Sporting a six-game winning streak, the Detroit Pistons are the hottest team in the NBA and the subject of some even hotter trade gossip.
The Pistons are coming off a 111-108 road win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, Nov. 9, pushing their record to 8-2 and keeping them in first place in the Eastern Conference. The Pistons are also taking advantage of a weakened East, with Achilles injuries in the 2025 playoffs to stars Jayson Tatum (Boston) and Tyrese Halliburton (Indiana) limiting the number of true contenders in the conference.
Paired with an advantageous salary cap situation, the start has some NBA experts and league officials thinking even bigger for the Pistons.
Here's a sampling of what experts have recently been saying about the Pistons entering Monday night's game aga

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