There is a financial cost of inheriting the Blake Griffin contract. Griffin under contract for five-seasons has a cap hit of $29.5M, $31.8M, $34.2M, $36.6M and a player option of $38.9M. Griffin also has a $860K trade bonus that would be evenly applied over the next four seasons. Both Brice Johnson and Willie Reed are in the last year of their contract. The Pistons are now under the luxury tax this season by $2.28M. Detroit next season has $112M in committed salaries, not including the $5.9M in non-guaranteed money of Reggie Bullock, Eric Moreland and Dwight Buycks. The luxury tax next season is projected to be $123M. For the 2019-20 season, Detroit has $110M in salary that includes Griffin, Andre Drummond, Reggie Jackson, Jon Leuer, Langston Galloway, Luke Kennard, Henry Ellenson, Eric Moreland and last year of what is owed to Josh Smith. The salary cap in 2019-20 is projected to be $108M.