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3 predictions for what Detroit Pistons will do in 2024 NBA free agency
Detroit Pistons enter Sunday evening and the start of 2024 NBA free agency with the second-most cap space, behind only the big-fish hunting Philadelphia 76ers.
Not many other teams are swimming in cap space, positioning the Pistons for rare flexibility to serve as a dumping ground for unwanted salary in exchange for draft capital, and/or to take shots at luring a few mid-to-lower tier free agents by outbidding other cash-strapped teams.
The NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement, signed one year ago, restricts high-spending teams with numerous hard caps. Accordingly, the Pistons have already made two deals to take on salary, moving up 16 spots in the second round Thursday in exchange for taking on Wendell Moore Jr., and on Friday receiving three future second-round picks for acquiring Tim Hardaway Jr.’s overpriced contract and sending back Quentin Grimes.
With that in mind, here are some Pistons predictions for free agency, the first under new president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon:
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Detroit Pistons free agency predictions
- Re-sign Simone Fontecchio: The Pistons on Saturday tendered Fontecchio his $5.2 million qualifying offer, a procedural formality officially making him a restricted free agent. This allows the Pistons to match any offer sheet from another team that he signs. Although Fontecchio was acquired in February for the No. 31 pick and Gabriele Procida by the previous regime, led by Troy Weaver, he proved to be a solid addition to a Pistons team desperate for any semblance of a two-way wing. He shot 40.1% last season from 3-point range in 66 games between Utah and the Pistons. Any deal for around $15 million per year over three or four years is reasonable.
- Don’t splurge on Tobias Harris or any other over 30 big name: Just because the Pistons have money to spend does not mean they should throw a gigantic bag at anyone who will take it — especially if that player is on the downside of their career. It would be a huge mistake to take on long-term salary in a trade, like Jerami Grant from Portland (four years, $132 million), or give out a mammoth three-year, $75ish million contract to a “big name” like Tobias Harris. The Pistons should focus on short-term money in any veteran trade, as they did in taking on Hardaway’s $16 million expiring salary, or shoot lower for a role player in free agency like New Orleans forward Naji Marshall, who has plenty of familiarity with Langdon, or a low-cost center like Goga Bitadze (for defense) or Moritz Wagner (for shooting). At his introductory news conference, Langdon said the Pistons would not “skip steps” — let’s see if that holds true in his debut free agency as a lead decision maker. There should be gems to find with the market potentially collapsing for solid bench players due to the CBA constraints.
- Add more shooting: The Pistons once again eschewed 3-point shooting by drafting Holland. They must surround Cade Cunningham with a lights out 3-point threat. He’s currently saddled by several non-shooters in Holland, Ausar Thompson and Jalen Duren or those who don’t pull away defenders (Jaden Ivey, Isaiah Stewart). The Pistons should look hard at Malik Beasley, Buddy Hield or Gary Harris, or go further down the free agent list to Luke Kennard or even Seth Curry. A one-year overpay might suffice for any of the first three names above, but a balloon payment for two years with a team option on the second year (like Indiana did with Bruce Brown Jr. last summer) would give the Pistons flexibility and greater salary matching ability to use in a future trade.
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When does NBA free agency start?
Free agency opens Sunday at 6 p.m. ET, with negotiations allowed between teams and all upcoming free agents. Deals can be can be signed officially starting Saturday at 12:01 p.m.
The top free agent is Paul George, with plenty of solid starters and depth pieces on the market, including James Harden, DeMar DeRozan, Klay Thompson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
Detroit Pistons 2024 free agents
The Pistons have several free agents, both unrestricted and restricted.
- Simone Fontecchio, restricted (Pistons can match any offer from another team)
- Chimezie Metu, unrestricted
- Evan Fournier, unrestricted
- James Wiseman, unrestricted
- Jared Rhoden, unrestricted
- Jaylen Nowell, unrestricted
- Malachi Flynn, unrestricted
- Stanley Umude, unrestricted
- Taj Gibson, unrestricted
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Detroit Historical Museum hosting new exhibition in honor of Red Wings’ centennial
DETROIT (WXYZ) — The Detroit Historical Museum is hosting a new exhibition in honor of the Detroit Red Wings’ centennial season.
It’s called “Detroit Red Wings at 100: Becoming Hockeytown” and will be in three galleries at the Detroit Historical Museum.
Inside the City of Champions Gallery, the new Motor City Showcase and the Detroit Artists Showcase, fans will find rare artifacts from the Historical Society, the team’s archives and the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Some of the artifacts include:
- Uniforms from Detroit Red Wings greats, including the Grind Line and Russian Five
- Rarely-seen artifacts on loan from the Hockey Hall of Fame and Windsor Community Museum
- Vintage audio and video clips of some of the greatest Red Wings moments in history
- A spotlight on the players who have had their numbers retired
There are also lockers like the ones in Olympia Stadium, a chance to flash the original goal lights from Joe Louis Arena and hear the organ from Olympia.
