Yes playing in the East on a 60 win team, would be awful.

His Detroit hate so overblown lol. He saw a better opportunity for mins and a full contract on la

He refused to accept a two way contract because he could get that in LA. It wasn’t particularly about Detroit, it was about the Detroit front office being cheap and not offered a guaranteed contract.

His team ranked the best teams that could potentially give him a chance to play. They actually preferred Milwaukee over LA, but LA happened. Detroit would be good fit for him honestly

But if they are trading Stewart no way are they not keeping Duren.

The Pistons are under the cap even after Duren’s cap hold so they don’t need to fully match. They’re also far enough away from the 1st apron that they don’t need to fully match and 35 would be within the rules for matching. Don’t think the Lakers care to get Sasser or Levert though.

Those guys don’t fill any of the lakers need.

Fr Orlando could use some Beef Stew.

I don’t think they were implying his playstyle scales to starter level.  They said Denver which obviously means off the bench in non jokic minutes.

But still I think he deserves his rep at the moment.  He’s no Gobert, Wemby or Chet, but he’s still a very good defender.  Even with the foul trouble.

Stew isn’t sustainable as a starter - he exhausts himself in long minutes.

He’s literally an insane rim protector lmao, blocks are useless to gauge rim protection u can actually check challenged shots at the rim

He allowed 43% at the rim last season, by far the best in the NBA at anyone challenging 4+ shots at the rim, the previous season it was 46%

He’s literally insane at it, yes he has foul trouble but his contests are ¹⁰⁄₁₀

He’s just an insane rim protector, his numbers better than Wemby levels (obviously Wemby changes more shots with his existence and doesn’t foul as much but still)

I dont think anyone, fan or gm or coach, is considering giving starting minutes. If they were, it’d be for a non competitive team, which i hope he doesnt go to

Shai Floppping + Beef Stew rushing to fight you to defend Shai thinking the flop was real. Instant double threat.

What’s the package: Dort+ Wiggins+ picks?

Would it be too many bigs?

Chet, IHart, JWill, Sorber, maybe a drafted one this year plus Stewart?

Everybody loves Beef Stew. Maybe he’d help kill the hate.

So, ignoring that he improved a lot, he’s been league average at 3pt shooting and also plays elite defense?

Wow, what team would want that?

Pistons love Stew and his contract is appropriate for what he gives you, Pistons just have make some roster crunch and BBall Paul is a “Great Value Beef Stew”.

sounds legit

god you really have to spell it out when you’re being sarcastic on reddit.

Stew is one of the only tradable assets the Pistons have on the roster unless they move Duren or Ausar. Reed is making pennies and is more than qualified to be a backup big. I honestly don’t see what makes this so difficult to understand. The Pistons want to take a position of strength where they have 3 capable players and balance out the roster. This was inevitable going into the offseason.

Thought it was pretty obvious he suffered an injury. Check his 8 block, 15 minute game and what happened in the postseason after that.

We want to get rid of him because, uh, we have a lot of defense and literally 0 creation outside of Cade. We also don’t run any 5 out, JB didn’t even have him taking 3’s.

He forgot how to play basketball same as JD. It kinda went under the radar. Not a surprise that we’re trying to flip him.

When Duren is signed they will have like $60 million at the center position. That is not a winning team construction. They kind of have to move him imo.

He’s been hurt and nursing injuries for both playoff runs he’s been a part of. If he’s never available at full strength when we need him, his ability is less impactful

He was 38% on 4 attempts per game in 23-24.

I’m not sure why I care about what he shot when he was 19 before he developed it.

He shot 38% in 23-24 on 4 attempts per game.

He’s 100% a legit 3 shooter.

Same. Stewart off the bench instead of Harrison Barnes would be great

Hartenstein isn’t a three point shooter either. I think if we got him it’d be a matter of only ever having one of them on the court at a time. Maybe Presti considers him a backup center and we resign ourselves to having Chet only ever play the 4

Yeah and yall ain’t exactly pressed for defensive specialists either

He’s not an elite shooter by any means but he’s someone that you can’t leave unguarded since he hits 3s at a decent rate. You, or any other team, would be bringing him in mainly due to his defensive impact which surpasses almost any other bench player in the league.

Hes about 34% for his career on 600+ attempts. If you want a spacing 5 like Bucks Brook Lopez…hes not there. But at least hes only one leap away. And thats actually not bad for someone with Stewarts defensive profile.

Shot 38% in 23-24 when he increased volume. Bickerstaff is simply a bad offensive coach

I’d loooove Beef Stew.

In addition to his defense and 3pt shooting, he’d instantly make the Celtics much tougher and provide a bodyguard for JT.

??? a dream ? what lol

tf ?? how can you just be so shameless about karma farming lol this is sort of gross behavior lmao. unless ya just trolling lol

He can control himself, he does that on purpose. “Why else did you draft me to Detroit?”

I feel like he’d fit in there.

Where exactly do you plan on finding that? “Cheap” scorers who also can guard don’t exist, if we are going to fill the gaps we need to fill we’re going to have to give something up

Scorers who can play defense are never cheap unless you draft them or coach them up (in which case they aren’t cheap for long).

Playing it safe and hoping things work out is how the Pistons went from a one seed to out of the playoffs fast. It’s time to take a swing and fix the obvious holes in the roster. Stewart is one of them

Hauser is the exact type of player Detroit needs though. I think Hauser + 1 pick would be enough.

His value is kinda low after the playoffs right? Paul Reed kinda took his spot.

I feel like trades always take less IRL than they do in hypotheticals.

Paulie Baskets?

PPeed Reed?

Oh its Bball Paul lol acting like im so far off

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He gives the Pistons a secondary ball handler and someone that can create their own shot which the Pistons need and contracts virtually match up. I think it works for both teams pretty well.