NBA Trade Grades: Bucks expand Pistons trade to scoop Nikola Mirotic

The Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons have expanded their agreed upon deal to include Nikola Mirotic and the New Orleans Pelicans. Here are NBA Trade Grades for all three sides.

What was once a two-team trade between the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks over Thon Maker and Stanley Johnson has now been expanded to include the New Orleans Pelicans.

As first reported by ESPN‘s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Bucks have lumped the Pelicans into their swap of Thon Maker and Stanley Johnson from Wednesday, swiping Nikola Mirotic in the process. Milwaukee will snag the valuable stretch-4 for New Orleans, the Pistons will still receive Maker.

Meanwhile, the Pelicans will add Jason Smith and four second round picks from Milwaukee, along with Johnson from Detroit.

Since Wednesday’s deal was never made official, the Pelicans were able to jump in and alter the trade a bit, giving Milwaukee the ultimate prize but adding a plethora of picks to their cupboard of assets for the inevitable rebuild.

The question is, now that Wednesday’s trade has been expanded, who got the better end of the bargain? In order to sort out all the details of this revised deal, here are the latest NBA Trade Grades.