How Important Is It That The Pistons Make A Big Move Before The Deadline?

The Valenti Show

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🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The guys open up the final hour opining on how imperative it is that the Pistons do more than just "improve around the margins" ahead of the trade deadline.

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0:00.0	All right, five o'clock, good to have you with us.
0:02.9	Appreciate everybody.
0:04.1	If you want to get into the college hoops, we just got done with that.
0:08.2	Turn our attention back to the Pistons.
0:10.0	Win in Denver last night against Coffee Black and Jackie Moon and whoever else the nuggets were thrown out there because everybody was hurt.
0:16.7	The point is, there's a big bit of NBA news today, and I want to be clear.
0:25.5	No one was yelling about it.
0:27.3	No one is, they must.
0:29.1	No, no, there's no like YouTube thumbnail.
0:32.1	The move the pistons bust.
0:33.7	No, none of that.
0:36.1	But it's a question.
0:36.9	That's entertaining.
0:38.0	It's a question, though.
0:40.0	Today, the Milwaukee Bucks have put the for sale sign out in front of Janus's house.
0:45.3	And of course, I don't think he's going to be wanting to play in Detroit.
0:50.4	I still think it'll be a Miami, New York kind of thing.
0:53.4	But we wanted to ask the question
0:55.2	because it's a gauge in where you're at with your team. And understand, this is all a compliment
1:01.6	to where the Pistons are. It's respect. You earn your way into these conversations. You can't be
1:08.1	the Charlotte Hornets and talk about making a trade. Right.
1:11.1	So we asked a question, knowing it's probably very unlikely at best, should the Pistons at least check in?
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