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The Detroit Pistons have been woeful for a long time, and it has now been a full 20 years since they last won the NBA championship.
The ghosts of Chauncey Billups, Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, and Tayshaun Prince are weighing heavily on the current iteration of the team that lost a league-high 68 games this season and has made the playoffs just twice since 2009.
But the Pistons are expected to have a ton of salary cap space this summer, and Evan Sidery feels that with Trajan Langdon coming over from the New Orleans Pelicans to be their new President of Basketball Operations, they could target Pelicans star Brandon Ingram.
With the Pistons’ hire of Trajan Langdon as President of Basketball Operations, Brandon Ingram is a potential trade target to closely monitor.
Not only can Detroit offer Ingram a max-level extension with their cap space, but he also shares the same agent as Cade Cunningham: Jeff… pic.twitter.com/LiQDrMX16n
— Evan Sidery (@esidery) May 23, 2024
Ingram has one year left on his contract, and he has been the subject of trade rumors after the Pelicans were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder.
He averaged 20.8 points a game on 49.2 percent field-goal shooting this season, and he is considered one of the game’s best one-on-one players.
The 6-foot-8 forward is an eight-year veteran, but he is just 26 years of age, which means his timeline wouldn’t be too far off the timeline of the Pistons’ current young prospects.
Detroit is led by Cade Cunningham, the 22-year-old 6-foot-6 guard who was compared by some to LeBron James when he was the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.
This season, he made some strides by putting up 22.7 points and 7.5 assists a contest while considerably improving his shooting efficiency.
Landing Ingram likely won’t make Detroit a playoff team next season, but it would be a big step toward returning to respectability.
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