Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva are either on their way to the Palace or already there as I type.
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now if we could just trade Prince and sign David Lee than I think the Pistons could have a chance next year.
Yes trade prince your f**kin dunb he was the most productive player for the pistons last year
lol, prince wasnt the most productive.
we should try to sign ariza, then trade prince.
“Chris McCosky / The Detroit News
Auburn Hills — Chicago Bulls guard Ben Gordon and Milwaukee Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva will be at the Pistons’ practice facility Wednesday, meeting with president Joe Dumars and maybe take a tour of the area and do a little home shopping.
That’s how serious the courtship is between the two free agents and the Pistons.
There is a chance a verbal commitment could be reached soon.”
detnews.com
I don’t like any of them, they really dont play D.
not a fan of Charlie V… but at least he’ll come on the cheap (maybe 7 mill?), and hopefully develop into a better player
as for gordon, i actually like him a lot… always did… BUT i like rip more… rip has the better size and versatility (can play some minutes at the 3)… if they dont trade rip we’ll have a backcourt jam like we did last year, if we do trade him i think our backcourt got younger but worse
Can someone explain why IN THE WORLD ARE WE GOING AFTER GORDON?!!! We have Rip, Stuck, Afflalo, Bynum… and a gaping hole at PF/C. WTF!!!
We are going after Gordon either because we are idiots. Or Detroit plans on trading any of its 4 other guards.
great pick ups. Gordon and Charlie would help this team. Both play with heart, but need work on D! hopefully we get a coach that is an X and O guy and implements a solid Defensive scheme…. Great Pick ups! you guys are crazy if you think other-wise
Joe wants to build a team on sgs. He believes any player can play well out of position, so might as well have all sgs. I’m surprised in the draft he didn’t get 4 sgs, like he normally does! But he kept with tradition, 4 forwards instead. Variety, Joe, variety!!!!
Great pick ups? But need to work on D? How does that go together? Remember the days when Detroit was based on defense…….The 2 Wallaces. Now…the two Tayshauns. Sad
What’s that “two Tayshauns” comment supposed to mean? Prince has excellent perimeter D and is lanky enough to fight down low. I’d LOVE to have two Tayshauns.
Imagine having two players chasing down Reggie Miller rather than just one. Flawless.
Yeah plays D but cant seem to find his shot when we need it
I think both players are great, and here in Detroit they have space to grow up as players. But i also think we REALLY NEED a GOOD center or pf/c.
Cleveland have Shaq now, Orlando have Dwight, Boston have KG, what do we have? KWAME? gimme a break!!
just think if we traded rip (my fav player) for a legitimate backup at the 3 or 5.. and a starting lineup of say
stuck.
gordon.
prince.
charlie.
chris anderson?
i was hoping on saying boozer but thats not gonna happen. new and young team that can play under a great coach.. doug collins (the teacher!)
Anber — playing D and having a coach with a Defensive scheme is needed. Both of these pick ups are solid players and can contribute. Gordon and Charlie are go to scorers… and can put up huge numbers. playing D is a collective efforts and Mike Curry didn’t have an intelligent Defensive scheme or Offensive for that matter. If we have a coach that can implement Defensive and playing it collectively then everything will fall into place. Note: the NBA has changed and collective Defensive is more important than indvidual Defensive…
I like Rip more too now, but Rip is on the back 9 of his career, while Gordon is young and will only be getting better, and Rip will never be as good as he was.
Austin Daye = Tayshaun Prince
Phil Mcrackin? Whos that?
Yes, I understand that, but I don’t know why that’s such a bad thing.
Reggie doesn’t play.
LeBitch plays.
Austin plays at PF too.
Knowing how Detroit works lately, Tay and Austin will be playing at the same time, or at least that is my fear. Small ball with height… I miss the size Detroit had. I certainly miss the defense.
I’m just bitter we got Austin and not James Johnson.
If these signings go down we’ll need to trade a package w/ Rip (let Gordon try to earn his huge contract, and let AA get the minutes he deserves off the bench) for a defensive/rebounding center.
Tyson Chandler, anyone?
