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Per the NBA’s transaction wire, a lot of Pistons trades are now official. They’ve acquired John Collins, Taurean Prince and Gary Harris and traded Isaiah Stewart, Caris LeVert and Marcus Sasser.
— Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa.bsky.social) 2026-07-08T18:09:59.393Z
Shams Charania: Dallas is sending Middleton to the Wizards via sign-and-trade as part of a larger six-team deal that includes, in total, the Mavericks, Wizards, Clippers, Pistons, Bucks and Grizzlies. It involves previously agreed upon deals such as John Collins, Gary Harris and Taurean Prince (Detroit), Isaiah Stewart (Memphis), Santi Aldama (Mavericks), Caris LeVert (Bucks), etc.
Keith Smith: Factoring in the reported contracts for John Collins, Kevin Huerter & Javonte Green and the Gary Harris/Taurean Prince acquisitions, I've got the Pistons at about $42.8M under the luxury tax. That's enough room to give Jalen Duren a 25% of the cap max without going into the tax.
Yossi Gozlan: I could see the Isaiah Stewart, Isaiah Joe, John Collins, & Santi Aldama trades expand into a five-team trade between the Pistons, Grizzlies, Clippers, Mavericks, & Thunder. Pistons need to send out $20M to match for Collins & Joe. Stewart ($15M) & Marcus Sasser ($5.2M) work.
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Jake Fischer: The Clippers will create a trade exception by helping facilitate John Collins’ sign-and-trade to Detroit, sources say. Collins’ three-year, $51 million contract with the Pistons is only guaranteed for the first season, as @omarisankofa reported. I’m told Detroit wasn’t willing to offer Tobias Harris more than one guaranteed season, either. With the Lakers business today, let’s see if Harris or Rui Hachimura end up signing into the Spurs’ open forward spot.
Shams Charania: The Pistons pursued Collins as their top target to assume an expected starting role at power forward -- completing a deal with his agents Sean Kennedy and Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management this morning.
Omari Sankofa II: Per source, last two years of John Collins' contract are non-guaranteed. Don't have the exact figures yet, but only first year is fully-guaranteed. Similar structure as Duncan Robinson's deal last season. Creating cap space would mean the Pistons have to waive Robinson. There's more to map out, but I do think they have a path to sign Collins while also keeping Robinson. We'll see how it plays out
Joey Linn: Good for John Collins. He really found his way after a tough start with the Clippers and deserved to get paid. Will be missed in the locker room, for sure. One of the nicest guys I’ve had the chance to cover.
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Free agent John Collins has agreed to a three-year, $51 million deal to sign with the Detroit Pistons, sources tell ESPN. Frontcourt addition and a new lob threat for Cade Cunningham in Detroit.
Lakers free agent Rui Hachimura, Clippers free agent John Collins and Pistons free agent Tobias Harris are also known to be on San Antonio's list. Hachimura, for that matter, is also believed to still be drawing interest from Brooklyn and Detroit and is regarded as increasingly likely to join James. Smart and Phoenix-bound Luke Kennard out the exit door in Lakerland.
We're also hearing that the Clippers might elect to try to re-sign forward John Collins, who as The Stein Line previously reported is expected to draw interest from the likes of San Antonio, Orlando and Philadelphia once free agency formally begins Tuesday night at 6 PM ET.
League sources say John Collins certainly has fans in Minnesota, but it appears unlikely that the Timberwolves will have sufficient spending power to pursue the scoring forward, who spent last season with the Clippers. Collins is also expected to draw interest from Orlando, San Antonio and Philadelphia once free agency begins. The 76ers and Western Conference champion Spurs continue to get linked in free agency projections to the top forwards in the marketplace.
