Joe Dumars wastes no time and seems to be weighing no other options.
The AP is reporting
“Villanueva, the seventh overall pick by Toronto in 2006 who has played all three of his NBA season with the Milwaukee Bucks, also agreed to a five-year deal. His contract is worth at least $35 million.”
UPDATE: Pistons.com has it as front page news now.

David Aldridge weighs in at NBA.com.












July 2, 2009 at 10:00 pm
i think the trade would be rip and gordon for chandler and cp3. ahhhh that would be nice!!!
July 2, 2009 at 10:03 pm
yes if u look at the draft analysis they said that daye was the second purest shooter after stephen curry! that is impressive at 6′11″
July 2, 2009 at 10:13 pm
that guy is a athletic beast u wait n c he will be a starter in the future(when i dont know)
July 2, 2009 at 10:47 pm
This is all fine and dandy, but a front court of Charlie V. and Kwame Brown is not going to get the job done. So is there a trade yet to be made to get a decent Center? That’s my question. And if you trade Tay then who plays SF? So you’d have to trade Rip right? There’s just too many questions to speculate at this point. But basically if Joe doesn’t somehow get a real C this team still won’t be good enough to hang with the big boys.
July 2, 2009 at 11:04 pm
It’ll grow on ya. I’ve heard him called Lil Fitty too.
July 3, 2009 at 10:08 am
Kwame brown is actually pretty good. he proved himself last year.. he will only get better now.
July 5, 2009 at 12:06 pm
rip is not at all the rip of a few years back….this offense is no longer set to his abilities…especially with the ben gordon stuckey backcourt and i love rip hes the bomb but he might be more to us now as a trade. pZ
August 1, 2009 at 9:06 pm
everyone tell me something y would we keep the 2004 team if we havent been able to go past the eastern conference finals for years? ya there good but there not the same team anymore things had to change or else if the didnt wed be in worse shape we will ever had been in
December 7, 2009 at 12:09 am
if trade for will bynum and taysaun for chris boss… haaa
December 7, 2009 at 12:13 am
don’t trade rip becouse that is a big wrong turn for detroit…. rip is a nice leader if tread rip it’s not good for a team…….