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The Pistons have reached an agreement with Tracy McGrady.
The agreement is for the league minimum which is $1.35 million. This also probably means they will be dealing Rip, Tay or both.
Discuss Pistons fans!
We have new man in town, are you happy?
I never thought I would be tooning T-Mac, but then again I said that about AI.
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NUMBER 1 AGAIN T MAC BECAUSE U R NUMBER 1
I can’t see us trading Tayshaun Prince. We may have a lot of 2s and 3s, but Prince is really the only SF who is starter-calibre at this stage. If we lose Prince, I think we all of a sudden become very short at the SF spot. If McGrady doesn’t work out and Daye is still not ready, that means getting Jerebko to play this position again with Summers backing him up. That is why Dumars has to do everything possible to trade Hamilton.
I think we are even at the stage with our desperation to move Hamilton that we may need to accept back cap relief or draft picks instead of the all-star big so many fans wanted.
People keep talking about the low-risk of signing McGrady to such a small contract, but what if he stuffs up the chemistry and is a distraction all year? I’m leaving my judgment until I see what other moves Dumars has to make.
Edt and Junior, I have said many times that if Stuckey is our starting point guard, we will be fine. That is not the area we need to worry about.
From David Aldridge:
“The source said that McGrady agreed without conditions to play behind starters Rip Hamilton and Tayshawn Prince next season, though it’s likely that Detroit will move either Hamilton or Prince before the start of next season. It’s more likely the Pistons will move Prince, who is entering the last year of his contract.”
I want to know, who is TayshaWn?
Dawid Albridge said he knows who Tayshawn is…
I saw on one of the blogs on nba.com that the celtics waived rasheed wallace!
we can go on the final now we can have a new champion now yehey
@Trade Rip to a Contender Supporter
Do you even know English? Read it again, then read the comment it was responding to… aahh…. there you go.
Bulls fan here. Honestly, I don’t think the t-mac move is as bad as you all make it seem, considering it’s a one year deal. I know you guys have a logjam and the wings now, but with mcgrady and prince both coming off the books next year that isn’t a long term problem. At best, a veteran minimum player who scores 20ppg off the bench and can be brought back next year for the MLE after nobody else gives him a long term deal. At worst, 10ppg off the bench and a little whining. And honestly, this is your first offseason move. You’d have to think the Pistons are just planning on improving via trades instead of free agency.
33 year old guard with poor shot selection: $20 million (ai)
32 year old guard with bad knees that never got out of the 1st round: $1.35 million (t-mac)
pistons track record of aquiring players past their prime that disrupt team chemistry… priceless
This move makes no sense unless Joe already had a plan to move 1 or 2 of the wings we have in place. Logic suggests we move Rip but seeing Joe’s moves the last 3 years I’d assume he will trade Daye, Stuck & Prince for a big. This is out of my ass right now but we are talking about Joe D who makes all of his decisions out of his ass. Terrible terrible move. I see not 1 positive in bringing in Tmac. He is only 31 & maybe last year was a fluke & tmac can come in & average 18 ppg 3 asst & 3 reb & then maybe we trade 31 yr old rip away…a guy who averaged about 18 ppg about 3 rebs & 3 assts. Hmmm yea I still see no logic here.
I THINK WHO EVER WANTS TO TRADE “RIP” IS AN ASS BECAUSE HE THE ONE WHO CAN SCORE FOR THE TEAM. YOU HAVE TAYSHAUN PRINCE WHO DOESN’T SCORE MUCH ANYMORE TRADE HIM THAT T-MAC PLAY STARTIN SMALL FORWARD STARTER SHOULD BE LIKE THIS.
PG:STUCKEY/BYNUM
SG:HAMILTON/GORDAN
SF:MCGRADY/JEBRECKO/DAYE
PF:MAXEILL/VILLANUVEA
C:MONROE/WALLACE/WILCOX
Steve, why the hell would we start maxiell over Jebrecko, and whos the guy we traded 4? Man, your roster needs work.
perhaps, steve wants to throw Prince out and that’s all)
perhaps, steve didn’t watch many games, so he think that CV is better than JJ now
Im Blake from Little Rock, Ar and we rep the pistons big down here lol and to even think about givin up Rip or TP is the most ridiculous thing ive ever heard. Its even worse the dealin Granderson like the tigers did. Makes me sick. DETROIT BASKETBALL!!!!!!
Everyone wants to trade Rip becasue of his contract, but in reality, the guy just came off of his worst season as a Piston and he STILL managed to lead the team in scoring with 18 ppg and chipped in 3 rpg and 4 apg to boot. While his field goal percentage was down, those averages are right about even with his career and typical for his tenure with Detroit. He mostly likely would have done better than that and been more efficient had he not struggled with injuries. I think he’s got plenty left. Meanwhile, Tayshaun looks to be falling apart. The guy was never particularly quick or athletic, but he got by because of his length, bball IQ and defensive prowess. Now, he’s definitely lost a step and only has his IQ to fall back on. I’m not saying trade him, I still have love for the guy. But, if we move anybody, I say him before Rip.
I agree. a healthy RIP is worth the money they are paying him.
I do think we still need a floor General at the point guard position. I don’t think Bynum is anywhere near the guy.
His playground style is fun to watch, but it does not lead to Team success.
Agreed Magoo. Bynum is what I’d like to call the the perfect prototypical back up guard. He can come in, spark the offense and has a flair to his game that’s very exciting. However, to truly rely on him to be a playmaker and run the offense isn’t ideal.
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