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The Detroit Pistons have been unable to find a trade partner for their star center Andre Drummond, as talks have become “stagnant” over the past few days, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. The Pistons are known to be shopping Drummond before the NBA's Feb. 6 trade deadline.
The Pistons first lost the Atlanta Hawks as a potential trade partner once the Hawks completed a trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves, reportedly due to the Pistons' insistence of yielding a first-round draft pick in any package for Drummond.
Recently, another report concluded that Drummond's contract extension demands proved too high for the Hawks, and with no assurance that he would re-sign as a free agent, the talks quickly wrapped.
That hellbent predicament has not stopped even after talks with the Hawks can to an end, as the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks have also bypassed that opportunity after previously showing interest in trading for Drummond.
The Pistons were previously “very confident” that they would be able to trade their big man by the Feb. 6 deadline, noting that many talks with teams had gone past the preliminary stage — though the closer it gets to the deadline, the more it looks like Drummond will stay put and the Pistons could lose him for nothing unless they lower their demands.
The market for Drummond is no longer great in today's NBA, as the prospect of a points and boards guy with inconsistent defense doesn't move a lot of chairs in opposing front offices. Couple that with Drummond's likely-hefty demands for a new contract, and teams have stayed away from giving up assets for a player that has aimed too high in his estimation. It remains to be seen whether Detroit will be able to find a suitable trade destination for him by the deadline.
