Detroit deals Sekou Doumbouya, Jahlil Okafor to Nets for DeAndre Jordan, picks

DETROIT >> Ahead of the start of training camp this month, the Pistons had a simmering roster issue, with one guaranteed contract more than the league maximum of 15.

General manager Troy Weaver resolved the issue with a trade on Friday with the Brooklyn Nets. The Pistons will get veteran center DeAndre Jordan, along with four future second-round picks and almost $6 million in cash for center Jahlil Okafor and forward Sekou Doumbouya, a source with direct knowledge of the deal confirmed to The Detroit News.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was first to report the trade. The Pistons plan to buy out the remaining two years and $20 million on Jordan’s contract, which would make him an unrestricted free agent. If that comes to fruition, the Pistons will net one roster spot ahead of training camp.

The reported future draft picks are the Nets’ second-rounder in 2022 and 2027 and another from the Memphis Grizzlies or Washington Wizards in 2024 and a fourth from the Wizards or Golden State Warriors in 2025. That infusion of picks would help restock the cupboard of draft capital for the Pistons, who had traded many of their future picks in recent years.

Doumbouya was the longest-tenured Pistons player remaining on the roster, and the only one who predated Weaver’s arrival last year. With his departure, Killian Hayes’ the Pistons’ first-round pick in 2020 (seventh overall) becomes the longest-tenured player.

Doumbouya, a firstround pick in 2019, is just 20, but he had struggled to find a foothold in the NBA. He averaged 5.1 points and 2.6 rebounds last season, playing in 56 games, with 11 starts. His best stretch came during his rookie season, when he had a career week on the Pistons’ western trip, with stellar games against the Warriors, Lakers and Clippers, among other teams. He had a career-best 24 points against the Boston Celtics on Jan. 15, 2020.

Okafor, 25, is entering the final year of his contract after posting 5.4 points and 2.4 rebounds last season.

SARAH STIER — GETTY IMAGES The Brooklyn Nets’ DeAndre Jordan (6) dunks as the Los Angeles Clippers’ Ivica Zubac looks on during the first half a Feb. 2 game at Barclays Center in New York.