The Detroit Pistons finished the regular season with the best record in the Eastern Conference. But, they were ultimately bested in seven games in the conference semifinals by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
As a result, the Pistons will likely look to upgrade the roster around star guard Cade Cunningham over the offseason. One way to do that would be to land a big fish in free agency.
Detroit Pistons Named Landing Spot for Austin Reaves in Free Agency
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The Pistons were recently listed as a potential surprise free agency landing spot for Los Angeles Lakers star guard Austin Reaves by Andy Bailey of Bleacher Report.
Reaves has a $14 million player option for the 2026-27 NBA season that he is widely expected to turn down in favor of unrestricted free agency. At that point, Reaves would be free to sign wherever he wants, and that’s where the Pistons could come in.
“But the Detroit Pistons may need his services even more than L.A., and they can get to over $40 million in cap space if they decline some smaller team options and renounce the free agency rights to Duncan Robinson and Paul Reed,” Bailey wrote.
“Both of those players offer real value to the rotation, but Reaves can replace a lot of the shooting provided by Robinson, while also being able to take a ball-handling pressure off of Cade Cunningham. … Detroit would have to nail the rest of the offseason with minimum and cap exceptions, but a top two of Cunningham and Reaves would be far more dangerous than the one it had this season.”
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