The Pistons will waive Brown on Saturday, James L. Edwards III of The Athletic reports.

EDGE Analysis

Brown's $4 million salary for the 2024-25 season would have become fully guaranteed if he remained on the roster by Sunday, and the Pistons weren't interested in keeping him around at that price. The 24-year-old forward has bounced around with five teams over the past four seasons and will now be seeking out a new home in free agency. After being acquired via trade with the Timberwolves in February, Brown averaged 4.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists across 19.0 minutes in 22 appearances for the Pistons.

Brown amassed four points (1-6 FG, 0-3 3Pt, 2-2 FT), four rebounds, three assists and one steal in 36 minutes during Thursday's 127-105 loss to the Bulls.

EDGE Analysis

Brown has started in 10 of the Pistons' last 11 games, but he has failed to reach double digits in all but one of those contests. Even with Cade Cunningham missing his fifth straight game due to a knee injury, Brown attempted just six shots Thursday and missed all three of his threes. Brown did manage to extend his streak of one-plus steals to eight games during Thursday's loss.

Brown is in the starting five for Friday's game versus the Wizards, Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press reports.

EDGE Analysis

Brown will replace Chimezie Metu in the starting lineup Friday. Brown is averaging 6.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 22.0 minutes across his previous three starts for Detroit.

Brown will return to a reserve role in Wednesday's tilt against the Timberwovles.

EDGE Analysis

Brown has started the previous three games for the Pistons. but the team will opt to go with a bigger frontcourt Wednesday by inserting Chimezie Metu into the starting unit. Brown is averaging 3.7 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists across 10.0 minutes in 43 games off the bench this year.

Brown is in the starting lineup against the Celtics on Friday, Sean Grande of NBC Sports Boston reports.

EDGE Analysis

Brown will make his fourth start of the season -- and first since Dec. 11 -- due to absences the Pistons have in the frontcourt. Brown is averaging 7.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists across 29.3 minutes per game in a starting role.

Brown amassed two points (1-2 FG, 0-1 3Pt) and two rebounds across eight minutes during Monday's 119-94 loss to the Celtics.

EDGE Analysis

Since the Pistons traded for Brown on Feb. 7, the 24-year-old has appeared in eight games, averaging 3.4 points and 2.3 rebounds in 11.6 minutes. Cade Cunningham (rest/knee), Simone Fontecchio (toe) and Ausar Thompson (illness) were sidelined Monday and Isaiah Stewart (hamstring) left early, but Brown still didn't see double-digit minutes.

Brown is averaging 5.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists in his five appearances since being traded to the Pistons from the Timberwolves on Feb. 7.

EDGE Analysis

The 24-year-old has bounced around the league since 2020, landing on his fifth team in four seasons. Going from the Timberwolves to the last-place Pistons, Brown was seeing an uptick in minutes from 11.0 to 14.8 per game. However, the return of Isaiah Stewart (ankle) plus the logjam at forward with Ausar Thompson, Simone Fontecchio and Evan Fournier all expected to get minutes likely means Brown could see a significant decrease in playing time.

Brown (recently traded) is available for Saturday's game versus the Clippers, James L. Edwards III of The Athletic reports.

EDGE Analysis

Brown has been upgraded from questionable to available Saturday after being recently traded from the Timberwolves to the Pistons. The 24-year-old forward will be able to make his Detroit debut against the Clippers.

Brown (trade pending) is questionable for Saturday's game against the Clippers.

EDGE Analysis

The Pistons acquired Brown from Minnesota at the deadline, but he'll have a tough time competing for minutes in Detroit as they have a logjam at the forward positions.

The Timberwolves are finalizing a trade to send Brown, Shake Milton and a second-round pick to the Pistons on Wednesday in exchange for Monte Morris, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.

EDGE Analysis

Brown has been an inconsistent part of Minnesota's rotation this season, averaging 4.2 points and 1.9 rebounds in 11.1 minutes across 37 appearances. However, the 24-year-old forward has proven to be a quality outside shooter, converting 36.9 percent of his 2.3 three-point attempts per contest in 2023-24. Brown will likely compete for bench minutes on a rebuilding Pistons team. It's unclear when the trade will be finalized, but Brown will presumably miss Wednesday's game in Sacramento and Thursday's contest in Portland, making Saturday's matchup against the Clippers a likely debut date.