“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.” Via Daily Press.com
Now there is more….. Our guru Dave Dial gives us the juice.
“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…
{Update: I’ve been informed that there is a 30 day waiting period when you sign a second-round pick before that player can be traded.}”
Detroit Bad Boys adds even more….suggesting Rip could be on his way out.
Now with the quickness in which this is all happening a girls’ head is spinning. I can’t even sleep without waking up to some rumors or possible trades. I have been locked to Twitter for the past few days to send out the info as quickly as I get it no matter where I am, so do some following.
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Tyson Chandler would be great!
But please don’t get this team dismantled completly.
We NEED Rip, Prince, and sheed or dice…
trade the others…
If Prince doesn’t get traded we’d have two compton boys from the same high school on our squad, how cool would that be
THANK YOU
those retards in the cv and bg sign to the pistons thread think rip is going somewhere for a center…really what’s the point of getting a center and losing all leadeship and identity….kwame can’t be that bad…but what the hell was the oberto deal about
wee dont need ben gordon! trade him!
Oberto was just taken in to relieve cap space.. nothing more nothing less.
You must be clueless… They got him and then released him because they would gain some Cap space.
What I think is, they should just trade away Rip and get a good center for the team. Then they can start Ben Gordon instead of RIP and have Washington as there backup. I heard he was good at defense too.
Maybe we could trade Rip, Afflalo, and maxiell for Amare Stoudemire or Chris bosh? they both work out money wise.? I wouldn’t mind Chandler either.
Check the trade out with the Suns & Detroit : http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=m8lx65
Rip for Chandler just doesn’t make sense for the Hornets since they wanna dump salary and Rip’s got a lot of years left
Getting rid of rip will really hurt this team. Ecspeccially if we cant resign sheed and Dice.
I dont believe there will be any more major moves made by the Pistons. Thier biggest move just might be getting a new coach. If they dont resign Rasheed Wallace than there will be problems for this team. Dyess might be able to do something but he is getting too old. There will be trade rumors for Amare, Chandler, Boozer, and many more. But as we have learned before it does not work.
What doesn’t work? Trading? I’m pretty sure Joe has made plenty of trades that have worked great in the past, most notably Rip and Sheed.
ESPN is reporting that Detroit just signed Detlef Schrempf. He will replace Prince at the three.
I wonder when Rasheed signs with someonelse what will happen to this site.
Will we stay a site for the DetroitPistons or go another way?
We will stop following the NBA altogether and delve deep into the sport of curling with it’s magic brooms
Diogens where did you read that pistons signed Detlef. Because I dont see it.
good grief…
I know everyone is assuming Rip is as good as gone, but i truly believe Joe wants that 3 guard rotation like he had in his glory days. I’m suprised more people aren’t thinking tayshaun could be on the block to package with a bench player for a quality big man. With Gordon likely to be closing games, you can’t play stuck, ben, Rip, and Tay to close games. Rip is perfectly capable to play the 3 in certain situations.
haha piston4life you just made my day.
Wow, I missed that guy, I used him in NBA Jam and he would always miss his dunks. Great add for the team, even though he is like 55
Well Michigan is Frozen like all year but a few days so I agree Curling it IS!!!
That just reminds me of the small ball crap last year, but now with a new coach it could work.
I was just checking out stats for Daye and Prince in college and they are not that far off. Daye averaged more in some and Prince in others, and they pretty much even out. I know Prince was scrawny his rookie year and Daye is even more so, but I think he will surprise a lot of people this year. If we trade Prince and Rip fills in, I think day would be more than a good back up.
Wee do need him, no one else on the team will take those last minute shots and probably make them. We had so many games that went into over time because we missed the buzzer beater.
i think a 3 guard line-up might work with 2 CV and hopefully tyson. but i wouldn’t recommned it
This will remain a Detroit Pistons site with the same domain name. Natalie has made that clear multiple times in the past.
I hated small ball. There are 5 positions for a reason.
I like the pick up of Washington. We haven’t had a high flying gaurd on the roster since ummmm… Mo Evens? I’m not counting Flip Murray as a high flyer…
Tyson sucks he is only good for ally oops. Also with the bulls Gordon came off the bench I think they just need another pf or c.
Sources: Dumars To Meet With Johnson
Pistons president Joe Dumars is scheduled to meet with Avery Johnson later this weekend, according to sources.
After discussing Detroit’s coaching vacancy by phone, Dumars and Johnson have planned to meet Sunday at Johnson’s home in Houston.
Former Pistons coach Doug Collins pulled out of consideration for the job earlier this week.
Just curious, wtf are you gonna do with all those Sheed shirts (not to mention the name of your site) now that he’s gone..? lol..
I like all this “we can’t trade RIP, we would have no leadership” talk. His leadership could not even get us to .500 last year. RIP is an exceptional talent, but he is not a leader. He is one who needs to be led. That is why he and Chauncey worked so well together.
Not knocking Daye, I think he was a good pick, but did you also compare the competition each player faced in college?
Prince was in a much tougher conference.
I hope Tay isn’t traded, though, so he can mentor Daye!
Think we can convince Drazen Petrovic into a minimum contract to come off the bench?!
dumbest thing ive heard yet
….. uhhhh….. probably not that guy is dead.
here’s a little video for u guys, just to show u guys that ma man BG7 can be clutch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s35Zk-vCbhg
and i already got ben gordon’s nickname if rip stays
the new microwave-u like it?
^ omg that’s hilarious Matt i agree
Sheed is not coming back no matter what! Good cause you cant win championships with old men!
thanks
Love the new banner Natalie! clever!
Because last years team had such an awesome identity and great leadership. All I saw was bitching and self imploding last year. If they don’t get a decent center you’re going to be looking at last years team minus Sheed, Mcdyess, and Amir. How is that better than trying something else?
Hey this guy stole my screen name!!!!
Amen!!
Never mind all of those blocks and rebounds he gets all the time. Ben Wallace couldn’t score either.
Agree!!
I don’t get it, what did people see in this team last year? They completely underachieved all year and it’s time for a change. That’s what Joe is doing. You can’t just keep trying the same thing over and over which is what the Pistons have been doing for years now.
Honestly, I’m already very excited about next season just because it will be fresh and new. Sure, they might not end up being that great, but you know what, they could end up being pretty d$*n good too and then no one will be complaining.
Bring on the 2009-2010 season!!!!!
time to change the heads on the side natalie get rid of ai curry amir sheed and mcdyess we all know he aint coming back
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