底特律報紙的解釋，比 AP 清楚一些。 http://www.detnews.com/2003/pistons/0306/10/f03-189304.htm Pistons keep 25th pick, resolve obligation to Kings By Chris McCosky / The Detroit News EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Pistons and Sacramento Kings wiped the slate clean Monday, essentially allowing the Pistons to keep their first-round draft pick this season. The transaction will read this way: The Pistons conveyed their pick, No. 25 overall, to the Kings to fulfill a past obligation (a pick owed to Philadelphia from the Jerry Stackhouse trade, which the Kings later acquired). The Kings, then, traded that pick back to the Pistons to fulfill their debt of a first-round pick, which they sent to the Pistons along with Jon Barry in the Mateen Cleaves trade two years ago. So, bottom line, both teams no longer have trade obligations to each other and the Pistons will, at least for now, have two first round picks in the June 26 draft -- No. 2 from Memphis and No. 25. "Obviously, we did this in part because we feel there is the potential for us to get a player that could help us at 25," said John Hammond, Pistons vice president of basketball. "But also, it gives us a lot of flexibility in terms of pursuing other potential trades." Until they fulfilled all their past obligations, the Pistons couldn't offer future first-round draft picks as part of trade packages. Now they can. The Kings, meanwhile, get their wish of not having to add another late first-round pick to their payroll. http://www.freep.com/sports/pistons/nba10_20030610.htm The Pistons and Sacramento Kings made a deal Monday that relieved each team of a first-round obligation to the other. The Pistons could have sent their 25th pick to the Kings to complete a 1997 trade that brought Jerry Stackhouse to Detroit from Philadelphia. The pick went through Philadelphia, Houston, Atlanta and Sacramento. In return, the Pistons gave up rights to a first-round pick involved in the Jon Barry-Mateen Cleaves trade in 2001. http://www.mlive.com/pistons/stories/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf /html_standard.xsl?/base/sports-0/105523983411430.xml Pistons work deal with Kings to keep late first-round pick Tuesday, June 10, 2003 By A. Sherrod Blakely AUBURN HILLS -- The Detroit Pistons owed the Sacramento Kings a first-round draft pick, but didn't want to give it up. The Kings are trying to save money, and didn't want to take on another contract. So the teams made a deal Monday evening that works for both sides. The Pistons, who already have the No. 2 pick (via the Memphis Grizzlies) in the June 26 NBA draft, will also keep their own No. 25 pick in exchange for the Kings not having to give the Pistons a future first-round pick, one that would have been due no earlier than 2005. Detroit owed the Kings a first-round pick via a trade with Philadelphia for Jerry Stackhouse in 1997. The draft pick was passed along to a number of teams before the Kings got it. Sacramento owed the Pistons a first-round pick as part of the trade involving Jon Barry for Mateen Cleaves in 2001. "Doing it this way made sense for us, and for Sacramento as well," said John Hammond, Detroit's vice president of basketball operations. With the large influx of foreign players and underclassmen in this month's draft, the Pistons know there's a good chance they could land a talented player near the end of the first round. But that's not the only reason the Pistons wanted to keep the No. 25 pick. While the Pistons are not currently involved in trade discussions with any teams, they know that could change as the draft gets closer. As much as teams want to add talent, having an opportunity to trade for a player and get a first-round pick in the deal is even more enticing. That's why having their own draft pick "gives us flexibility for further talks with teams," Hammond said. The Kings, well over the salary cap, did not want to add any players to their roster. "We're $18 million over the (luxury tax) threshold and probably $26 million over the salary cap,'' Geoff Petrie, the Kings president of basketball operations, told the Sacramento Bee. "How much more can you spend? You can't spend forever." --

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