I think that’s what Joe d is gonna try and do is go after Tyson with a package of rip
I like it IF we then turn Rip into a good big man. We definitely get a lot younger (after a little math, our team next year would be 24.7 years as an average adding these two and nobody else, which would be enough for the 2nd youngest team this year only older than Golden State), which I suppose would give this team a long time to grow together and add pieces through the draft, trades, and free agency over time. The more I think about it, the more I like it.
agreed
ben gordon has a bad attitude and too much of an ego for someone not really all that good
Gordon signs with the Pistons !!!
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/david-kaplan-chicago-sports/2009/07/gordon-to-sign-with-pistons.html
dammit good news yesterday bad news today
i hate ben gordon
now you have ben gordon richard hamilton rodney stuckey will bynum arron afflalo as guards, joe shouldn’t even bother having bigs on the offensive end they won’t even touch the ball
I’d like to see it. He could haul in all the 3′s that Air Gordon puts up, and I’ve always respected his defense.
Hey justin buddy try watching every game before you shoot your mouth off , tay has been in decline since he got a ring .
I THINK I’M GOING TO BE SICK!
We should just go ahead and resign A.I. while we are on the guard kick.
I think everybody need to chill out. Ben Gordon is one of the most gifted scorers in the league, and if we sign him that would mean we’re having one of the most gifted scorers in the league come off our BENCH! To have someone come off the bench who has the ability to score 20 points a game is something a lot of teams would LOVE. Now if we would just sign David Lee with the remaining cash i’d be psyched, but i think it will be villanueva which is pretty good too(But not anywhere near as good as David Lee).
BAH!!!!
David Lee’s great, but giving up Prince for him? Heeeeell no.
Hmm, well as a person who watched every minute of ever single game last year, no matter how painful, I can say tha Justin’s not far off. You can argue as to who you think was the most productive, but I don’t see how you can consider Tay out of the discussion. Rip did the best he could while losing his backcourt brother, getting injured twice, and being thrown around like trash since A.I. arrived, There was no steady power forward, Iverson was… well, enough said. Rasheed, you could say, didn’t play like it was a contract year. I agree that as starters go Tayshaun was certainly the most productive overall.
Yeah, I’m not particualrly excited about either of those two.
I don’t see why he’ll never be as good as he was. He put up rather solid numbers given his circumstances this year. He keeps himself in tremendous shape and I think that if he gets a coach who knows how to use him, and a real point guard, he can continue his impressive scoring average.
That makes sense. Tay has always been the one who steps up and plays agressively when other starters are hurt, missing games or going cold. He’s not perfect. I’m not sure what you expect from him. I really hope that Austin will become the next Tay.
Joe will lose all my respect points he gained for firing MC if he sign Ben Gordon.
Ben Gordon is so selfish. We already have a selfish(not in a bad way) guard->Will. We already have a undersized SG ->Stuckey….
Save the money for next year.
Chris Anderson is a lot of fun to watch and I love how he players, but he’s NOT a starting center! He needs to come off the bench where he can bring energy to a second unit and get crowds pumped. I don’t think Denver will let him go anyway.
Ben hasn’t officially signed anything yet. He can’t until the 8th. I’ll wait until then before reacting to anything, as it’s jsut speculation until then.
I would prefer to see us go after Paul Milsap over Charlie V. I think he’s a better player with more potential to grow and he actually plays defense.
Id give up tay for david Lee in a heart beat. Look at the stats David lee had a much more productive season.
How you bout remember the play offs when i could have put up his numbers.
Think about prices D, then think about how much D he played on Lebron this past Post season. Yeah He doesnt play D well either.
Austin Daye > Tayshaun Prince. Daye has more skills than tay did when we drafted him not tomention that Tay had played all 4 seasons at Ky. So for Daye to have avg 14 ppg 6 rpg, and 2 bpg, for his team as only a Sophmore He has alot more up side than tay,
and to play small forward he only needs to get up to around about 210
Do you remember the Phenoix game after we beat the lakers with Ai last november? Kwame did a nice job Guarding Shaq. While i dont want Kwame Starting I like him Comming off the bench hes a good big as the number 3 guy.
TYSON CHANLER IS NO BETTER THAN KWAME BROWN THAT YOU ALL HATE SO MUCH. HE AVG ONLY AN ABYSMAL 4 POINTS AND 5 REBS AS A 32 Min A night Starter. PLaying with the BEST POINT GUARD IN THE LEAGUE, IN AN UPTEMPO OFFENCE.
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