Sources: Pistons to land Joe in trade with OKC
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- Isaiah Joe is being traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Detroit Pistons for two second-round picks — a 2030 selection via the Timberwolves and a 2031 pick, per sources.
- Joe posted career highs last season with 11.1 points per game and 42.3% from three, and over the past four seasons owns the highest 3-point percentage (41.5%) among 56 players with at least 1,500 attempts.
- The Detroit Pistons ranked 28th in the NBA and last in the Eastern Conference at 11.0 made threes per game last season, the gap Joe's shooting is meant to address alongside Cade Cunningham.
- Joe saw his role reduced in the playoffs after the Thunder acquired guard Jared McCain at the trade deadline, a factor in his availability this offseason.
- Joe is owed $11.3 million next season with a $11.3 million team option for 2027-28, and this is the Thunder's second salary-shedding trade of the week after dealing wing Aaron Wiggins to the Atlanta Hawks for two second-round picks.
- The two trades trimmed Oklahoma City's projected salary from $261 million to $234 million and are projected to save the franchise $216 million in luxury tax, per ESPN's Bobby Marks.
Why it matters: Oklahoma City is actively dismantling its championship rotation to navigate the league's luxury-tax landscape — shedding roughly $27 million in salary and a projected $216 million in tax in one week by moving Wiggins and Joe. Detroit, meanwhile, spent two second-round picks to add the NBA's most accurate high-volume three-point shooter to fix a perimeter attack that ranked last in the Eastern Conference.
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