Detroit Pistons Salary Archive – 2017/18

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Name 2017-18
Blake Griffin $29,727,900
Andre Drummond $23,775,506
Reggie Jackson $16,000,000
Jon Leuer $10,497,319
Langston Galloway $6,666,667
Ish Smith $6,000,000
Josh Smith (stretched) $5,331,729
Anthony Tolliver $3,290,000
Stanley Johnson $3,097,800
James Ennis $3,028,410
Luke Kennard $2,759,280
Reggie Bullock $2,500,000
Henry Ellenson $1,780,800
Eric Moreland $1,739,333
Jameer Nelson $1,429,818
Dwight Buycks $748,160
Michael Gbinije (waived) $500,000
Beno Udrih (waived) $25,000
Kay Felder (two-way)
Reggie Hearn (two-way)
Total $118,897,722

2017-18 Team-By-Team Salary Summary

Quick: Currently over the cap and hard capped.

Salary Cap: $99,093,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $119,266,000

Hard Cap: $125,266,000

Exceptions

  • Trade Exception (Darrun Hilliard, expiring 6/28/18) — $874,636
  • Trade Exception (Boban Marjanovic, expiring 1/29/19) — $7,000,000
  • Trade Exception (Willie Reed, expiring 2/8/19) — $1,471,382
  • Trade Exception (Brice Johnson, expiring 2/8/19) — $1,331,160
  • Mid-Level Exception: $0 (Langston Galloway, Eric Moreland)
  • Bi-Annual Exception: $0 (Anthony Tolliver)

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed, two two-ways

Depth Chart
PG: Ish Smith, Jameer Nelson, Dwight Buycks, Kay Felder (two-way), Reggie Jackson (injured)
SG: Reggie Bullock, Langston Galloway, Luke Kennard, Reggie Hearn (two-way)
SF: Stanley Johnson. James Ennis
PF: Blake Griffin, Anthony Tolliver, Henry Ellenson, Jon Leuer (injured)
C: Andre Drummond, Eric Moreland

Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

G-League Affiliate: Grand Rapids Drive (Jon Phelps general manager, Bob Werdann coach)

Two-Way Players: Kay Felder (one-year), Reggie Hearn (two years)

Two-Way Daily Rate in NBA/G-League: $4,608/$528

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Stan Van Gundy (five-year, $25-30 million contract starting for 2014-15 season)

Assistants: Bob Beyer, Charles Klask, Tim Hardaway, Malik Allen, Aaron Gray, Rex Walters, Otis Smith (director of player development/assistant coach)

Trainer: Jon Ishop, Anthony Harvey (strength and conditioning), Jordan Sabourin (head strength coach), Louis Thompson (assistant strength and conditioning coach)

Basketball Executives

  • Stan Van Gundy — president of basketball operations
  • Jeff Bower — general manager
  • Pat Garrity — associate general manager
  • Adam Glessner — director, player personnel
  • J.R. Holden — director, international scouting

Pick Swaps

  • 2018 — Owe first-rounder (top-four protected through 2020, unprotected in 2021) to Los Angeles Clippers (Blake Griffin).
  • 2020 — Owe second-rounder to Sacramento Kings (Marcus Morris, Bogdan Bogdanovic).
  • 2020 — Chicago Bulls can swap second-rounders (Jameer Nelson).
  • 2020 — Memphis Grizzlies can swap second-rounders (James Ennis), may be Chicago Bulls second to Memphis (Jameer Nelson).

Cash Paid ($5.1 million max): $0

Cash Received ($5.1 million max): $0

Acquisitions

  • 6/20/17 — Aron Baynes opted out of his contract.
  • 6/22/17 — Drafted Luke Kennard (12th)
  • 6/23/17 — Issued qualifying offer to Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
  • 6/28/17 — Traded Darrun Hilliard to Houston Rockets for $1.0 million.
  • 7/1/17 — Signed Luke Kennard (2017-12th) to a $15,135,546 rookie-scale contract.
  • 7/6/17 — Signed Langston Galloway to a three-year, $21 million contract.
  • 7/6/17 — Signed Eric Moreland to a three-year, partially-guaranteed ($500,000) $5,478,900 contract.
  • 7/7/17 — Withdrew qualifying offer and renounced the rights to Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
  • 7/7/17 — Renounced the rights to Aron Baynes and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
  • 7/7/17 — Traded Marcus Morris to Boston Celtics for Avery Bradley and a 2019 second-rounder.
  • 7/14/17 — Signed Anthony Tolliver to a one-year, $3,290,000 contract.
  • 7/14/17 — Signed Reggie Bullock on a partially-guaranteed two-year, $5 million contract.
  • 7/24/17 — Signed Luis Montero to a two-way contract.
  • 7/26/17 — Signed Landry Nnoko to a non-guaranteed one-year, $815,615 summer contract.
  • 7/27/17 — Signed Derek Willis to a non-guaranteed one-year, $815,615 summer contract.
  • 8/3/17 — Signed Jason Maxiell to a non-guaranteed one-year, $2,328,652 contract.
  • 9/6/17 — Signed Dwight Buycks to a one-year, two-way contract.
  • 9/15/17 — Eric Moreland’s salary guaranteed at $750,000.
  • 9/25/17 — Signed Beno Udrih to a partially-guaranteed $2,328,652 contract.
  • 10/15/17 — Picked up team options on Stanley Johnson and Henry Ellenson.
  • 10/17/17 — Eric Moreland’s salary guaranteed at $1,000,000.
  • 1/10/18 — Eric Moreland’s $1,739,333 guaranteed for 2017-18.
  • 1/12/18 — Signed Dwight Buycks to a partially-guaranteed two-year, $2,348,680 contract.
  • 1/15/18 — Signed Kay Felder to a two-way contract.
  • 1/15/18 — Signed Reggie Hearn to a two-way contract.
  • 1/29/18 — Traded Avery Bradley, Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic, a protected 2018 first-rounder and a 2019 second-rounder to Los Angeles Clippers for Blake Griffin, Willie Reed and Brice Johnson.
  • 2/8/18 — Traded Willie Reed and 2020 second-round swap rights to Chicago Bulls for Jameer Nelson.
  • 2/8/18 — Traded Brice Johnson and swap rights on a 2022 second-rounder to Memphis Grizzlies for James Ennis via the Jon Leuer disabled player exception.

Waived Players: Michael Gbinije, Jason Maxiell, Larry Nnoko, Derek Willis, Beno Udrih, Luis Montero (two-way)

Traded Players: Darrun Hilliard, Marcus Morris, Avery Bradley, Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic, Willie Reed, Brice Johnson

Expired 10-Day Contracts: None

Unsigned Draft Picks

  • First-rounders: None
  • Second-rounders: None

Arena: Little Caesars Arena

Free Agents (with Cap Holds)

  • None

Non-Guaranteed Salaries

  • None

Trade Kickers

  • Andre Drummond — 8 percent

Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses.

No-Trade: None

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