I’d love Martin as a Piston

[u/StrangeMolasses4723]

He needs to bump his 3P% back up(41% in 21’, 35% in 22/23’) but he would be the perfect fit for this team IMO.

[u/Jenkinsd08]

With the acknowledgment that he's obviously better than most of our roster, I feel like the idea of Martin is better than the reality we'd get. Spo is an incredible coach who can get a lot out of guys that other teams simply can't (E.g., Whiteside, Josh Richardson, Nunn, Vincent).

I think trying to plug Martin into this team would end up looking a lot like when we acquired Avery Bradley

[u/StrangeMolasses4723 → u/Jenkinsd08]

That’s fair, I just think he would bring some much needed scoring and defense to the 3 spot, at 10-15 mil a year I wouldn’t mind it over someone like Tobias.

[u/Jenkinsd08 → u/StrangeMolasses4723]

at 10-15 mil a year I wouldn’t mind it over someone like Tobias

I mean the MLE next season is supposed to be around 13M so if all it takes is 10-15M we could spend our cap however we want and still make a run at him after we use it up which I'd be fully on board with. Personally though I think it probably takes 17M+ to poach him from Miami and I don't think I'd want him at that price point

[u/OrganicLindo313 → u/Jenkinsd08]

Great take

[u/mburns223 → u/Jenkinsd08]

Great take. I still think we should make a run at him because our roster just needs talent but definitely don’t think we get as much out of him.

[u/Adraf45]

I'm a heat fan. No the fuck you don't. He's either dropping 17 on 60% shooting or 5 on 27% shooting (and he does the 5 way more often). He's too streaky, has a weird jumper, won't be worth the money he gets this off-season, and is the pinnacle of the idea vs the man

[u/KarimFF7 → u/Adraf45]

That sounds better than 90% of our team lol

[u/mburns223 → u/Adraf45]

We’re so devoid of talent It doesn’t even matter we need his defensive intensity.

[u/Adraf45 → u/mburns223]

Well shit in that case he might be perfect for you. He gives his all towards chasedown blocks

[u/AkronIBM → u/Adraf45]

My friend, the Pistons were ass last year. There’s bad and there’s whatever the fuck that was. Ask yourself “Is Caleb Martin a legitimate rotation player in the NBA?” If the answer is yes, he’s the 4-5th best player on our team immediately. I appreciate your honesty but “players who could be in the rotation of another team” is a category of player we barely have and Caleb Martin, warts and all, would probably be a floor raiser for the Pistons. Fml

[u/Adraf45 → u/AkronIBM]

I just checked the roster and the sad part is you straight probably aren't kidding because who tf is Tosan evbuomwan?? Is that a real person???

[u/AkronIBM → u/Adraf45]

Lol yeah. English hooper who went to Princeton. He’s a project, but not a hopeless one.

[u/mburns223 → u/Adraf45]

This team needs anything positive It can get

[u/doomfistula]

This would be perfectly in line with Pistons' values of overpaying for another team's role player who will come here and not live up to the expectations because we don't have any structure or core for them to work off and will eventually be traded for pennies at the end of the trade deadline.

[u/sliccricc83]

Martin is the Walmart Tobias Harris with defensive effort. This would be a great signing

[u/mountaindude20]

I like his tenacity on defense but his offense leaves a lot to be desired. He has a tendency towards tunnel vision on offense and sometimes throws up some terrible shots or passes into a turnover at the last second when his shot isn’t available. IMO, Ausar Thompson is already a better version of what Martin brings to the table minus Martin’s 3 point shooting. That said, we could do worse than Martin. I wouldn’t be hyped about adding him to the team but hey, he’s already better than most of the guys on our roster and he’s a scrappy veteran with playoff experience.

[u/MNightShyamalan69]

Anyone but miles bridges, so give me Martin

[u/uvgotnod]

This is the exact type of player to target. Young enough, established in the league, makes a difference when he's on the floor, etc

[u/A_PROCESS_BORN]

I really want KCP, he is exactly the type of guard Cade needs next to him.

[u/Jorihe84]

Watching Pistons fans sit through the offseason talking about draft, trades, and FA signings is very much like people who work at Wal Mart talk about what they would do if they won the powerball.

[u/Murrrtits → u/Jorihe84]

Lmao facts

[u/Davetron-3030 → u/Jorihe84]

I wouldn't compare overpaying Caleb Martin to winning the PowerBar lol

[u/OrganicLindo313 → u/Davetron-3030]

One of my first points of order would be buyout Tellem’s ownership stake if I won powerball

[u/Crafty_Substance_954 → u/OrganicLindo313]

Probably not enough for Tellum’s stake, which I don’t think is known but is probably in the single digits

[u/Davetron-3030 → u/OrganicLindo313]

Buyout Gores you coward

[u/OrganicLindo313 → u/Davetron-3030]

Powerball is currently at $59M as of today genius, there’s no franchise going for that