HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto and The Athletic’s James Edwards III discuss the trade market for Pistons forwards Bojan Bogdanovic and Saddiq Bey, Cade Cunningham’s injury, Nerlens Noel suitors, Alec Burks’ future, and more on the latest HoopsHype podcast episode.
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2:10 Bojan Bogdanovic’s trade value
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Scotto: I think by the trade deadline, he could be arguably one of the biggest names that teams are trying to pry. I think Fat Joe said it best when it comes to Bojan Bogdanovic’s trade market value with the Pistons, “Yesterday’s price is not today’s price!”
Now that Detroit has extended Bogdanovic and signed him through the 2024-25 season, which is only partially guaranteed, and the fact that Bogdanovic was at one point this season the only player averaging 20 points on 50/40/85 shooting splits.
As I reported Tuesday on HoopsHype, the Lakers, Heat, Mavericks, Hawks, and other playoff-caliber teams have expressed interest in trading for Bogdanovic.
James, from your standpoint, being around the team every day, have you heard of other teams specifically who’ve expressed interest in trading for Bogdanovic? What could the price be to pry him from Detroit? As you, Shams and myself have said, Detroit doesn’t want to move him now, but what would it take to tickle their fancy?
Edwards: The teams you listed are pretty much the teams I’ve heard… It’s an interesting situation because the Pistons are near the bottom of the standings. Bogdanovic has shot the ball lights out and is playing arguably the best basketball of his life. Logic would say the Pistons would sell high on that, but I’m not so sure. The Pistons don’t want to be bad forever. Next season was kind of the year they wanted to break out of this rebuild and start pushing for the Play-In Tournament.
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