Deandre Ayton free agency rumors: Pistons no longer expected to pursue big man after successful 2022 NBA Draft

The 2022 NBA Draft was one of the wildest in my memory these days, and I was surprised a lot.One of the most notable ones Sacramento Kings Taking over the Purdue guard Jaden Ivey, Detroit Pistons To Scoop him up in 5th place overall..

Late at night, Pistons agreed to a deal with New York Knicks I won the 13th overall pick used for the Memphis tycoon Jalen Duren. In less than an hour, Pistons transformed the franchise with two of the most athletic players in the draft.

As one of the biggest winners of the draft, Pistons has successfully set up the franchise and could stand out in the next few years. In the near future, it also caused a spillover effect throughout the league towards free agencies.

Earlier this month, Pistons reportedly planned to run at Deandre Ayton using the cap space created by Jerami Grant’s trade. Big Man is expected to lead the biggest deal and Piston is one of the few teams with enough cap space to offer such a deal this summer. Well, after they finished the perfect draft night, Pistons changed course, According to James L. Edwards III..

For each source, Detroit is eager to continue building for the playoff competition with the young core mentioned above, and the piston, for each source, is not one big swing of this offseason, but the remaining cap space. It is expected to add multiple veteran pieces using most of the.

For the past 48 hours, Eighton’s landing seemed to be Detroit’s Plan A. With an additional $ 20 million in cap space, Piston has the opportunity to scare teams with good restricted free agents. But in reality, the Thursday event shows that the Eighton route is Plan B. Plan A has appeared in Brooklyn. Ivy unexpectedly slipped into the piston and found a way to return to the lottery to add Durene. For each source, this was the best scenario.

With the addition of Durene to the front coat, which already contains Isaiah Stewart, it makes sense that Pistons is no longer interested in offering Eighton the maximum. Eighton is a very good player, but Pistons would be better off spending the money in other ways.

Few teams have the cap space needed to provide the maximum to Big Man, as the Pistons basically bowed from Eighton’s sweepstakes. The San Antonio Spurs When Indiana Pacers Each was able to do that, but there was nothing concrete there.While Atlanta Hawks If interested, they would need Eighton to get a discount-something he’s not interested in doing.

Of course, sign-and-trade is always possible, but it’s much harder to predict them.Notable Sands A restricted free agent sent a signal to other front offices that Eighton was willing to match the largest offer received. According to Jake Fisher..

Given the situation this summer, he may return to Phoenix, despite the fact that there is still friction between Eighton and Sands.