Pistons Nearing Deal For Brandon Jennings; Brandon Knight To Bucks

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The Pistons have emerged as a serious candidate to acquire Brandon Jennings from the Bucks in a sign-and-trade, reports ESPN.com's Marc Stein (via Twitter). According to Stein, the two sides are in "advanced talks" about a potential deal. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports confirms Stein's report, tweeting that the Pistons and Bucks are nearing an agreement.

Brandon Jennings' deal with Detroit expected to be in three-year range in excess of $25 million. Rest of trade details still being sorted

@WojYahooNBA: The sign-and-trade for Jennings to the Pistons will be a three-year, $24 million deal, sources tell Y! Sports.

The Pistons will send Brandon Knight to the Bucks as part of the package for Jennings, league sources tell Y! Sports.

Detroit will also send center Slava Kravtsov and forward Khris Middleton to Bucks as part of sign-and-trade for Jennings, sources tell Y!

 

[No_bammer_weed]

Pissed ons got a core, low key.

 

[Gotright]

fukk it lets get it

 

[Gotright]

as long as none of the bigs in the trade we good

 

[I'm Chillin]

Atlanta lite?

 

[Yayo Toure]

if this makes them get rid of stuckey it's a great deal.

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

5th seed

 

[FAH1223]

3 years $25 million this nikka turned down 4 years $40 million from Milwaukee

 

[Primetime21]

what happened to this guy doing his homework on big market teams

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

Wait what about knight?

 

[FlareBaller5]

Will him and Josh Smith mesh tho

 

[Gotright]

what happened to this guy doing his homework on big market teams

3rings here

 

[holidayinn21]

jennings and j-smoove: the perfect complement to a young, emerging frontcourt.

unbelievable.

 

[PTBG]

There had been rumblings earlier in the month that the Pistons had an eye on Jennings, but GM Joe Dumars adamantly denied that he'd had any trade talks with the Bucks. Perhaps that changed in the last two weeks, or else Dumars was exercising a bit of misdirection. Either way, it's easy to see why Milwaukee and Detroit would be a match.

At least one report has suggested Jennings wasn't interested in remaining in Milwaukee, and there have been rumors that he was considering accepting his one-year qualifying offer in order to hit unrestricted free agency next summer. A sign-and-trade would be a win-win, allowing Jennings to secure a long-term pact with another club, and allowing Milwaukee to pick up at least an asset or two in return.

It's not clear yet who the Pistons would be giving up in the deal, but Brandon Knight seems like a logical candidate. If Knight were to be included, Detroit would have to include more salary to make the deal work, making Charlie Villanueva or Rodney Stuckey potential fits as well.

 

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The Pistons will send Brandon Knight to the Bucks as part of the package for Jennings, league sources tell Y! Sports.