azwfan wrote:CDM_Stats wrote:azwfan wrote:Once he ckears waivers he can be signed for the minimum, which would be prorated for the rest of the season. I havent seen much of him to say whether or not thats a better use of the roster spot over Q. Honestly, havent seen mich of Q either haha.
A perpetually rebuilding team cut him, and not because he was tanking their draft position.. I dont know much about him either but that's the headline I'd have a hard time getting over
There's no amount of cap savings/justification on the Pistons side where I'd be like "Ok, that makes sense, I guess we should try him out"
I see the logic in your thinking, and i know little about how well he has played, so im not all in on Killian at all but to refute your argument…
The wolves gave us a lottery pick to swap Wiggins and Dlo.
GP2 couldnt catch on with any team before he was an integral part of our title team.
So dont think “another team gave up on him” is a compelling reason to not try him out.
He was a mid lottery pick a few years ago, no issue giving players like that a whirl. If they stink theres litterally no loss.
Wiggins had a massive salary attached to him thus necessitating the trade to save money. Pistons saved no money here, they are a rudderless team trying out guys like James Wiseman for future roster spots
He's a guy who's not very good and needs development, which is an interesting case for Kerr. He needs development, so don't play him. But he's not very good, so he needs to play. Wouldnt even waste a roster spot on him.. although if it removes Jerome Robinson, that's like negative risk
And no other team wanted him, to the point where the Pistons just up and cut him. So its a lot more than one team gave up on him, no one was willing to take a borderline free flier on a guy whos only 22. If we're going to sift through that type of player, James Bouknight was also cut.. but we probably wouldnt want to go there either