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Minnesota makes a play-in push, Pistons pursue a young talent and the Clippers cache a bucket getter


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Clippers

Clippers

+1 player ($14.4m),
Cap Impact + $70K

+ 0  Wins

+0.10  MPG

+0.27  Off.

-0.19  Def.

Pistons

Pistons

+3 players ($28.1m) +1 pick,
Cap Impact - $4K

-2  Wins

+20.15  MPG

-1.47  Off.

+1.54  Def.

Minnesota receives a star two-way forward in Jerami Grant and veteran center Mason Plumlee from Detroit in addition to scrappy point guard Partick Beverly from the Clippers.

Grant has shown that he could be a primary offensive opinion as he averaged a career-high in points while still being a defensive force with a block and a steal and a half per contest for the Pistons. Placing him in either forward's spots would not only greatly improve the Timberwolves dreadful defense but provide the team with a quaternary or quinary scoring threat. Plumlee will provide defense and rebounding whilst presumably backing up superstar center Karl-Anthony Towns. And Beverly, a well-known agitator and "dog" would be utilised in installing a heavy defensive mindset as well as provide a veteran locker room presence.

These 3 players as well as 2 second-round picks are added as draft compensation will hopefully be enough to elevate Timberwolves out of the gutter and into play-in contention and for the short term keep talks for relocation out of sight and mind.

The Pistons in exchange for their leading scorer among others acquire a young player in Jarrett Culver as well as fan-favourite Ricky Rubio from Minnesota along with Jake Layman. Despite limited minutes and production coupled with a season-ending injury, the 6th pick of the 2019 draft still has a lot of potential left in him. And with what better place for him to reach it than Detroit, where he would be out of the spotlight and pressure of Timberwolves fans hungry for progress. Both Rubio and Layman were included to match the salary of trading players. However, while Layman's future and role are not of the utmost most importance with the team Rubio's is, as it would be ideal for him to mentor Sophomore Killian Hayes in regards to his playmaking/passing ability.

The Clippers swap out a defensively-minded guard in exchange for an offensive-gifted one with Malik Beasley. In the event that superstar Kawhi Leonard leaves Los Angeles in free agency, it is clear that that the Clippers would secondary scoring opinion next to all-star Paul George to keep their head above water for the near future. And Malik Beasley would be the perfect player to do so, as despite him serving jail time for a rifle incident he has averaged nearly 20 points per game in his first full season with the Timberwolves along with a career-high in assists. And in the event that Leonard remains a Clippers, then Beasley would some of the offensive load off of both Leonard and George. This would allow them to focus more on the defensive side of the ball, which as seen in this year's playoffs, is definitely something that needs to be addressed.

And with that, all 3 of these teams will have bettered themselves, in some form or another for either the next 10 months of the 2022 season or the next 10 years.

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