losses and are last in the league. .
The third point: Prepare for subsequent transactions
The Pistons received a special transaction worth US$5.7 million in this transaction to facilitate the team's subsequent transactions.
team reporter James L. Edwards III bluntly stated that this deal is just an appetizer for the Pistons. Judging from various preparations, the Pistons will make big moves in the future.
For this reason, domestic famous mouthpiece Shu Hai published a long article analyzing the Pistons' possible subsequent trading actions, pointing out that the Pistons' target is Paul.
He pointed out that from the Pistons sending draft picks, it can be seen that they are the more active party in the transaction. The first purpose is to get rid of Marvin Bagley's contract.
The second one is to secure some free agency veterans in the 2024 offseason, and he made it clear that he was talking about Chris Paul.
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