Detroit Pistons forward Paul Reed stepped up after his teammates were ejected against the Charlotte Hornets on Monday.

A fight broke out between the Pistons and Hornets on Monday night, leading to the ejections of Charlotte's Moussa Diabate and Miles Bridges and Detroit's Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart.

A few years later, Stewart was suspended for an off-court incident. Before a matchup between the Phoenix Suns and the Pistons, Stewart had an altercation with Phoenix’s Drew Eubanks. It was reported that Stewart threw a punch at the veteran, which led to a three-game suspension for the Pistons center.

Things got rather ugly for a moment in the second half between Charlotte and Detroit.

There was already enough tension in a big-time matchup between the Detroit Pistons and a surging Charlotte Hornets team Monday night before a brawl in the third quarter saw four players ejected from the game.

Here we will look at and discuss the biggest mistake that the Detroit Pistons made at the 2026 NBA trade deadline.