Pistons acquire Corey Maggette for Ben Gordon

[jonathanlambert33]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
Detroit has traded Ben Gordon and a protected future first-round pick to Charlotte for Corey Maggette, league sources tell Y! Sports.

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
The deal sends Detroit's 2013 first-round pick to Charlotte with lottery protection, sources tell Y!

Dumars making moves!!!

 

[Pugz]

should be the end of daye, too. gives us some cap to play with and hopefully get right next season. and the lottery protection makes this even more sweet. going in the right direction for sure now...still hate dumars lol

 

[jonathanlambert33]

should be the end of daye, too. gives us some cap to play with and hopefully get right next season. and the lottery protection makes this even more sweet. going in the right direction for sure now...still hate dumars lol

Only thing that can really put a sour on this is if that pick eventually has to become unprotected.

Or maybe Dumars worked his magic and it becomes a second after so many years?

 

[Pugz]

Only thing that can really put a sour on this is if that pick eventually has to become unprotected.

Or maybe Dumars worked his magic and it becomes a second after so many years?

when it becomes unprotected i dont think itd be lottery anyways. i honestly wouldnt be surprised though if it becomes a series of seconds down the line though.

im wondering if we're going two guard or point guard in free agency though. we can try to play mags at the 2 and have stuckey backup 1/2. still have some big questions but i like the move a lot. not even for just ridding ourselves of the contract but for the roster now.

 

[TTN2810]

By the end of Maggette's career it seems he'll have played on every team.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

@KBergCBS
Sources confirm pick going to Charlotte is lottery-protected in '13, top-8 in '14, top-1 in '15, unprotected in '16.

 

[Pugz]

im fine with that lol. they can get the pick in 2015 haha.

i wonder if this means CV is going to get amnestied. i know we had a bit of a thing for waiters too. maybe tayshaun is going to get dealt? idk. i like the move but right now i have more questions with what they plan to do. the roster is improved though so oh well.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Finally Joe Dumars did something.

 

[Pugz]

im hoping this isnt the end though. id be fine with this roster plus a FA and the draft(assuming it goes the way we think) but mags can be flipped again to move up in the draft or add younger talent to the roster in a different type of trade.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

im hoping this isnt the end though. id be fine with this roster plus a FA and the draft(assuming it goes the way we think) but mags can be flipped again to move up in the draft or add younger talent to the roster in a different type of trade.

We will keep Mags seeing how his contract expires next year as the same for Charlie V.

 

[Pugz]

ah fuck. just thought of what could happen now..

draft a guard: waiters, lamb, rivers
sign a big: kaman, move gmoe to the 4.

hmm. still not a bad roster though

 

[Pugz]

“We welcome Corey Maggette to our organization in a transaction that provides us with a veteran scorer and defender in addition to increased roster flexibility moving forward,” Joe Dumars, the Pistons' president of basketball operations, said in a team press release.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

ah fuck. just thought of what could happen now..

draft a guard: waiters, lamb, rivers
sign a big: kaman, move gmoe to the 4.

hmm. still not a bad roster though

Please no more guards lol. But remember how Kemba Walker was compared to Ben Gordon back then and now they are teammates lol.

 

[Pugz]

we need another guard though. either a point guard or a two. stuckey either starts or backup 1 and 2.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

DET should go two now. Rivers or Waiters.

 

[Pugz]

riverssssssss, if we go guard. i really think we are now. then signing kaman =/
hopefully we can sign ibaka blocka flame in '13 though lol

:cheese:

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

riverssssssss, if we go guard. i really think we are now. then signing kaman =/
hopefully we can sign ibaka blocka flame in '13 though lol

:cheese:

Doubt it lol.

 

[Pugz]

draft must come sooner so i can have my questions asked!

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I'm going to the Arena for the draft, pretty pumped.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

bwahahah