This off-season, the Detroit Pistons are likely to make an effort to turn over a portion of their roster in the hopes of improving their short and long-term outlooks. We'll take a look at which Pistons are likely to stay, and which are likely to be moved.
Of course there's no such thing as true certainty, either in life or in basketball, but if there's anything close to it, Blake Griffin returning next season is about as close as it gets. Griffin will be entering the third year of a 5-year, $173 million contract, and while he recently turned 30, he's coming off the best season of his career.
Considering the considerable price it would cost another team to acquire Griffin if the Pistons were to get anything close to equivalent value for him, it's safe to say that his highest value remains in Detroit.With Drummond entering the third year of his 4-year contract, his $27.09 million salary in 2019-20 is another cumbersome deal to move.
Kennard is under team control for the 2019-20 season and the Pistons have a team option in 2020-21 which barring some unforeseen disaster they can be expected to exercise. Like Drummond, it would take an offer the Detroit Pistons truly can't reject to pry Kennard away.Unlike Drummond and Kennard, the tale of Reggie Jackson is more complex. Jackson's deal expires in 2019-2020, and he'll make $18.1 million in his final season.
Whether any teams will be interested in such a deal remains to be seen, but especially if the Pistons get off to a bad start next season the organization may aggressively attempt to move him to get some value if there is any to be had.Jon Leuer will enter the fourth year of a 4-year, $41 million contract. He's a rotational afterthought with the Pistons and has very little value aside from his expiring $9.5 million salary.
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