{"id":582442,"date":"2026-02-04T19:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/582442\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T19:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:12:16","slug":"nba-experts-grade-bulls-the-winner-over-pistons-in-jaden-ivey-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/582442\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA experts grade Bulls the winner over Pistons in Jaden Ivey trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Pistons<\/a> finally pulled off a big trade, and NBA experts don’t seem to hate it (even if they think their trade partner got the better return).<\/p>\n

The Pistons traded former No. 5 overall pick Jaden Ivey<\/a> to the Chicago Bulls<\/a> on Tuesday, Feb. 3, in a three-team deal that brings guard Kevin Huerter<\/a> to Detroit. The Pistons also got big man Dario \u0160ari\u0107<\/a> in the deal, with veteran point guard Mike Conley Jr.<\/a> heading from Minnesota to Chicago.<\/p>\n

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Initial reaction about the trade from Pistons fans on social media wasn’t very positive<\/a>, but a general consensus among NBA analysts about the trade has emerged, with the Pistons doing well but the Bulls doing better.<\/p>\n

Here’s a roundup of how NBA analysts are grading the trade.<\/p>\n

SANKOFA: Why Pistons decided to trade former lottery pick Jaden Ivey to Bulls<\/a><\/p>\n

Our Pistons insider Omari Sankofa II brought an immediate reaction to the Ivey deal, writing that Ivey’s path to the starting lineup had been blocked by star guard Cade Cunningham and shooter Duncan Robinson, while Huerter could support the Pistons’ need for shooting and spacing.<\/p>\n

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“Outside shooting has been a weakness for the Pistons all season, as they’re one of the league’s least potent 3-point shooters,” Sankofa writes. “Huerter is averaging 10.9 points and 2.6 assists per game this season, but has only made 31.4% of his 3s this season. A 6-foot-6 off-guard, Huerter is a capable playmaker and consistently has been between the 70th and 90th percentiles in assist percentage among wings, according to Cleaning The Glass.”<\/p>\n

For The Win’s Charles Curtis is higher on the trade for the Bulls than for the Pistons, wondering if Huerter “can find his touch again” for the Pistons. But the argues the most interesting part of the trade comes from the Timberwolves side, who cleared cap space for a potential trade for Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetoukounmpo.<\/p>\n

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Like Curtis, Harper likes this trade a little more for the Bulls than for the Pistons, calling the trade a “low-stakes swing with a solid potential return” for Chicago. However, he sees upside for Detroit in Huerter, as well.<\/p>\n

“In his first six seasons between Atlanta and Sacramento, Huerter made 38.2 percent of his 3-pointers. He was a big-time sharpshooter. He\u2019s down to 32.9 percent over the last season and a half. Ideally, getting set up by Cunningham\u2019s playmaking will cure a lot of those shooting woes. Huerter is a much better shooter than he\u2019s shown this season, and the Pistons need him to be,” he writes.<\/p>\n

“Giving up on Ivey\u2019s potential is tough, but this team is looking to win now. Ivey wasn\u2019t helping with that, ” he continues. “Making a play for someone like Malik Monk would\u2019ve made more sense to round out the offensive attack, but the Pistons went with a lower-stakes move by trying to bring in Huerter as a potential rental.”<\/p>\n

Timberwolves grade: Incomplete.<\/p>\n

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Yahoo’s Morten Stig Jensen thinks the Pistons sold low on Ivey while calling the package “not all that spectacular,” but gives Detroit credit for making a move that could immediately improve the team.<\/p>\n

“Huerter, in theory, gives them a player who will help optimize the floor for Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren, taking and making shots without utilizing a lot of touches,” he writes. “That’s a win, especially for a team hoping to make a deep run in the postseason.”<\/p>\n

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You can reach Christian at cromo@freepress.com.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Pistons-Bulls Jaden Ivey trade grades, reaction from NBA experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Pistons finally pulled off a big trade, and NBA experts don’t seem to hate it (even…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[676,7,909,78484,329,296,188,3860,4958,107,1018,912,4103,1267,121,307,6,297,986,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-582442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-pistons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-cade-cunningham","11":"tag-charles-curtis","12":"tag-chicago-bulls","13":"tag-detroit","14":"tag-detroit-pistons","15":"tag-detroitpistons","16":"tag-duncan-robinson","17":"tag-giannis","18":"tag-jaden-ivey","19":"tag-jalen-duren","20":"tag-kevin-huerter","21":"tag-malik-monk","22":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","23":"tag-minnesota","24":"tag-nba","25":"tag-pistons","26":"tag-sacramento","27":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116013953580538126","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}