Now that the Jazz have used up their cap room by renegotiating Lauri Markkanen ‘s contract and completing a series of minor signings, only one NBA team still operates under the cap: Detroit. The Pistons have a team salary of $130,348,501, giving them $10,239,499 in space below the cap ($140,588,000). They could increase that figure to nearly $18M by waiving Paul Reed ‘s non-guaranteed $7,723,000 salary, though there’s no indication they plan to do so.
With 14 players on standard contracts , the Pistons have an opening on their projected 15-man regular season roster for 2024-25 and could — in theory — make an aggressive offer to a free agent using their remaining cap room. However, the unrestricted free agents who remain unsigned will likely end up on minimum-salary deals or something very close to it, so Detroit is unlikely to make a $10M offer to any of them. The lone restricted free agent, forward Isaac Okoro , makes sense as a target, given his age, defensive pedigree, and familiarity with new head coach J.
B. Bickerstaff, who coached him in Cleveland. But there haven’t been any hints that the Pistons are considering an offer sheet for Okoro, and they’d probably have to waive Reed to put together an offer strong enough to dissuade the Cavs from matching.
In all likelihood, the Pistons will simply hold their remaining cap space open for now, keeping an eye on the trade market for opportunities that could net them additional assets, like their previous deals for.