Nerlens Noel was bought out of his contract by the Detroit Pistons, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

The Heat and the Sixers were linked with Noel prior to the trade deadline. 

The Detroit Pistons preemptively traded Saddiq Bey to the Atlanta Hawks before he became a restricted free agent this offseason. Detroit took a flier on James Wiseman despite the presence of multiple young bigs on their roster in Jalen Duren, Marvin Bagley and Isaiah Stewart instead of contending with a contract situation with Bey.

"I had heard he was asking for insane money this upcoming summer," said Jonathan Givony of ESPN. "That the feeling was he would need a DeAndre Hunter type contract in order to keep him. So if that's the case, to me he's closer to a midlevel guy than $20+ million per year."

Hunter signed a four-year, $95 million extension with the Hawks before the start of the current season.

Bey shares an agent with former teammate Cade Cunningham in James Dunleavy.

The Detroit Pistons have signed guard R.J. Hampton to a rest-of-season contract. Hampton was recently waived by the Orlando Magic.

Hampton has averaged 5.7 points in 13.9 minutes over 26 games this season. With Orlando having several other young, and finally healthy, guards, there was no longer a place for Hampton in the Magic's rotation.

Detroit is bringing Hampton in to take a look, as they play out the string in a rebuilding situation. This is the sort of bottom-of-the-roster churning that often unearths a solid rotation player moving forward.

The Golden State Warriors approved the four-team trade that sees them acquire Gary Payton II ahead of Sunday's 9:30 PM ET deadline.

Golden State found a core muscle injury when completing Payton's physical. That put the trade in jeopardy of being finalized. The Warriors are reportedly working the NBA, as they believe the Portland Trail Blazers withheld key medical information during the process of completing the four-team trade.

Once pushed through, Golden State will acquire Payton and two second-round picks. The Atlanta Hawks will acquire Saddiq Bey, while the Detroit Pistons will acquire James Wiseman. The Portland Trail Blazers will acquire Kevin Knox and five second-round picks.

A four-team trade between the Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers is in peril following concerns over Gary Payton II's physical exam.

The Warriors ruled Payton as a failed physical and have until Saturday to through with the deal or rescind the trade.

Payton has been playing through a core muscle injury and the Blazers' training staff had been pushing him to gut through it with Toreador shots. This information had not been relayed to the Warriors during the negotiations.

Payton had abdominal surgery during the summer. 

“Player safety is super important to us,” said Blazers general manager Joe Cronin. “It’s a super important thing around the league. We were playing him … he had been cleared and we were confident that he was healthy when he was playing. We would not have brought him back if we thought he wasn’t healthy or if we thought he was at risk. You trust that we did the right thing, and you trust that our process was correct, and these reports, you know, I think if you knew our clearance process was proper, so I will have to rely on that.”

The Warriors sent out James Wiseman to the Pistons to acquire Payton, while Detroit traded Saddiq Bey to the Hawks for five second round picks, which were sent to Portland.

Payton has two years and $17.8 million remaining on his contract after this season.

Payton signed a three-year, $26.1 million deal with the Blazers.

The Detroit Pistons have signed Stanley Umude to a 10-day contract.

Umude has been in the G League with the Motor City Cruise since his camp deal with the Pistons, averaging 12.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 26.4 minutes over 13 games.

The Los Angeles Lakers remain in discussions with the Detroit Pistons on Bojan Bogdanovic.

The Lakers still own their 2029 first round pick despite acquiring D'Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt.

The Golden State Warriors have agreed to trade James Wiseman to the Detroit Pistons, while Saddiq Bey will be moved to the Atlanta Hawks.

Atlanta will send five second round picks to the Warriors. The Warriors will save significantly on salary and luxury tax in trading away Wiseman.

Wiseman is the former No. 2 pick in the draft and the Pistons have previously acquired Marvin Bagley as a second draft prospect who similarly struggled with the Sacramento Kings. According to James L. Edwards III of The Athletic, the Pistons had Wiseman as the top player on their big board during the 2020 draft process. The Pistons believe Wiseman has a higher upside than Bey moving forward. 

Kevin Knox will also be included in the deal with the Pistons sending him to the Warriors.

The Golden State Warriors have explored a trade of James Wiseman with the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers. 

The Warriors have pursued a two timelines approach, but there is skepticism Wiseman will ever become a productive rotation player for the team.

Golden State selected Wiseman with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 draft.

The Golden State Warriors and Detroit Pistons have held trade talks on Saddiq Bey.

The Warriors have shown an increased willingness to trade James Wiseman at the deadline. The Pistons have interest in Wiseman, who was the No. 2 pick in the 2020 NBA draft. Wiseman has not been in Golden State's rotation and there have been doubts he remained a long-term fit for them.

Bey will be a restricted free agent in 2024 and is averaging 14.8 points, 4.6 rebound and 1.6 assists in 28.8 minutes over 52 games this season with the Pistons. Bey is a career 35.7 percent shooter on three-pointers.