They have four big men and not enough minutes to go around unless they plan to try and pigeonhole one of them into the power forward slot and play two bigs at once. But even if Detroit plays Isaiah Stewart at the four with Jalen Duren or one of the others, that still leaves two centers on a roster that might only have minutes for one of them.
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Paying a third center who rarely plays over $12 million a season is not an efficient allocation of resources, so expect to hear plenty of trade rumors involving either Marvin Bagley III or James Wiseman.