The last time the Detroit Pistons had a summer this busy, they wound up with $90 million worth of Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva—which is another way of saying president of basketball operations Joe Dumars better have gotten it right this time.
Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the Pistons have acquired point guard Brandon Jennings from the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Brandon Knight, Khris Middleton and Slava Kravtsov. Though the deal isn't a world-changing move for Detroit, it seems to be a step in the right direction.
The question is whether it's a sufficient step, good enough to return Detroit to the NBA playoffs—somewhere the franchise hasn't been since 2009.
Though the rebuilding isn't finished just yet, the Pistons should still be in store for a breakout season, at least relatively speaking. Don't expect an extended playoff run, but finding themselves there would be an accomplishment in its own right for the team. And a realistic one at that.
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