Pistons decline team option on Evan Fournier

Michael Scotto: Looking ahead to the offseason, Detroit could have up to $60 million in cap space if they decline Evan Fournier’s team option and let go of Troy Brown. Everyone is looking for them to do what the Houston Rockets did a summer ago and spend all their cap space available. From what I’ve heard, plan A is not to go the Houston route and spend all the cap space money they have in free agency. There’s a possibility Detroit will look to sign a free agent like Tobias Harris or Miles Bridges, two guys that will certainly be on their radar heading into the offseason, and then use the remaining cap space to potentially acquire a player in a trade. Whether it’s Detroit or other teams around the league, they’re all monitoring playoff teams that fail to meet expectations and could either make a change to shake things up or a star player on one of those teams becomes disgruntled and wants out. -via HoopsHype / April 22, 2024