PISTONS WAIVE DERON WASHINGTON
Roster Now Stands At 14
“Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that the club has requested waivers on guard/forward Deron Washington. He averaged 3.3 points, 0.6 rebounds and 6.4 minutes in seven preseason games.
Washington was drafted by Detroit with the 59th overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. He played on the Pistons’ summer league teams each of the last two years and averaged 14.8 points and 7.0 rebounds in 27 games for Hapoel Holon of the Greek League in 2008-09.” Via Pistons.com
The Pistons’ updated 2009-10 roster is a follows:
17 G Chucky Atkins
38 C Kwame Brown
12 G Will Bynum
5 F Austin Daye
7 G Ben Gordon
32 G Richard Hamilton
33 F Jonas Jerebko
54 F Jason Maxiell
22 F Tayshaun Prince
3 G Rodney Stuckey
35 F DaJuan Summers
31 F/C Charlie Villanueva
6 C Ben Wallace
9 F/C Chris Wilcox
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uh.. why?
Nooooooooooooooooooo! How could they do this? I hope he gets signed to another team because I really want to see him play.
its not like he would have played anyways…
This season so far is shaping up like a concerted effort by Joe D to get 20 wins. This roster makes me want to throw up. Chucky Atkins? Kwame Brown? Ben Wallace? Chris Wilcox? Ben Gordon as a HUUUGE free agent signing?
I can’t believe how fast we have slipped from being championship contenders to a lottery team.. I just hope we get a high pick.
This has to be an error.
I say that we as Pistons fans, bloggers etc Protest!
This is the worst move since Darko!
We traded Affalo because we had him,
Now we release him for Chucky Atkins!
I have never questioned Dumars, until now!
He was one of our best defenders, the most athletic,
He was part of our future core!!
I say we PROTEST!!!
I look at the roster and I just scratch my head about Chucky Atkins but I guess his a higher ceiling than Deron, which is sad. Deron could have been Detroit’s entry into the Dunk Contest, right? My feeling for the upcoming season is ‘ambivalent’. I read Bill Simmon’s NBA preview and he had line in their that went like this: “Some day you’ll have to explain this whole “Joe Dumars is a good GM” thing to me.” Based on the moves last season and this off-season, I will have to agree. I always get the feeling we are all waiting for Joe’s next big move to really show us something great, but it just doesn’t happen. We think we are watching a chess game and Joe will say, “Check mate – Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade for Hamilton, Maxiell, Kwame Brown, Chucky Atkins and spare parts” when I think it really is more like checkers with the last two kings chasing each other around the board for the last two years. I really want to believe, I do, but it just doesn’t feel like anything substatial right now. I will still watch every game I can and I will still go through all the emotional trauma when they lose to crappy teams who can outscore them or get their butts handed to them on national TV by the Lakers or Cavaliers, but in the end who knows where that will get me? I will also keep the knife and fork handy for my slice of humble pie when Joe does bring us Bosh or someone like that when he makes his big trade in the first 2 months of the year or for when they run off 56 wins and get the third seed in the East. Until then, I will remain hungry for something substatial.
wow, that was shocking. I’d like to know Joe’s reasons for doing this.
upon further thinking, maybe there were too many guards. That means no playing time at the 2 and at the 3 you also have a cast of rookies plus rip/stuckey who would be first in line behind prince. That means just no playing time to go around. hopefully he’ll make it on a team and get a bunch of playing time, I though he looked pretty good this preseason. at least develop into a good role player.
i know we should have kept him but u guys make it seem like we made another chauncey type trade. sorry i agree with most peopl on this website but u guys r idiots for bein mad over such a thing. its not like he was starting or even getting solid minutwes
yeah unfortunatley i think small ball is going to be a theme this year. I honest to god cannot believe Kuester didn’t watch the team last year.
And I agree with Ben Bloom, I kinda wanted to see Deron play a litte, but i think the economy is playing a part in how much teams want to spend, (not sure if his contract was guaranteed or not)This could also be a part of a trade but I really don’t think we are going to see one unless something spectacular falls in Joe’s lap. I guess we should keep our eyes on how well Toronto and Chris Bosh do. Can’t say he’s my first choice to come here but i would say in my mind it kind of fits with the situation. JOe D does have the habit of surprising though, so we’ll see what happens
yeah, it’s hard for me to understand too. From what i’m reading, it’s like we just let go of the next Labron James…hahaha. I kid, I kid
Greek League? Hapoel Holon is a team in Israel, in the Israeli league, not the Greek league.
“u guys r idiots”
argh….
Actually,
“i know we should have kept him but u guys make it seem like we made another chauncey type trade. sorry i agree with most peopl on this website but u guys r idiots for bein mad over such a thing. its not like he was starting or even getting solid minutwes”
haha
keeping Chucky over Deron makes sense – Deron deserves playing time and he wouldn’t get it in Detroit. Chucky is just going to sit on the bench all season as the 14th man. Dumarss knows what he’s doing. He’s done this before, cutting rookies and keeping old veterans instead.
i think there is more to this then just his being waived…we are kinda deep at the guard spot with talent, and the possibility of a trade involving Rip is definitely apparent…maybe joe has his eyes on someone…
ya but the reason we got rid of afflalo was because we had deron tot take his place and afflalo was getting solid minutes and will be a very good player. u guys watch n c what he does this year at denver when he is startinf sg nect to chauncey.
confused, thought we’d definitely keep deron washington
ah well
still excited as hell over the upcoming season and the season opener in a few days
Deron was going to be the next Smush Parker! why Joe, why?????
im so not happy thhat he was waived….but i think the reason is that there will be a trade soon
looks like Chucky is this season’s Lindsey Hunter. Yep, they pretty much had no choice but to cut Deron. This is a good move for both sides since Deron may be able to sign with another team and get playing time or gain more experience in Euro and the Pistons will benefit with additional veteran leadership to the guards.
