The Pistons are considered a team to watch as a possible suitor for Kings big man Marvin Bagley III, according to Marc Stein. Within his latest Substack column, Stein cites league sources who say Detroit has been tracking Bagley since last season, before the forward fell out of favor in Sacramento.
The second overall pick in the 2018 draft, Bagley had a promising rookie year for the Kings, averaging 14.9 PPG and 7.6 RPG in 62 games. However, his production hasn’t improved at all since then and his role has been reduced. Last month, the Kings informed Bagley that he wouldn’t be part of the club’s rotation to open the season, prompting agent Jeff Schwartz to put out a statement blasting Sacramento for its handling of his client.
“It’s clear they have no plans for him in the future, and yet, passed on potential deals at last year’s deadline and this summer based on ‘value,'” Schwartz said in that statement. “Instead they chose to bring him back but not play him, a move completely contradictory to their ‘value’ argument. This is a case study in mismanagement by the Kings organization.”
Bagley has appeared in just one game so far this season, logging 10 minutes of action on October 22 in a loss to Utah. A report earlier this week suggested that the 22-year-old refused to check into Monday’s game when head coach Luke Walton called his number.
While the Kings would presumably welcome the opportunity to trade Bagley, who is in the final year of his rookie contract, Stein says a deal is unlikely to be made until sometime after December 15, when more players become trade-eligible.
It’s unclear what the Pistons would be willing to give up for Bagley. The team only has three players earning over $6MM this season — Jerami Grant, Kelly Olynyk, and Cade Cunningham. Grant and Cunningham obviously wouldn’t be in play for Bagley, and I doubt the team would want to give up Olynyk just months after making a significant commitment to him in free agency.
In order to match Bagley’s $11.3MM salary then, the Pistons may have to package a couple lesser-paid players, including perhaps Hamidou Diallo ($5.2MM), who doesn’t currently have a regular role in the club’s rotation. Diallo can’t be dealt until January 15.
This isn’t exactly breaking news, especially with Olynyk out for 6 months. It’s a shame DET really won’t be able to match salaries for a Bagley trade until 12/15
Where does it say “breaking news”?
I would rather target Bol Bol.
Haliburton, Buddy, Bagley, #1 pick
—For ——— For ——— For ——— For—
Ben, Maxey, and their agent . BYE bye
Gotta take Kings ownership!
I’d trade Ben to Sacramento for Papa Johns for life at this point.
Knicks will give you Noel, Toppin
For Grant ……
What for?knick already had rj at sf.both grant and rj deserve to be starter.maybe knick need to trade pg.walker,knox,and 1st for simmons.i believe thib love ben simmons, a better version of noah
#FreeMBIII
I agree with the guy on the last article, you’re upvoting your own posts lol.
There’s no way anyone could be on Bagley’s side at this point, unless you’re his dad.
Detroit could do Cory Joseph and Josh Jackson plus filler. Picking 6 million as a cut off was weird to mention seeing as they have 4 guys making around 5 million. 3 guys in Diallo, Joseph and Jackson that are completely expendable.
Idk if the pistons want to part with Joseph. Jackson and Diallo sure, but Detroit would have to add like a top 15 protected first too, Bagley was a 2nd overall pick after all
A player making $6.5MM+ could be swapped one-for-one for Bagley. The cutoff was meant to show that any deal would have to be at least two-for-one.
Bagley sort of sounds like bag lady.
The bagley who I saw on the street every day for five years has finally received assistance with food and housing.