JUNE 28: The trade is now official, according to a tweet from the Pistons.
JUNE 23: The Celtics will receive the following future second-round picks from the Pistons as part of this trade, per a press release:
- The most favorable of the Pistons’, Warriors’, and Wizards’ 2025 second-rounders.
- The most favorable of the Timberwolves’, Pelicans’, Knicks’, and Trail Blazers’ 2026 second-round picks.
JUNE 22: The Celtics and Pistons are swapping draft picks, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic, who reports (via Twitter) that Detroit is moving up from No. 31 to No. 25 and selecting Houston guard Marcus Sasser.
Technically, the No. 25 pick is still held by the Grizzlies, but it’s being sent to Boston as part of the three-team Marcus Smart trade that was agreed to on Wednesday night. The Celtics will reroute it to the Pistons.
In return, Boston is set to receive both the first pick in the second round and multiple future second-round selections from Detroit, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). This could be a tactical money-saving move for the Celtics, in the short term.
Sasser, a 6’1″ combo guard, will join a talented young backcourt in Detroit. He will be fighting for bench minutes behind backcourt starters Cade Cunningham and Jaden Ivey, two recent top-five lottery picks.
During his four-year NCAA career with the Cougars, Sasser was a two-time All-AAC selection and a consensus 2023 First Team All-American. In 2022/23, the 22-year-old averaged 16.8 PPG on .438/.384/.848 shooting splits. He also chipped in 3.1 APG, 2.8 RPG, and 1.6 SPG across 36 contests, all starts.
Luke Adams contributed to this report.
How can a team have too many big men and somehow also have too many guards? Oh, have zero forwards… I guess that’s how.
You must trust weaver my friend
Should of drafted Bates as a SF project
The pistons had the worst record in the nba then not only could they not get the number 1 pick in the draft they couldn’t get the number 1 Thompson twin in the draft!
They needed someone to maybe play SF. This one is taller at 6’7. So I think they picked the right one. This one was available too
Sasser could be good. He’s like a Terry Rozier/Norman Powell type of player.
He’s better, he’s like Iverson 2.0