{"id":83460,"date":"2024-06-28T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=83460"},"modified":"2024-06-28T11:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T15:00:45","slug":"pistons-mavs-complete-offseason-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/28\/pistons-mavs-complete-offseason-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons, Mavs Complete Important Offseason Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Pistons have agreed in principle to a trade that would sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/grimequ01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quentin Grimes<\/a> to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardati02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Hardaway Jr.<\/a> and three second-round picks, per ESPN senior insider Adrian Wojnarowski.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dallas sends a 2025 second via Toronto and two 2028 seconds in the deal, sources tell ESPN. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JuUa0lEI7O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/JuUa0lEI7O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1806690999709933714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wojnarowski adds that they\u2019ll be receiving a 2025 second-round pick via the Toronto Raptors and two 2028 second-round picks. As the 2025 NBA Draft has one of the more highly regarded classes, that pick could be particularly valuable.<\/p>\n<h2>Pistons, Mavs Complete Offseason Trade<\/h2>\n<p>This moves also clears the way for Dallas to offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesde02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derrick Jones Jr.<\/a> a significant portion of the $12.9 million non-taxpayers mid-level exception. Per ESPN\u2019s Tim MacMahon, Mavs general manager Nico Harrison considers re-signing the athletic 3-and-D forward to be \u201cpriority 1A and 1B\u201d this offseason.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This move positions the Mavs to offer a significant part of the $12.9M nontaxpayer midlevel exception to Derrick Jones Jr. GM Nico Harrison has called re-signing Jones \u201cpriority 1A and 1B\u201d for the offseason. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s3C87V6PqQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/s3C87V6PqQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn_macmahon\/status\/1806691087852949511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Though Dallas\u2019s primary offseason goal may be bringing back Jones, they were likely glad to move Hardaway to do it.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, the Mavs killed two birds with one stone. Coming off of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/17\/will-4th-quarter-turn-around-play-of-mavericks-11-year-veteran-tim-hardaway-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">his worst postseason run<\/a> in eight years, Hardaway played just 12.7 minutes per game. His inability to convert his 3s more efficiently made it difficult for the Mavs to give him more minutes. The natural defensive concerns of playing him alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/doncilu01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luka Doncic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a> was another issue. Ultimately, it became clear that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/22\/dallas-mavericks-likely-trading-former-first-round-nba-pick-tim-hardaway-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">he should be replaced<\/a> in the rotation as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>In acquiring Grimes, they now have a wing who they can play beside Doncic, Irving, or both with worrying about his defense. He\u2019s also an effective 3-point threat, converting 37.1 percent of his career 3s. Though he\u2019s coming off of a down season, the Mavs will empower him to launch from deep. To that point, as Grimes\u2019s biggest obstacle has been his confidence and assertiveness, he could thrive in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>On the Pistons\u2019 side, they have a starting-caliber shooting guard who\u2019s a bit more athletic than veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fournev01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Fournier<\/a>. Frankly, he\u2019s a great on-court fit, as Detroit needs to load up on off-ball shooters. Though his age places him outside of the Pistons\u2019 timeline, he\u2019s the type of veteran that Detroit\u2019s youngsters should learn from. In terms of his intangibles, his professionalism, consistency, and experience could make him a locker room leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Pistons have agreed in principle to a trade that would sent Quentin Grimes to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Tim Hardaway Jr. and three second-round picks, per ESPN senior insider Adrian Wojnarowski. Dallas sends a 2025 second via Toronto and two 2028 seconds in the deal, sources tell ESPN. https:\/\/t.co\/JuUa0lEI7O \u2014 Adrian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":83463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,1608,30,20,3],"tags":[2992,4557,1382,3160,287],"class_list":["post-83460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-basketball","category-mavericks","category-nuggets","category-news","tag-derrick-jones","tag-nba-offseason","tag-nba-trade","tag-quentin-grimes","tag-tim-hardaway-jr"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}