“It’s an honor to see a century of Red Wings history brought to life at the Detroit Historical Museum,” Ilitch Sports + Entertainment Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing Asia Gholston said in a statement “Every decade has its own defining moments, and this exhibit gives our fans a special opportunity to celebrate the passion, pride, and legacy that have defined 100 years of Red Wings hockey.”
The exhibition will be on display all season long, and fans can also shop vintage Red Wings merchandise at the museum store.
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Detroit Lions players pack food to help those in need have a Thanksgiving meal
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Coming off their recent Sunday win, the Detroit Lions players and staff joined others in the community to put in a win for Thanksgiving meals for those in need.
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, players and staff joined volunteers from Meijer and the Lineage Foundation for Good in packing Thanksgiving meal kits at Gleaners Community Bank in Taylor.
Volunteers packed canned and dry goods into 3,000 Thanksgiving meal kits.
Those meal kits are part of the Lions’ plans for 10,000 kits – double from last year. Part of what made the meal kits possible is donations from Detroit Lions partners.
For years, the Lions have done Thanksgiving meal initiatives to help those in need. This is the second annual partnership with Grand Rapids-based grocer, Meijer, and the third with Gleaners. As they did last year, Meijer, the exclusive grocery partner for the Lions, is donating all proceeds from this year’s “Raise the Roar” Lions flag sales to the Detroit Lions Foundation, with proceeds tackling food insecurity.
The meal kit packing initiative began a month ago and included Detroit Lions partners AAA – The Auto Club Group (ACG), Delta Airlines, Jiffy Mix, Lineage Foundation for Good and Modern Woodmen of America.
Angela Halverson, director of community giving for Gleaners Community Food Bank, said packing these meal kits on Tuesday represents a “community coming together to help neighbors,” who might be food insecure this time of year.
“The timing is important because Thanksgiving is in a couple of short weeks from now, and we want to make sure that many in southeastern Michigan are going to sit down to a warm meal that they can count on for that Thanksgiving dinner.”
Halverson said many metro Detroiters will choose between heating their house and purchasing food.
“The Lions are coming together in a partnership with Gleaners to help take one of those worries, ideally off the table,” Halverson told the Free Press.
The 10,000 Thanksgiving meal kits equate to providing more than 330,000 meals. This year the distribution includes metro Detroit food banks as well as those Grand Rapids, Lansing, Saginaw and Traverse City.
Each meal kit includes canned and dry goods. There are green beans, corn, fruit, stuffing, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, cranberry sauce and Jiffy Mix.
Once the kits make it to distribution sites, there’s an addition of a 3-pound bag of fresh apples from North Bay Produce and a whole turkey.
In the boxes are everything you would want for Thanksgiving from potatoes to produce.
“It’s nutritious and warm comforting food and exactly what we need this time of year,” said Halverson.
For Gleaners Community Food Bank information visit gcfb.org.
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Cold start to workweek: Flurries, wind chills fall to single digits, dry midweek ahead for Metro Detroit
4Warn Weather – Brutally cold with a few flakes possible Monday night, remaining cold and cloudy for Veterans Day on Tuesday.
Monday night: Decreasing clouds, partly cloudy skies. Low: 23.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy skies. Continued cold. High: 38.
Tuesday night: Partly cloudy skies. Another cold overnight. Low: 30.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy skies. High: 46.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy skies. Low: 30.
Teasable elements:
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Wind chills into the single digits and teens out the door on Tuesday Morning
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Well below average temperatures for the next few days
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More clouds than sunshine for Tuesday, more sunshine moves in mid-week
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Dry forecast for most of next week, with warming temperatures by the end of the week
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Next rain chances move in for the upcoming weekend
We’ve seen some snow showers, some clouds, and some sunshine in most locations to start the week, after the snow showers to end the weekend on Sunday.
And we’ve got a few flakes in the forecast for Tuesday before we put winter weather “on pause” for a little while!
As we work through the overnight hours tonight, we will keep some cloud cover in the forecast as we are still dealing with that northwest flow, with snow showers in our Northeastern Communities and a few flurries elsewhere.
Overnight lows dropping into the lower 20s, and expect wind chills into the teens and potentially single digits outside the metro.
We will keep some cloud cover in the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday, with warmer temperatures starting to move into the region.
High temperatures remaining in the 30s by Tuesday, then into the upper 40s by Wednesday.
Expect a few flurries possible on Tuesday as the northwest flow continues. Gusty winds are expected, gusting upwards of 20-25 MPH on Tuesday as well.
The drier weather continues, looking ahead into the end of next week and the start of next weekend.
We will keep some sunshine and clouds in the forecast for Thursday and into Friday.
High temperatures continue to warm up for everyone. We’re expecting high temperatures into the upper 40s on Thursday, then back into the 50s by Friday.
We will bring more cloud cover into the forecast by the start of next weekend, on Saturday, and high temperatures will continue to warm.
Expect high temperatures into the mid-50s by Saturday afternoon.
Our next chance of rain moves into the region late Saturday night and into the end of the weekend on Sunday.
High temperatures in the mid to upper 50s will fall into the upper 40s after that cold front moves through the region late Sunday.
Mostly cloudy skies are expected for the start of next week on Monday.
Find the latest forecast from the 4Warn Weather team here
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