John Hollinger

But the lack of shooting has been glaring.

So you bring in Kevin Herter, who's a knockdown shooter for the first four years of his career, then hasn't been able to make anything for the last three years.

And you're hoping that he can kind of refine his mojo on a team that might get him more open shots than he had in, say, Chicago or Sacramento.

It's a really interesting play by the Pistons, but it's one of those where you say, I don't know how this is going to work out.

Them going for Porter was the move I think everyone sort of was wondering if they'd make.

The other thing I wonder about, so Luke Kennard got traded for a second round pick.

He's definitely a better shooter than Herter.

So like Detroit not wanting to bring in Kennard and wanting Herter instead, that surprised me, let's say.

I think the Zubats trade is the most impactful future trade because the Pacers are going to be really good next year.

I mean, they solved their center problem with Miles Turner.

They get Halliburton back next year.

They maybe get a high pick in the draft again.

I think that, in terms of impacting next year, because realistically, the Wizards still aren't going to be good next year.

They might be okay.

I mean, their kind of long-term roadmap was that they would start being respectable next year.

I think Trey Young and Anthony Davis get you to respectable, certainly, but I don't think they're at a level where they can carry you to the top of the East by themselves.

they're going to need a lot of help from the younger players that Washington has brought in.

And I still think those guys are a year or two away from really doing that.

So wasn't totally shocked by the Davis deal just because the price was, I mean, pretty cheap at the end of the day, where I will be more shocked as if the wizards go all in on extensions for these two guys.

I'm really interested to see what their contractual situations are going to be going forward, because that to me is really where the rubber hits the road as to whether Washington made a,