Free agent journeyman sharpshooting wing Malik Beasley is signing a one-year, $6 million deal with the Detroit Pistons, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The 6-foot-4 shooting guard was a critical offensive contributor for a 49-33 Milwaukee Bucks club in 2023-24, averaging 11.3 points on a .443/.413/.714 slash line, plus 3.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists. He was such a sieve on defense, however, that veteran point guard Patrick Beverley was often slotted next to All-Star Damian Lillard in the backcourt in Beasley’s stead.
Last season, the Pistons were the 29th-best team in terms of made triples and 26th in overall team free throw percentage. For his career, Beasley is a 38.5 percent 3-point shooter on 5.9 long-range attempts a night.
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Detroit has had an encouragingly active offseason thus far. First, the team brought in a new top executive, president Trajan Langdon, who had spent the prior five seasons serving as David Griffin’s general manager with the New Orleans Pelicans, to replace previous top decisionmaker Troy Weaver. The club eventually fired former head coach Monty Williams (and is now on the hook for the remaining five seasons and $65 million of his contract) and replaced him with seasoned ex-Cleveland Cavaliers head coach J.B. Bickerstaff.
The Pistons then selected exciting G League Ignite swingman Ron Holland with the No. 5 pick in the lottery of the 2024 NBA Draft. Detroit later brought in embattled former Philadelphia 76ers power forward Tobias Harris, who had enjoyed a prolific previous stint with the franchise, on a two-year, $52 million deal. In 2023-24, on a solid Philadelphia squad, the 6-foot-8 vet averaged 17.2 points on a .487/.353/.878 slash line, 6.5 rebounds, and 3.1 dimes.
The team also added a pricey veteran swingman, Tim Hardaway Jr., in a trade to accommodate a salary-dumping move from his previous franchise, the Dallas Mavericks. In total, Detroit took on Hardaway’s expiring $16.2 million contract to obtain a trio of second-round Detroit draft…
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