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Below is from Stein today.  It basically says the Detroit/Dallas discussion was initiated by Detroit and didn’t go anywhere. 

?””Recent trade talks between Detroit and Dallas, I'm told, were sparked by the Pistons' determination to ease a backcourt logjam by trading Killian Hayes and gained little traction.


While the Mavericks are indeed among the teams with a longstanding interest in acquiring Detroit's Bojan Bogdanović, their trade priority at this point of the offseason is still believed to be an upgrade at center. The Pistons have been seeking no less than a future first-round pick for Bogdanović for months


If one interpreted the original reporting as Dallas having interest, then it meant they weren’t particular about wanting a center.  Taken in this light, that is no longer true and the only real reliable reporting has been about Capela/Ayton (did we ever have a ‘report’ of Dallas interest in PJ Washington, or was this just some message board supposition (I honestly don’t recall)?  If supposition, then we are back to the only things that have been reported on have been actual centers (Ayton and Capela).

Something I struggle with is New Center, Holmes, Powell, Lively is too many bodies (and that is before mentioning Maxi).  I wonder if the next time this comes up is when Holmes can be aggregated?  In either case, Nowell, DJJ, Oubre and the like are just guys to fill the 14th slot (since we’ve presumably have two outgoing players for one returning in any trade for a center and would have to fill the roster back to 14.  I don’t think we will start the season with 15.

Stein in one of his chats directly said that PJ Washington is just a twitter thing. Doesn't seem to be any interest on Dallas side.