Add Lavert to the Beef Stew Trade
Funniest and most Pistons trade ever.
Trade the No. 17 pick and Caris LeVert to Memphis to get the No. 21 pick back.
Send a second-rounder to Portland so they can salary dump Jerami Grant on us, but make them include two second-rounders for our trouble.
Use those two Portland seconds to trade for Marvin Bagley.
Then trade Marvin Bagley plus two second-rounders to literally anyone just to salary dump him again.
Use that cap space to sign Ben Gordon to a terrible contract.
Sit on the Gordon contract until the last year, then attach a first-round pick to salary dump him.
Use that cap space to sign Josh Smith to a huge, horrible, multi-year contract.
Stretch and waive Josh Smith halfway through the deal, then carry dead cap for five more years.
Posted Jun 25, 2026, 6:55 AM UTC