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No future picks, just trading full rosters straight up.

Houston and OKC when you factor in future picks owed is a no brainer IMO.

Without factoring in picks, I'm pretty sure Detroit is the best team to take although I really like Houston's draft this year as well. Chet going down with a season ending injury so fast when the concern was how is frame would hold up drops OKC down a peg for sure... even though I really like SGA.

Honestly no one until we find out who gets Wemby. Then that team

None. I like knowing the players, seeing them grow an attachment to the fans, the city, etc. There is no attraction for me whatsoever to hypothetically trade an entire roster of a team I know for another one I don't know because it represents a better shot at a championship.

None.

The options are kinda broke, but our current roster is better than any of the options. Who knows what happens in this draft though.

Rosters? None. Situations? Very tempted by OKC.

I’m good w our roster and cap space. Wouldn’t mind have some of those other teams draft capital, but if they aren’t top 5 picks, they are worth considerably less.

Ops, screwed up and only gave you one vote. It's now three, so you can vote yes or no on all three teams.

tmorgan wrote:Rosters? None. Situations? Very tempted by OKC.

OKC with the picks is a very easy yes for me.

I wouldn't trade any of those rosters. I like what Orlando is doing, and OKC has a lot of picks. But, in the end, I prefer our situation.

Im keeping my Pistons roster.

I stick with our situation as well, really like what we're building.

No brainer for me. I'm taking Cade, Ivey, Duren, Stewart, Bey, Bagley, Livers over any of those other cores.
Not only because I like the Pistons high end talent better but also because these guys (Cade and Ivey in particular) REALLY love being Pistons.

The Thunder and Rockets have an advantage in terms of draft capital going forward, OKC in particular, but if we're talking rosters as they stand today, I'm taking the Pistons. Perhaps that's biased but I don't care.

NYPiston wrote:No brainer for me. I'm taking Cade, Ivey, Duren, Stewart, Bey, Bagley, Livers over any of those other cores.
Not only because I like the Pistons high end talent better but also because these guys (Cade and Ivey in particular) REALLY love being Pistons.

The Thunder and Rockets have an advantage in terms of draft capital going forward, OKC in particular, but if we're talking rosters as they stand today, I'm taking the Pistons. Perhaps that's biased but I don't care.

Your not crazy, or biased. The whole team starts, and ends with Cades leadership, and he dictated out on the floor tonight, like a true floor general.

There is going to be a metric ton of bumps and bruises along the way, but this team has real talent, and a real leader. That's hard to find.

Orlando is close, Houston and OKC are not.

None but I'm a big fan of the Houston core. Not factoring in future picks.

If we’re just looking at value and situation (overlooking attachment to our guys for the purposes of the thought exercise) I think you have to take Houston.

OKC instantly became less appealing when Chet went down, but they’re still tempting.

Banchero looked awfully good but I’m still not buying the rest of that Magic core.

I doubt any of these fanbases would trade slots with us.

And yeah, without picks factored in it’s probably none. OKC’s current roster underwhelmes.

Snakebites wrote:If we’re just looking at value and situation (overlooking attachment to our guys for the purposes of the thought exercise) I think you have to take Houston.

OKC instantly became less appealing when Chet went down, but they’re still tempting.

Banchero looked awfully good but I’m still not buying the rest of that Magic core.

I doubt any of these fanbases would trade slots with us.

And yeah, without picks factored in it’s probably none. OKC’s current roster underwhelmes.

Have to? Not sure about that. Who's playing defense on that team?
From a pure talent standpoint Houston has loads of it and probably the most of these young cores, but I'm not a big fan of the fit of their core. If Bey can somehow morph into the 3 and D wing that the Pistons desperately need, I think they're clearly the most well rounded core.

NYPiston wrote:

Snakebites wrote:If we’re just looking at value and situation (overlooking attachment to our guys for the purposes of the thought exercise) I think you have to take Houston.

OKC instantly became less appealing when Chet went down, but they’re still tempting.

Banchero looked awfully good but I’m still not buying the rest of that Magic core.

I doubt any of these fanbases would trade slots with us.

And yeah, without picks factored in it’s probably none. OKC’s current roster underwhelmes.

Have to? Not sure about that. Who's playing defense on that team?
From a pure talent standpoint Houston has loads of it and probably the most of these young cores, but I'm not a big fan of the fit of their core. If Bey can somehow morph into the 3 and D wing that the Pistons desperately need, I think they're clearly the most well rounded core.

None of these teams are without weaknesses in their cores.

And sure, if Bey becomes a 3 and D third option level guy we’re set. I’m unsure of his ceiling though.