Amid the strong hesitancy of the Detroit Pistons to deal away Bojan Bogdanovic, there’s still a reported high demand of interest around the Croatian forward in the market per league insider Marc Stein.
“External trade interest in Detroit’s Bojan Bogdanović remains high, while the Pistons continue to insist that they are motivated to keep the veteran swingman.
“The Pistons’ stance is routinely dismissed as posturing, but they certainly held firm at the trade deadline in February after months’ worth of trade offers came in for the Croatian swingman.
“One thing that’s clear here: No one out there seems terribly concerned about the Achilles injury that limited Bogdanović to just three games after the All-Star break. The feeling is that the Pistons were merely being extra cautious since winning obviously wasn’t the utmost priority for the team that finished with the league’s worst record at 17-65.”
The Pistons are heavily motivated to end their rebuilding stage moving to the 2023-24 season, and keeping Bogdanovic is certainly a must for them to fulfill this significant goal.
The veteran was acquired by the Pistons last year in a trade with the Utah Jazz. He proceeded to tally a career-high 21.6 points across 59 games.
The fact that Bogdanovic and the Pistons inked an extension that will lock the swingman until 2024-25 only suggests that both sides are willing to collaborate for their respective benefits.
And should the time come that trade will benefit them next, there’s certainly a transaction that has to be expected for them.
