{"id":75197,"date":"2025-06-04T01:16:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T01:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/75197\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T01:16:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T01:16:26","slug":"detroit-pistons-reportedly-interested-in-pair-of-top-talents-in-nba-free-agency-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/75197\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons reportedly interested in pair of top talents in NBA free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/detroit-pistons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Pistons;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Detroit Pistons<\/a> exceeded expectations this past season, delivering a 30-win improvement and then providing tough competition for the New York Knicks in the first-round series. With Detroit looking to take another step forward next season, a few targets have emerged in NBA free agency.<\/p>\n<p>According to NBA insider <a href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/saturday-best-all-the-latest-nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Marc Stein;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Marc Stein<\/a>, the Pistons are eyeing both Myles Turner and Naz Reid this summer as top options to improve their rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nba\/top-nba-free-agents-2025-nba-free-agency-rankings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Top NBA free agents 2025, see where Naz Reid and Myles Turner land;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Top NBA free agents 2025, see where Naz Reid and Myles Turner land<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/turnemy01.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Myles Turner stats;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Myles Turner stats<\/a>\u00a0(2024-\u201925):\u00a015.6 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 1.5 APG, 48.1% FG, 39.6% 3PT, .104 WS\/48<\/p>\n<p>Landing Turner will prove harder, given the strong interest that the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/indiana-pacers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indiana Pacers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Indiana Pacers<\/a> have in retaining him. Even before reaching the NBA Finals, there were reports of Indiana willing to go to <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/indiana-pacers-ownership-indicated-offseason-153000677.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:unprecedented lengths;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unprecedented lengths<\/a> to keep Turner on the team.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/minnesota-timberwolves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota Timberwolves;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> also want to keep Reid, but they <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/nba-insider-reveals-minnesota-timberwolves-190000553.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:could get involved;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">could get involved<\/a> in the trade market for All-Star forward <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/kevin-durant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kevin Durant;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kevin Durant<\/a>. Between that and the desire to re-sign pending free agents Julius Randle and Nickeil-Alexander Walker, there might be an opportunity for Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nba\/nba-rumors-minnesota-timberwolves-news-naz-reid-julius-randle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Insider sheds light on Timberwolves\u2019 chances of signing Naz Reid, Julius Randle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Insider sheds light on Timberwolves\u2019 chances of signing Naz Reid, Julius Randle<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reidna01.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Naz Reid stats;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Naz Reid stats<\/a>\u00a0(2024-\u201925):\u00a014.5 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 2.3 APG, 46.1% FG, 38.1% 3PT, .125 WS\/48<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Reid, who turns 28 years old in August, won the NBA\u2019s Sixth Man of the Year award following the 2023-\u201924 season. He followed that up by setting career-highs in scoring (14.2 PPG), rebounding (6.0 RPG), assists (2.3 APG) and Win Shares per 48 Minutes (.125). He could turn down his $15 million player option with the belief he\u2019ll land a far more lucrative deal in NBA free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Pistons\u2019 center Jalen Duren played fairly well this past season \u2013 11.8 PPG, 10.3 RPG and 1.1 BPG \u2013 but coach J.B. Bickerstaff is looking for more spacing on the floor. Detroit certainly has the cap space to afford Reid and he could be the type of piece who helps Cade Cunningham reach the second round of the playoffs next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Pistons exceeded expectations this past season, delivering a 30-win improvement and then providing tough competition for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,909,296,17321,188,3860,126,912,376,938,2546,152,367,520,6,1220,3269,191,297],"class_list":{"0":"post-75197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-pistons","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cade-cunningham","10":"tag-detroit","11":"tag-detroit-free-press","12":"tag-detroit-pistons","13":"tag-detroitpistons","14":"tag-indiana-pacers","15":"tag-jalen-duren","16":"tag-julius-randle","17":"tag-kevin-durant","18":"tag-marc-stein","19":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","20":"tag-myles-turner","21":"tag-naz-reid","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-nba-finals","24":"tag-nba-free-agency","25":"tag-new-york-knicks","26":"tag-pistons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114622456518597701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75197","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=75197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}