NBA Rumors: Detroit Pistons To Match Any Offer For Kentavious Caldwell-Pope?
NBA Rumors: The Detroit Pistons will reportedly match any offer for made for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope this summer
After finishing arguably the best season of his career thus far, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope will hit the restricted free agency market with plenty of intrigue.
Question is, should/will the Detroit Pistons match any offer that he gets on the open market – even a max?
The early rumblings out of Detroit – roughly two months from the beginning of free agency – are that they indeed will match any offer sheet that Caldwell-Pope gets signed to.
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"[via Detroit Free Press]The Pistons are prepared to match any offer sheet he receives, even if it produced a maximum contract, according to multiple persons with firsthand knowledge of the franchise’s thinking.One person told the Free Press: “We can’t lose him.”"
On one hand, this is 100 percent true. The Pistons, especially with all the uncertainty on the roster, can’t afford to lose an asset like Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Detroit has to feel uneasy about the prospect of Reggie Jackson, they were reportedly shopping Andre Drummond and Tobias Harris hasn’t taken the next leap in his development.
Caldwell-Pope, while still developing, might actually be the most promising player on their roster at the moment.
Even though Caldwell-Pope saw a slight dip in his overall field goal percentage this season (42% to 40%), his three-point percentage saw a significant jump – from 31 percent to 35 percent, and on more attempts per game.
After making the playoffs last season, and presumably giving the Cleveland Cavaliers all they could hand in a first-round playoff matchup (albeit in a sweep), the Pistons took a bit of a step back this season by not making the playoffs altogether.
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Stan Van Gundy and the Pistons are back at the drawing board this summer, trying to avoid the missteps that they made last offseason. But re-signing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, even though it will prove to be costly, has to be a priority.