The Brandon Swap

The Detriot Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks Point Guards Brandon Knight and Brandon Jennings will be flip-flopping jerseys this season. The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to trade Brandon Jennings to rival Detroit Pistons for Brandon Knight, Forward Khris Middelton, and Center Viacheslav Kravtsov. The loss of Jennings is going to hurt the Bucks a ton, especially since they'll see him more often when they play against the Pistons. The Bucks added Point Guard Luke Ridinour to fill in Jennings spot, which won't be easy at all. Jennings scoring and passing ability will be missed. The Bucks get to underachieving players in Kravtsov and Khris Middelton, who bring needed height the a small Bucks team. The Bucks acquired Brandon Knight, who had a solid season in his first season as a starter, with 13.3 Points and 4 Assists Per Game. However, everybody remembers when Brandon got posturized by Clippers Center DeAndre Jordan, and got schooled by Cavs All-Star Point Guard Kyrie Irving in the Rookie/Stars Game and then got schooled by Irving again. Hopefully Brandon can forgot about those scenes and not run into one again. Knight will provide depth and could be mentored a little by Ridinour.

On the plus side, the Pistons add a talented Point Guard in Brandon Jennings. He averaged 17 points, 6 assists, and a steal per game. In the past, Jennings has done very well against the Pistons averaging 19.8 Points, 4.8 assists in 16 games. The Pistons hope Brandon can do the same thing for the Pistons and against everyone else. Jennings will replace Jose Calderon at point and will be mentored by veteran Chauncey Billups, which will come in handy this season. The Pistons have also added talented Power Forward Josh Smith who can do it all. He can dribble it down the court very well, great passer, great player in the post, can make some 3's, good rebounder, has a great ability to block, and throw down towering dunks. GM Joe Dumars has done a great job adding pieces to make the Pistons contenders again.