Pistons acquire Corey Maggette for Ben Gordon

[CameronCrazy06]

One thing this does bring up for the Pistons though is a need for a SG. They're loaded at SF right now (5 players if they bring in Singler) but only one SG in Stuckey. Maybe they draft one now instead of a big man, but I think that's unlikely unless they trade back and acquire a 2nd first.

 

[Pugz]

this made more Q's for us. lol

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Yeah like I said, I'm not sure if he buys into that role, but we'll see.

And I like Corey Maggette. (Duke boy)

That's the thing also, but he is also coming of Achilles injury and knee surgery so they have to beware of not over playing him.

 

[RipCity32]

I think we can all agree that Dumars ends up fucking this all up somehow anyways!

 

[Pugz]

:FUDUMARS:

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

I think we can all agree that Dumars ends up fucking this all up somehow anyways!

It's the Joe Dumars way!!!

 

[The Young One]

So MJ has to take Barnes right!!! :spiderdance:

 

[RipCity32]

Ben Gordon and Kemba Walker on the same squad though is funny lol.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Let me make this real simple for you: The Bobcats just purchased a first-round draft pick with money they had to spend anyway.

The headlines will say that Ben Gordon was traded for Corey Maggette, but pay no mind; they're just contracts in this deal. They're not bad players necessarily, but they're roughly equivalent talents with oversized contracts on teams going nowhere.

The real action comes through the draft pick and the money changing hands. Charlotte now has a potential lottery pick in 2014 or 2015, and the cost is the difference in salary (about $14 million). Normally, that would be an excessive price to pay, but these aren't normal times. The Bobcats may not hit the league's salary floor in 2013-14, let alone the cap, so the $13.2 million that Gordon adds to their payroll in that season doesn't stand to hurt them much since they needed to add a bunch of salary anyway. In that sense, they really paid far less than $14 million for the draft pick.

From Detroit's perspective, this deal was a no-brainer. The Pistons dump $13.2 million from their 2013-14 payroll, since Maggette's contract expires in 2012-13, retain their amnesty clause to use on Charlie Villanueva (instead of maybe Gordon) and now stand to be as much as $20 million under the cap that summer, depending on what moves they make between now and then.

per Hollinger

 

[elcheato]

Kemba Walker and Ben Gordon in the back court together, at a combined height of 10 feet.

 

[RipCity32]

20 million under the cap.

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

[quote name='Big Bid'Ness' date='26 June 2012 - 07:29 PM' timestamp='1340760574' post='4704327']

bwahahah
[/quote]
Just when you thought he couldn't get any more depressed.

 

[RipCity32]

I'm kind of upset. I bet my cousin some money this year that BG wouldn't average more than 18 points a game. For some reason he thought he would lol.
He was going to take me up on that bet again too :/

I bet Maggette puts up more than what BG did in his two years here though lol.
I've always liked Maggette as a player. Always traded for him when I played 2k.

 

[Pugz]

hes likely not going to start unless he out plays tay in camps and dumars has no say so. so i dont see mags getting more than 12ppg.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Just when you thought he couldn't get any more depressed.

Ben Gordon for scoring champ!!!!!

 

[RipCity32]

hes likely not going to start unless he out plays tay in camps and dumars has no say so. so i dont see mags getting more than 12ppg.

I'm predicting like 14. BG had like 12 lol.

 

[Pugz]

if i was the coaching staff i would give him a serious chance to start. i think he could help more starting than tay but tay wont do shit off the bench so iono.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

if i was the coaching staff i would give him a serious chance to start. i think he could help more starting than tay but tay wont do shit off the bench so iono.

IDK he is coming off a major injury.

 

[RipCity32]

Tay is ass though.

 

[Pugz]

and tay is coming off of a major disappointing season.