Remember K-Mart?
If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, you remember. It was the other big-box shopping center. It didn’t have as much as Walmart and it wasn’t as nice as Target, but it existed. There were deals to be had — no matter what you needed.
When you’re a team like the Detroit Pistons, you view the NBA trade market similarly.
Teams like Detroit, ones early in a multi-year rebuild, don’t go shopping for designer brand. They aren’t looking to trade for the Bradley Beals or Damian Lillards of the world.