Pistons trade Caris LeVert and picks to Bucks to create salary space

The Detroit Pistons continue to reshape a roster that won 60 games last season as they battle for supremacy in a suddenly stacked and formidable Eastern Conference.The Pistons swung a trade Tuesday, July 7, with their Central Division foe Milwaukee Bucks in a salary swap, sending Caris LeVert and two second-round picks for forward Taurean Prince and ex-Michigan State guard Gary Harris. The Pistons save roughly $7.

2 million in the deal and get a trade exception worth that amount that expires in one year, ESPN reported.Prince, 32, is on an expiring $3.8 million contract.

Harris, who turns 32 in September, is on an expiring $3.8 million contract.LeVert, 31, is on a $14.

8 million expiring.[ 4 Pistons roster questions with NBA free agency underway ]LeVert, a Michigan alumnus, averaged 7.4 points on 41.

7% shooting, 33.3% on 3s, and 2.7 assists in 60 games averaging 19.

2 minutes off the bench last season. He spent one year with the Pistons after signing a two-year, $28.9 million contract in 2025 and battled lower body injuries as he has for his entire career including college.

LeVert played in 13 of 14 playoff games for coach J.B. Bickerstaff, averaging 5.

9 points in 16.6 minutes per game on 44.6% shooting (29-for-65) and 37% on 3s (10-for-27) and helping the Pistons win a first-round series for the first time since 2008.

From Pickerington, Ohio, LeVert was the No. 20 overall pick in the 2016 draft acquired by the Brooklyn Nets.The Pistons have been busy this offseason.

In the NBA Draft, they selected Stanford freshman guard Ebuka Okorie after trading up four spots with the Memphis Grizzlies to No. 17 overall.A day later, the Pistons traded Isaiah Stewart and his $15 million contract to the Grizzlies for the same three future second-rounders they'd traded one night earlier.

Later that night, the Pistons purchased the No. 53 pick from the New York Knicks to draft Virginia center Ugonna Onyenso, who since signed a two-way contract.The Pistons have since agreed to acquire snipe