Sources:Pistons would trade Josh Smith if they could

[bksballer89]

Josh Smith is having the worst season of his career.


Playing far too much small forward, a position he can handle only in select matchups, his defense has really fallen off. Though Smith defends power forwards well, his his lack of speed on the perimeter kills his ability to chase wings around screens. He’s also taking way too many jumpers and not getting inside enough, an issue that exists no matter which forward position he’s playing.


Some of that is Smith fault, and some of that is the Pistons’. But it’s all the Pistons’ problem.
The Pistons signed Smith to a four-year, $54 million contract last summer, and they’ll have to pay him all that money – or find someone else to do it.


The Josh Smith experiment in Detroit is not going well, and there’s strong opinion around the league that the Pistons would trade him if they could — and “could” is the key word. Since Smith is in the first year of a four-year, $56 million deal, he is one of the most untradable players in the league.


Here are a few Smith trade ideas, from least appealing to most appealing from a Pistons perspective:

• Smith to the Celtics for Gerald Wallace (three years remaining on his contract) – with Keith Bogans (zero remaining guaranteed years) included to make salaries match
• Smith to the Knicks for Andrea Bargnani (two years remaining)
• Smith to the Bobcats for Ben Gordon (expiring contract)
• Smith to the Suns for Emeka Okafor (expiring contract whose salary is partially covered by insurance)

 

[wildturkey]

Good luck on that one

 

[Davis_Mike]

No one is going to take that contract. The can't hit a jumper outside of 8 feet. II don't understand what Dumars was thinking when he signed Smith when they already have 2 very good inside players.

There is no way the Suns would trade for Smith without Detroit sending a 1st round pick & some cash with him. And he wouldn't fit into the system. You gotta be able to hit a jumper at the #4 position in the Suns system.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Well that was a hell of a pickup. Smith has always been garbage, so overrated.

 

[podsox]

smith cant hit shots outside the paint but refuses to pass it up. kid will never learn

 

[BOTSLAYER]

Smith is a poor man's Melo...which is a homeless dude who stars in pickups games

 

[broncosmitty]

Smith is a poor man's Melo...which is a homeless dude who stars in pickups games

He looks less like a girl than Melo. Which is nice. (Joe D. can't sign a decent FA, this contract looking bad shouldn't surprise anyone.)

 

[broncosmitty]

Smith for Ben Gordon..... That's irony at its finest right there.

 

[LogicMan]

Not interested..........

signed,

Danny

 

[Arizona_Sting]

"We don't want him."

-Everyone