Los Angeles Clippers and Detroit Pistons Trade


A big trade has been made before the all-star break between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Detroit Pistons. The players that were traded between the two teams were Los Angeles Clippers Blake Griffin, Brice Johnson and Willie Reed; for Detroit Pistons Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic and a first and second round pick come draft time. Most would say that the trade is a bad deal on the Pistons side due to the fact of Blake Griffin’s history of injuries. I would agree with that, but I would also add that it is a fair trade. The only difference is that the Pistons are four games below five hundred and twelve and a half games back from first sitting in ninth in the Eastern Conference. While the Clippers on the other hand are one game above five hundred, but are fourteen and a half games back from first sitting in ninth in the Western Conference. The Pistons now have a better chance of gaining ground in the Eastern Conference due to their newly acquired superstar Blake Griffin. Being a basketball fanatic I believe the trade was made by Detroit because of the 1-9 stretch through the last ten games. In the Eastern Conference there is not that much competition that will keep the pistons from making the playoffs, the only team that is in their way of making it is the Philadelphia 76ers with them being one game over five hundred and ten games behind first. The Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference have a smaller gap to fill than Detroit in the East. With the team filled with seasoned veterans and the newly acquired pieces of sharpshooter, Tobias Harris and the lockdown defender in Avery Bradley they will easily pass their roadblock of the Denver Nuggets who are one game above five hundred and fourteen games behind first. Denver has been on a roller coaster the past ten games going 5-5. Clippers on the other hand have been on a hot streak of late going 7-3 the past ten games. That surge of wins is coming from the hot hand of Lou Williams who could possibly make the all-star team for the first time out of twelve seasons in the NBA. This concludes my opinion of why I think the trades made were equal on both ends and not one benefiting a team more than the other.




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