Pistons Made 'Serious Push' To Trade Josh Smith

[Big Bid'Ness]

From:realgm
 

Pistons Made 'Serious Push' To Trade Josh Smith
 

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The Detroit Pistons made "a serious push to find a new home for Josh Smith" at the trade deadline, according to Chad Ford.
 
Smith signed a four-year, $54 million contract with the Pistons in the offseason. The addition of Smith has caused issues in the frontcourt due to the presence of Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe.
 
Monroe will be a restricted free agent in the offseason.


 

 
Lol

 

[buzzy]

Well that's gonna motivate him.

Nawt.

 

[bosoxlover12]

You know what would have been a pretty solid trade actually?


Pistons trade: F Josh Smith
Heat trade: F Udonis Haslem, F Shane Battier, G Ray Allen, cash

At least Ray and Shane are then cut by Pistons (1 year deals) and re-sign in Miami. Haslem is on a 2 year deal.


Pistons pay a decent bit this season, but they basically just amnestied Smith, while Miami gets even stronger (Pat Riley can beat the shit out of Smith until he has discipline)

Plus Smith is that perfect stretch 4 that the Heat have wanted out of Beas and Shard

 

[elcheato]

Miami would never agree to that.

 

[Pugz]

they can spin this however but it was already made clear we were shopping him only to gauge what his value is for the offseason.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Isn't there always a rule now that you can't get traded, cut, and re-sign with the team that traded you?

 

[Pugz]

Isn't there always a rule now that you can't get traded, cut, and re-sign with the team that traded you?

its like 90 days or something now. or im wrong lol

 

[RipCity32]

Dumars was probably asking for superstars in return.
 

 

[Mobruler]

Yeah, the PROBLEM, according to multiple sources, the Pistons wanted more than just dead expiring salary.  Teams may have been willing to bail the Pistons out and try their own hand at Smith, but the delusional Pistons seem to think there is a significant market for inefficient cancerous fucking losers who make 12+ million per season.  Or they just didn't want to be embarrassed by giving him away for cap relief when they just signed him last off-season.

 

[RipCity32]

Dumars is just a fucking dumbass in general. I will throw a party the day he is gone. 

 

[Mobruler]

To be fair, it might not have been just Dumars' call to not trade Smith for flat salary relief.  Tom Gores seems to be all about saving face and ridiculous principles, thus not just using the amnesty on Ben Gordon.  Wouldn't be surprised if that was a Gores decision.

 

[RipCity32]

Good point. His refusal to amnesty Gordon has gotten us in QUITE the mess.

 

[elcheato]

It wasn't about "saving face" with Gordon. He just didn't want to pay a player who wasn't on his team, and then have to fill his cap hold with more money, so he traded an asset with Gordon to just clear him.

 

[Mobruler]

It wasn't about "saving face" with Gordon. He just didn't want to pay a player who wasn't on his team, and then have to fill his cap hold with more money, so he traded an asset with Gordon to just clear him.

 
I wonder if you're giving him the benefit of the doubt.  It's been a very common conception that he refuses to pay people to not work for him in any line of business.  Even in your scenario, how has trading Gordon with that asset to just clear him worked out?  Gores is either stubborn, cheap, dumb or a combination of multiple.

 

[elcheato]

Cheap is what I was referring to.
 
It's totally understandable, some owners take that approach.

 

[DraftPick]

Pistons always signing dudes for waaaay more money than they're worth. Gordon. Villanueva. Smith. Jennings. 
 
We'll give you Jack for Drummond

 

[Pugz]

bj isn't on a bad contract though.

 

[DraftPick]

No its not terrible, but i never looked at Jennings as a 'winning' player. He takes a TON of shots to get his points, and has never been a very good shooter.

 

[Pugz]

i agree. if we did a better job at getting better players on the floor i bet he'd be better. hes a guy who needs better players around him, not a guy who is the best on the floor.

 

[DraftPick]

Exactly. Both he and Josh Smith is not a good combo. I love Drummond so much. But that Smith signing is going to be tough in the long run.
 
PS. I miss the old days watching the battles between the Cavs and Pistons. Literally the most fun I've ever had watching basketball. And I'm talking the 2005-2010 era.