This just revealed a lot about the Pistons...

As the Detroit Pistons continue to navigate their current situation with All-Star and All-NBA big Jalen Dern still not signed, heading an inching closer to camp, we get a report coming from Brian Windhorst revealing a key update coming out of the Sacramento Kings organization and DeMantis Sabonis, as another report reveals a key detail between the Detroit Pistons and Sacramento Kings. We're going to break down everything you need to know on updates around Jalen Dern, an update coming out of Sacramento and so much more in this episode and you're not going to want to miss it. So let's just dive straight into it today where of course Brian Windhorst dropped a report on the Sacramento Kings saying the Kings are not interested in extending DeMantis Sabonis' contract and he is a leading candidate for a trade according to Windhorst. Now of course with DeMantis Sabonis, a name that pops up quite a bit around the Pistons organization and was popping up quite a bit as free agency first opened when it seemed like the Sacramento Kings and the Pistons were on both sides of two guys that were unhappy in the organization and we've seen a lot of these reports be shut down as it seemed like Langdon was not even open or willing to do a signing trade with another organization. Now of course with reports coming out and even falling back to Jalen Dern and the reports coming out around him as well as not only is this a big man that is miles apart when it comes to the current contract talks where we of course have seen reports come out that the Pistons are standing strong at 35 million dollars and Jalen Dern and his camp continue to express that they're not willing to go any lower than the 40 million they're asking and even going into Brett Siegel who put out another report that Jalen Dern and his camp don't necessarily want to be in Detroit long term because they do not feel valued. Now this report alone is pretty terrifying as a Pistons fan and of course might have changed the mind on how Langdon views this situation but before we truly get into the reports coming out from other insiders and of course another one from Brian Windhorst, I want to give a huge shout out and say that this video is sponsored to you by Calshi. 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Windhorst speaking on Sabonis and his trade value around the league oh no I want to be clear there are definitely teams that would take Sabonis it's just about whether the Kings would want then there's a whole factor well you got two years left on your contract like do you want an extension now so again looking at DeMontis Sabonis and exactly what his cap it is 45.4 million dollars 48.6 a very luxurious deal when it comes to DeMontis Sabonis a very good center around the NBA of course having flaws when it comes to complete protection of the rim but DeMontis Sabonis a great passer and of course someone that has been linked to the Pistons quite a bit in the past going into even more reports on the big this is a player that would be super interesting in Detroit of course you lose a lot of that rim protection coming off an injury-plagued season 19 games played putting up 16 points 11 and a half rebounds four assists a great passer when it comes to a big man 54 18.5 I wouldn't look at the three percent too much and one steal per game but again looking at Sabonis over the years that he spent with the Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers there's a lot to look at of course the three points percentage just last year or sorry the year before shooting 41.7 on nearly two and a half attempts the game we can see averaging around 37 38 over the past couple of seasons but the big thing with Sabonis is the rebounding sitting at 11.4 and always being an incredible rebounder 11.6 12.8 13 12 12 and a half nearly leading the league every single year but the biggest issue with the Pistons is of course doing a sign and trade for DeMontis Sabonis doesn't make a ton of sense if you're looking at of course keeping the cap close so you do not get into the second apron and this is where a second report during the same broadcast with Brian what the kings want is a sign and trade for Jalen Dern and to send Sabonis to Detroit but that is not happening so of course with all the reports floating around on DeMontis Sabonis this feels like it's been completely axed out from the Pistons side of this trade as not only has Langdon made it clear that he doesn't want to go out and sign and trade Jalen Dern but it doesn't seem like it makes any sense and again Sabonis someone that can add stretchability someone that's a good passer an elite rebounder but it seems like with both sides coming out this is not going to end up happening especially when you're looking at the cap of course Jalen Dern very young someone that can blossom into a top five center in the NBA if he continues to build and of course the regular season the playoffs need to get better but putting 45 more dollars against that first apron then you're getting into a very hefty luxury tax then if you push yourself with the Sarah Thompson move and you still want to add another ball handler adding 48 million dollars after this season for DeMontis Sabonis adding 30 plus million for Sarah Thompson getting another guy you're going to be stuck in that second apron and we can see what that does to teams I mean look at the Denver Nuggets once again so if you want to commit to 40 million dollars you might as well just give that to Jalen Dern at this point yes I understand those playoffs were terrible but teams schemed in a certain sense this is a very young big man that's going to continue to progress and of course teams are going to continuously be linked we've seen the report coming out interesting thing where Jalen Dern now sits is there's suddenly a very obvious 2027 free agency bid the Clippers who are motivated to overpay if they can't find a middle ground because of course they just got stripped of all their caps half their front office just got suspended and again if there's teams and Jalen Dern wants out like we've seen from reports coming from other people including Brett Siegel that they don't necessarily want to be here long term then yes you need to explore some offers you cannot let them take the qualifying offer lose them for nothing in next year's free agency but I don't think Sabonis is the right one to pick up especially at that cap that you can go out if you truly need to get another young center but moving on from Jalen Dern totally doesn't make sense and again Brian Windhorst and multiple other people spoke on it and kind of shut that down fully Benz what is your thoughts on all the rumors around this Detroit Pistons team how much you think Jalen Dern truly gets what is your thoughts on this team heading into the next season let me know your thoughts down in the comments I've been your host Marc by go check out Kelsey if you want use the link in the description once again shoot huge shout out do all the stuff they do go Detroit basketball and I'll see you in the next one