Pistons Not Interested In Richard Hamilton Trade To Cavs

Multiple people shot down Chris Broussard's report about the Detroit Pistons being in talks with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Minnesota Timberwolves about a three-team trade that would send Richard Hamilton to Cleveland. A few hours later, Broussard himself said the Pistons aren't interested in making the deal as it's currently proposed.

Detroit won't do 3-team deal as proposed. Would need to get players back in return for Rip and 8th pick...stay tuned

David Aldridge said on Twitter that there is "absolutely no chance" of this "supposed" deal happening. As Aldridge pondered, why would the Pistons give up a first-round pick to get rid of Hamilton? It doesn't make a ton of sense from their perspective, as they would be giving up an awful lot just to move Hamilton.

The Detroit Free Press' Vincent Ellis, who was one of the first people to deny the Pistons were in talks, wrote an article about why the move "makes no sense" for the Pistons. While they would get some freed up cap room, it's not a good deal at all for the Pistons, which explains why they aren't apparently as interested as Broussard initially thought.

Pistons Trade Rumors: Richard Hamilton To The Cavaliers?

ESPN's Chris Broussard reported on Twitter that the Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers and Minnesota Timberwolves are discussing a three-team trade. If completed, the trade would give Cleveland the top two picks in the 2011 NBA Draft and Detroit's Richard Hamilton. Here is how:

-Detroit trades Hamilton and the eighth overall pick to Cleveland

-Cleveland sends the fourth and eighth overall picks to Minnesota

-Minnesota sends the second overall pick to Cleveland

The Cavaliers would get a $14.6 million trade exception for taking on Hamilton from the Pistons, who would move him to free up cap space if this deal plays out.

The reason this trade is filed as a rumor is because both Vincent Goodwill of The Detroit News and Vincent Ellis of the Detroit Free Press posted tweets contradicting Broussard's report. Goodwill says the Pistons wouldn't trade Hamilton since he's "almost becoming an expiring contract with the lockout coming," and they especially wouldn't give up a high pick in the process. Goodwill concedes that the Pistons could revisit this trade "in some form," but Ellis flat out said the Pistons aren't in discussions with Cleveland and Minnesota.