DETROIT _ Andre Drummond was once considered untouchable.
He was traded Thursday at the NBA trade deadline.
The Detroit Pistons are sending Drummond to the Cleveland Cavaliers, a Free Press source confirmed less than one hour before the deadline.
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski was first to report the trade.
Cleveland is sending Brandon Knight, John Henson and a 2023 second-round pick to Detroit.
Both Henson and Knight, whom the Pistons drafted in the first round of the 2011 draft, have contracts that expire this offseason.
The Pistons now have one too many players on their roster. Wojnarowski reported a few minutes after the trade deadline that the Pistons waived backup point guard Tim Frazier to make room on the roster.
After 7 { seasons of historic rebounding, Drummond leaves the franchise with three rebounding titles and two All-Star appearances.
But he also leaves after a lot of losing; the Pistons reached the playoffs twice with Drummond, and an NBA record 14-game postseason losing streak is ongoing.
Drummond leaves the franchise as the second-leading rebounder in Pistons history behind Bill Laimbeer.
He's averaging 17.8 points and a league-leading 15.8 rebounds in 49 games this season.
There's no disputing he was the best Piston the past decade.
But with the Pistons looking to the future and embarking on a youth movement, the two sides have parted.
