The Detroit Pistons have been broke for years. Ever since the cap explosion of 2016, the Pistons have basically been maxed out on cap space with only the trade market allowing them to make significant changes to the roster.
That was screamingly obvious to most Pistons fans the past two seasons when Detroit’s free agent hauls were the following:
2018: Glenn Robinson Jr (now gone), Jose Calderon (out of NBA), Zaza Pachulia (out of NBA).
As the Detroit Pistons look like they might finally jump into the deep end of a rebuild, with Andre Drummond trade chatter all over the NBA and with high-priced forward Blake Griffin out for the year following knee surgery, I thought it was a good time to take a good look at their books.