Everyone expected change to hit the Detroit Pistons roster once Troy Weaver was hired as the team’s new general manager. Not many, however, would have guessed his first significant move would be to trade fan favorite Bruce Brown for a disappointing draft pick and a future second-rounder destined to land in the 50s.
But that’s exactly what we got when news hit that tenacious defender and second-round surprise Brown was headed to Brooklyn in exchange for Dzanan Musa and a 2021 second-round pick by way of Toronto.
It promises to be the first of what appears likely to be several moves as Weaver looks to reshape a sad and depleted Detroit roster.