OT - **Rumor** Pistons trading for Paul George

Not happening. This is a garbage rumor.

Would do the deal in a second if you feel this makes the team good enough that their picks would be in the 20"s+ in the draft.

 

Draft picks aren't worth as much in the NBA because once your past the lottery it is a crap shoot. Hell once you move past the top 6-7 picks it is.

Nothing on hoopsrumors about this. I think OP got clickbaited.

I'd like to know why his scoring dropped from being a consistent 18-20PPG scorer to a 13PPG scorer.  He's also on the wrong side of 30.  

I could like this trade though if we receive a draft pick in return.  While people may think NBA drafts are a crapshoot after the first few picks, it's still the cheapest way to add depth to your roster.

Need to be looked at differently with the way this team has been drafting.

Since 2010- Greg Monroe, Brandon Knight, Drummond, KCP, Stanley, Ellenson. Those have been the 1st round picks. Unless you are a bottom franchise, you can't overvalue those when you have the opportunity to land a near superstar like Paul George. Other than Drummond and KCP (to some extent, he's okay), the 1st round picks are either gone or they suck. 

Never sell 3 years down the road in a league where a superstar is necessary and especially not for someone who had a major injury in the recent past. Too pricy in my opinion.

Gotta try something to catch up to the real superteams, or we'll waste Drummond on a bunch of 42-40 seasons. If fail, then just reboot again.

At least I have heard of Paul George. Maybe that's all Gores is thinking too.

This deal makes sense for both sides. The Pistons get another star to pair with Drummond, and the Pacers get a defensive anchor and another guy that can score to put with Myles Turner (who they obviously want to build around going forward). 

Yeesh

Not a fan of either team, so I don't have anything riding on it ... but I'd take that trade if I were the Pistons. PG on the wing, Drummond inside, Leuer as a stretch 4. Still have Morris and Jackson/Smith in there. Ellis come in as a bench scoring option. I'd take that setup.

I'm one of the biggest KCP fans their is...but I would do this in a heartbeat.

I don't actuallty hate this.  Feels like giving up a lot, but none of the guys are anything more than good role players IMO.  Picks, well, gotta pay something, and better a top 10 player in the hand than the pig in a poke the draft has been for us.

No

Pretty sure it started from this fake site 

http://www.hngn.com/articles/220497/20161208/indiana-pacers-rumors-nba-…

unbelievable the way rumors get picked up and passed around, some sites will post anything

Take out either Tobias or the draft picks and I'm in.

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On anything he wants to do - anything.

It seems to this point, his moves have been shrewd and have made the Pistons a semi-contender without breaking the bank.

I do not always recommend giving full benefit of the doubt (looking at you, Al Avila) but at this point, we need to let SVG do this thing.

3 draft picks plus 3 players for 2 players seems steep, unless they're unloading contract they don't want, then maybe

This would be so, so bad for the Pistons.

Jackson/Smith/Udrih
Ellis/ Hilliard/Gbinije
George/Morris/Bullock*
Leuer/Ellenson
Drummond/Baynes/Marjanovic

We'd take our weakest position and make it weaker, just to make one of our strongest positions a little stronger, at the expense of depth and future prospects.

We get Reggie Jackson back, and rather than properly integrating him we instead throw him an undersized SG that can't stretch the floor or play defense, just to get Paul George.

Leuer was doing well in a sixth man role and now he's being thrust into the starting lineup.  He only played 19mpg last year, 13 the two years prior, we could be ruining a good thing by expanding his role this much.

I'm not sure I'd do it if all the picks were retained, even.