{"id":18679,"date":"2019-02-06T16:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T21:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=18679"},"modified":"2019-02-06T16:00:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T21:00:23","slug":"report-thon-maker-traded-to-detroit-pistons-for-stanley-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2019\/02\/06\/report-thon-maker-traded-to-detroit-pistons-for-stanley-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Thon Maker Traded to Detroit Pistons for Stanley Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Milwaukee Bucks traded third-year power forward\/center\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/makerth01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Thon Maker<\/strong><\/a> to the Detroit Pistons for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsst04.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stanley Johnson<\/strong><\/a> in a straight-up swap. Maker has wanted out of Milwaukee for a while now, and today the Bucks granted his trade request.<\/p>\n<p>The deal could be one of those rare trades that actually makes sense for both teams.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pistons are finalizing a trade to send Stanley Johnson to Milwaukee for Thon Maker, league source tells ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1093184617178415105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Report: Thon Maker Traded to Detroit Pistons for Stanley Johnson<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2><strong>Thon Maker&#8217;s Fit with Detroit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Maker had been all but cut from the team, forced almost entirely out of head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/coaches\/budenmi99c.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mike Budenholzer&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Maker&#8217;s 7&#8217;1&#8243; frame and nearly 7&#8217;3&#8243; wingspan paired with his ability to shoot the three <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/2017\/04\/17\/thon-maker-matchup-problem-series-milwaukee-bucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">make him an asset<\/a>. Assuming Maker sees an increased role in Detroit, his trade request will have paid off.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Stanley Johnson&#8217;s Fit with Milwaukee<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Johnson is in a similar boat. The fourth-year forward was expected to be a big part of the Pistons team this year. After all, new head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/coaches\/caseydw99c.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dwane Casey<\/strong><\/a> had high praise for him before the season started. TSN&#8217;s Josh Lewenberg reported Casey to have said:\u00a0&#8220;Stanley Johnson is the best matchup for No. 23 in Cleveland that there is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Casey, a defensive-minded head coach, felt as though Johnson would be the most suited\u00a0<em>in the league\u00a0<\/em>to guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LeBron James<\/strong><\/a> would make you think he would have a bigger role this year than he did with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/coaches\/vangust99c.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stan Van Gundy<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/2017\/04\/02\/stan-van-gundy-deserves-blame-pistons-sruggles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at the helm<\/a>. Johnson has actually seen considerably\u00a0<em>fewer\u00a0<\/em>minutes this year than he did last season (20.0 compared to 27.4 in 2017-2018).<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s inability to shoot from beyond the arc,\u00a0or at all really, is a huge drawback. While his defensive ability is prodigious, almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leonaka01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kawhi Leonard<\/strong><\/a>-like given their almost identical builds, Budenholzer isn&#8217;t the type of head coach to play a young wing who shoots 38.1% from the field and 28.2% from deep.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Impact on the Organizations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In Detroit, Maker could help vault the Pistons from a fringe-playoff team to a legitimate playoff team. If Casey uses him correctly, 21-year-old Maker could be a key part of this Pistons team in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson doesn&#8217;t really fit in the NBA, not to mention the Bucks. If Budenholzer can find a way to fix his shot, Johnson will be a good addition to the team. If not, he likely won&#8217;t see minutes behind the Bucks&#8217; plethora of more efficient wings such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wilsodj01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>D.J. Wilson<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/antetgi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/middlkh01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Khris Middleton<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/snellto01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tony Snell<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/divindo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Donte DiVincenzo<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brownst02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sterling Brown<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s hard to see this trade having an effect on the Bucks&#8217; standing in the East, the Pistons could move slightly upward into a low playoff seed with the addition of Thon Maker.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/450256778\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 67.845116% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/450256778?et=_WmLjEPPTYF7J9ENUnOllQ&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=c7Gx0XVqGUKwqNzh3r7zYN1t_LWh90oDVMekhvQX8To=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"403\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Pistons traded small forward Stanley Johnson for Milawukee Bucks big man Thon Maker. 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