Detroit Making a Trade?

[Pugz]

Deron Washington's coach at Virginia Tech has stated that the Detroit Pistons and Deron Washington have agreed to a guaranteed contract.

Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg posted on his Twitter account that former Hokies standout Deron Washington has signed a guaranteed contract with the Detroit Pistons, who selected him 59th overall (second round) in the 2008 NBA draft. This was sent to me via email by Full-Court Press reader Erik S., who also speculated that the Pistons signing Washington to a guaranteed contract could mean that he is involved in a trade that will be consummated July 8th, when free agents can sign and teams can begin making trades.

Moves like that(signing players like Washington to guaranteed contracts) are often made when one team has to send back a certain amount of money back in a trade. For example, if Detroit is $4 million under the cap after signing Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva and were to get involved with the Hornets in a trade for Tyson Chandler, the Pistons would have to send back a certain amount of salaries in order to make it work. Chandler makes $12.2 million dollars, and the Pistons might be $4 million under the cap so a straight salary dump couldn't work. Stay tuned.

http://blog.mlive.com/fullcourtpress/2009/...ns_sign_de.html

That is an odd signing considering just two weeks ago it was said that he would stay overseas for atleast one more season..

 

[sheed]

I kind of want to know wtf is going on in Joey's head? He must have like a billion moves lined up and ready to execute next Wednesday.

 

[Pugz]

I read three different article's about Ben being a "super-sub" but at the same time Joe and Ben won't come out and say we signed Ben and I'm moving Rip.. But I do we Rip gets moved now, although it's looking like it might not happen.

Small Ball F.T.L

 

[A.E]

Changing the entire make-up of a team...and so far I don't understand what the hell Dumars is going for. I think we'd all agree that "6-man" Ben Gordon & Charlie V aren't enough to get it done...so...?

 

[Lake Louise]

I kind of want to know wtf is going on in Joey's head? He must have like a billion moves lined up and ready to execute next Wednesday.

Same here. I guess we will have to wait until Wednesday to know exactly what he`s got going on up there.

 

[Pugz]

Changing the entire make-up of a team...and so far I don't understand what the hell Dumars is going for. I think we'd all agree that "6-man" Ben Gordon & Charlie V aren't enough to get it done...so...?

We're rebuilding and trying to atleast stay in the playoff picture, I guess this is a good tart according to Dumars.

McCoy, add more to your post's you just repeat and reword what we say. When your the 4th poster in a thread I'm sure you can come up with something better then the exact post as sheed..

 

[Pugz]

Also, talks are that we will move Kwame and Sharpe/Washington for Tyson Chandler. I can why they would like it, Kwame expires and they use up our last 4Mill. But then we'd be down a backup Center..

 

[Pugz]

CBSSports.com has learned that the Bulls and Pistons may yet revisit Detroit's agreement with Ben Gordon and instead investigate a sign-and-trade that would send Allen Iverson to Chicago.

Discussions have not yet reached the highest levels of both organizations, but the revised look at how Gordon goes from Chicago to Detroit would benefit Gordon and the Bulls. Gordon would get an extra year, and thus more money, by signing with the Bulls and getting traded. The Bulls, who currently are getting nothing for losing him, would get Iverson -- a fading future Hall of Famer who would get to finish his career in a major market as long as he's willing to accept a secondary role.

It's a farfetched scenario, and not everyone involved would be on board -- particularly the Pistons. The major sticking point would be how to sweeten the deal for Detroit, which would only consider such an option if it would provide significant cap savings. The Pistons took themselves out of the 2010 free-agent sweepstakes by agreeing to terms with Gordon and Charlie Villanueva on the first day of the free-agent negotiating period. Those agreements are not binding until July 8, when the league-mandated moratorium is lifted and the league and players association agree on the salary cap and luxury tax for the 2009-10 season.

http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/...838893/15865675

This one sounds crazy and fake LOL

 

[RipCity32]

I have heard the possible swap of Kwame for Chandler too. They said New Orleans would take that in a heartbeat. Obviously we would have to add a bit more, but that would be the core.

 

[sheed]

Ben Gordon to the Pistons is a done deal. The method by which he will get there is still under discussion. CBSSports.com has learned that the Bulls and Pistons may yet revisit Detroit's agreement with Ben Gordon and instead investigate a sign-and- trade that would send Allen Iverson to Chicago.

Discussions have not yet reached the highest levels of both organizations, but the revised look at how Gordon goes from Chicago to Detroit would benefit Gordon and the Bulls. Gordon would get an extra year, and thus more money, by signing with the Bulls and getting traded. The Bulls, who currently are getting nothing for losing him, would get Iverson -- a fading future Hall of Famer who would get to finish his career in a major market as long as he's willing to accept a secondary role.

A person familiar with the situation said the Pistons would flat-out refuse to entertain a sign-and-trade for Gordon unless it provided significant savings. The Bulls, too, may not be eager to do business with Gordon, whose agent did not give the team a chance to match Detroit's offer. The Bulls also would want to know that Iverson, 34, would be totally committed despite not making the $20 million he's accustomed to and without playing the primary role he enjoyed for his entire career until he was traded to the Pistons for Chauncey Billups last season. Iverson did not adapt well to diminished minutes with the Pistons, and late in the season vowed to retire before he would come off another team's bench.

Highly doubt it will happen. It said it will cost Detroit more money to do this. Just sign him.

 

[sheed]

Damn it I just posted that article in another thread Pugz.

Tyson is making $12 Mil so Sharpe and Deron won't cut it. Since Kwame is making $4 Mil and we have about $4 Mil in cap space, we need $4 Mil more to complete it. I don't know who else we would add.

 

[Pugz]

It would be a Kwame/Sharpe/Washington/Max deal, but that's soooo bad. It's looking like we will have a three guard rotation and a thin ass frontline

 

[RipCity32]

I doubt we make a trade at all. It just makes no sense to sign yet another SF/SG.

 

[RipCity32]

97.1 says the latest rumor is Rip for Boozer.

As well as Prince, Hamilton, 1st for Amare.

 

[sheed]

I don't know if I would do Rip for Boozer. He can't play Center and that's what we need. Unless we plan on playing Charlie at the 3, Boozer at the 4 and starting Kwame.

Seems like a bit too much for Amare IMO. But since the salaries won't match up they would have to include Barbosa or Pavlovic. I wouldn't mind Leandro.

 

[RipCity32]

But Prince and Rip is to much for just Amare, money wise.
Which looking at the trade machine on ESPN, Barbosa would be the only plausible filler.

 

[RipCity32]

I don't know if I would do Rip for Boozer. He can't play Center and that's what we need. Unless we plan on playing Charlie at the 3, Boozer at the 4 and starting Kwame.

Seems like a bit too much for Amare IMO. But since the salaries won't match up they would have to include Barbosa or Pavlovic. I wouldn't mind Leandro.

That's just ugly lol. And Prince would have to come off the bench. The only way I see that working is if we trade Rip for Boozer, then Prince for a center.

And if we do that, the front-court is still pretty ugly lol.

 

[sheed]

Yeah I know haha.

I am reading the Pistons Mailbag on pistons.com and I just lol'd at this question:

Ben (Fort Wayne, Ind.): Do you think the Pistons would be better off re-signing Allen Iverson and learning to play his style of basketball?

Langlois: That would be Plan Z.

 

[RipCity32]

Lol, yeah I read that yesterday.

 

[sheed]

Whoaaaaaaaa, I thought you didn't like Langlois?