I can’t really relate to all you who’s all down with Deron Washington, what has he really done?! I have not keept track on him, but have he participated in a regular season game? You know, one of them that counts, not summer leauge, D-leauge or anything like that. I believe it was a fair move, he wouldn’t have played a minute anyway.
But hey, any predictions for how long Rip and Tayshuan will stay in this mess before beeing shipped away for, let’s say, Boozer or another solid inside presence?
I Hope Joe don’t trade Rip or Tayshaun..
As I said before.. Stuckey + Maxiell for a true explosive Point Guard or a Big Man like Al JEfferson or Biedriens. Any of those options will make us BETTER.
Keep Rip and Tay man.. they are all we got.
Why don’t you people get it finally…
In NBA sometimes you have to make hard decisions and let go to gain something in the future…
It’s a hard long term process. Personally i had much harder time letting go Aaron than Deron…
The franchise rebuilding continues.
I believe. And always will.
Wow! I can’t believe anyone even cares about this. So he jumped over some guy in college and got a sweet dunk. Do you actually think that people that could contribute would be waived? Joe, among others, watch these guys day in and day out in practices. If he don’t got it he don’t got it. He was almost the last pick in his draft. Stop freaking out!!
I would like to think that there will be some kind of trade early this season, but I’m not going to get my hopes up. Personally I think Rip’s days are numbered, but that’s just me.
Seriously, you don’t pay Ben Gordon starter $ to come off the bench. If there is one thing I’ve learned over the years it’s that Joe will not hesitate to lie through his teeth about his personnel moves. Two words, Michael Curry!!!!
I can’t believe anyone cares about this either! it was obvious that he wasn’t going to play, and this leaves an empty space that could be filled by a more useful player. How many rookies do you need?
I think that Tayshaun is the one who is going to be traded, if anyone, because his productivity just hasn’t been that good and he has an easier contract to work with. And I want Rip to stay!
he was a good player i bet he wud have dunked on garnett but i understand were joe d cumin from he wants another championship and i think he mite get it.
Natalie, looks like you are gonna have to toon Chucky!
I don’t like having to let Washington go, but really, like Amir Johnson earlier, he’s athletic, but not that good. I think if he keeps working, then he has a potential to be a good role player on an NBA team some day providing energy off the bench.
For this season, it was the right decision to keep Atkins. Not for trade bait though. We already have three rookies on the roster, and four others under 27, do we really need another rookie? Or do we need a veteran who can mentor Stuckey and Bynumite? Someone who can provide a bit of lockeroom leadership and help Coach Q in his rookie season.
I say – Good decision Joe D, and good luck Deron!
Where is the Maceo outrage, lol.
stop exagerating when people are sad about a trade. People cant be shocked or surprised to see a player go that they were interested in seeing after over a year of waiting just to see him traded? You say people are idiots but all your doing is reading too much into what people have put in their messages. If no one can get over this after a year (like Chauncey) then you can say they’re overeacting, but just because someone shows a little shock over this they are idiots?
no their not.
n1ck said it perfectly, we have to make the hard decisions that will benefit us in the future, i love rip but were probably gonna trade him.
thats a good point
sorry if i offended any of u but for me waiving a player that was gonna get garbage mintues only isnt a that big of a deal.
anyways lets just talk about the season
i think ur just overlooking a simple move
i’d like to c rip go but if hes getting traded to someone like biedreins, then no thanks.
i just hope that we dont regret us wanting rip traded. i remember people always wanted chauncey traded and look wat happened. DISATERIOUS SEASON
last year i went to chauncey’s last game as a piston( my first ever game) . should i go again so rip gets traded? lmaoo
^ and for tayshaun please , tayshaun’s a joke .
Sure let’s get rid of our most consistent and arguably our best player. He may not get 30 points a night, but he does things that aren’t reflected in the boxscore or highlight reel…Tay, you are a legend
Deron’s pants fell off after a dunk during the warmup for the Atlanta game. It was all downhill from there…
I’m fairly certain we’re going to see a trade pulled off by December 25th for David Lee or Boozer. Chucky will be a part of that trade…
if u dont know the situation PLEASE dont comment on it, first of all no he didnt play in a regular season game because he played OVERSEAS last year. before that he was in college , so i guess it would of been kind of hard for him to play in a regular season game or whatever you consider a important league. and by the way we dont want boozer.
excactly aaron was by far better than deron, now we dont have either.
ya he got waived also, but the difference is that noone expected him to be on the team. coach q and even joe said how much they thought of deron and how high is ceiling is, and how excited they were to finally get him over here from overseas and then they waive him? dont make any sense at all. something is gonna happen soon.
u r a joke, what have u ever contributed to a nba team?, or a championship team of anything for that matter. please keep your stupid, ignorant comments to yourself.
well for me personally I’m just bummed cause I was waiting to see him since he got drafted and I kept hearing what a freakish athlete he was and a good defender. I hate to admit this part of me but I really was hoping to see a little high flying action from him. I’m not saying he was the greatest player or anything but i really wanted to see what they meant when they said freakish athelete
Flu haha that was funny
why???deron washington is a good future player…
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/62351/20091026/detroit_waives_deron_washington/
this link says he was playin in israel league..
WHAT???ARE THEY CRAZY!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYTg1TIAjZY
WHO CARES! He is a end of the bench scrub. To be honest I dont care who sits in street clothes this season whether its Chucky, Deron, or even a Horace Jenkins. I learned a while back potential means nothing (ala Amir Johnson, even though I liked the kid).
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