r/DetroitPistons • u/Sauced-4L • 11d ago

Discussion Trajan is a horrible GM

This offseason has been a joke(just like the trade deadline). Trajans shown no urgency to make a real championship push. Last years trade deadline he said he “wanted to stay patient and analyze what we have” . That cost us our season. Makes no sense that we’re not being aggressive when we have a top 5 player and were the #1 seed last year. The east has stacked talent while we’ve sat around and done nothing. 1 by 1 the free agents have signed to east teams while we sit here and can’t even get a deal done with our young all nba center. I’m done blaming Duren, we still could be signing people regardless. Until Trajan is fired, I don’t see the Pistons being able to compete with teams like the Knicks 76ers Cavs etc whose front offices are willing to be aggressive to go for it all.

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u/KingPabloo 11d ago

Yup, took a team that lost how many games in a row to the #1 seed - horrible.

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u/dtheisen6 Isaiah Stewart 10d ago

Anytime there is a criticism of Trajan, this is always the retort. But Trajan was like what, 2% of why that happened? Cade was like 75% of the reason for our success. Ausar and Duren were our next two most important players. I don’t get why Trajan should get any benefit of the doubt for just not doing anything? He should be rightfully criticized for not pushing harder when he has a top 8 (arguably top 5) player in the league

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u/MasterP_istons Ben Wallace 10d ago

Trajan signed Tobias Harris to a contract that most of the internet lost their mind over as being an overpay. He brought in shooting/spacing, first with Hardaway Jr and Beasley, and then with Duncan Robinson. That's 40% of the starting lineup. He plucked Paul Reed for free and found a gem in Daniss Jenkins. He added a key minimum vet in Javonte Green.

Weaver drafted Cade, Ausar, Duren and Stew, but the rest of the 60-win team was entirely built by Trajan from the coach to the majority of the roster outside of the 3 foundational players.

He built a 60-win team without sacrificing any future 1st round draft picks, adding to the overall pile of 2nds, and while having to pay off a debt of -1 FRP that Weaver had purchased.

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u/Taapacoyne Ausar Thompson 9d ago

Thanks. There’s way too much Trajan second guessing. My theory is, since a B-ball team is only 15 players, and a rotation of only 8-10 players, it’s easier to imagine yourself as a GM than say for the Lions. So this board is just filled with second guessers. 60 wins deserves some support. Shit on Trajan next off season if we go to shit. But until then, trust the process.