The Amir Johnson experiment is over in Detroit.  Joe Dumars made a with his one time right hand man John Hammond that sent Johnson for the newly acquired Fabricio Oberto, of The Bucks.

“The Pistons have traded power forward Amir Johnson to Milwaukee for center Fabricio Oberto, who was acquired by the Bucks from the Spurs earlier today, according to a person familiar with the trade negotiations.

Oberto averaged 2.6 points and 2.6 rebounds in 54 games for San Antonio last season, although it appears he will never suit up for the Pistons. Yahoo! Sports reports that the Pistons are expected to buy out the remaining year on Oberto’s deal.

Thus, it appears the Pistons can add the $3.6 million Johnson was scheduled to make next year to the roughly $20 million of salary-cap room they already had to spend when they can start negotiating with free agents July 1.” Via The Detroit Free Press

A Sherrod Blakley has a little different take then the Free Press. Detroit will waive Oberto…

“The Pistons are putting the finishing touches on a three-way trade involving San Antonio and Milwaukee that will send Johnson, a former second-round pick by Detroit, to San Antonio and then on to Milwaukee.

The key principles in the trade are Bucks guard/forward Richard Jefferson, who will be sent to San Antonio in exchange for Bruce Bowen and Kurt Thomas.

Meanwhile, the Pistons will send Johnson and cash to San Antonio in exchange for Fabricio Oberto who is expected to be waived by Detroit.

By waiving Oberto, that gives Detroit a little more salary cap flexibility this summer to go out and sign a pair of impact players.” Via MLive

Good Luck to Amir, let’s hope the potiential we know he has can flourish for a different team.  We will all remember him for his first two NBA points

And personally I will always remember him for this.

Thanks to all of you quick on the Email, text massage and the special phone call to make sure we got the news quickly. Too bad I was enjoying my dinner when it all broke…Thank goodness for Twitterberry. If you’re not following me on Twitter…you should be.

I’m sure we will be talking about this more, plus what happens leading up to Thursday’s Draft…which I will be live blogging at the Pistons Draft Party.  Stay Tuned!

In the latest episode of the Pistons running series Teammates we learn who the messiest Piston is.  And many of you know the ones closest to you can be quite brutal at times. Does Amir Johnson smell like cat litter?

Its funny, I always pictured him as a puppy dog person.

I don’t have to tell you that I’m a huge Amir Johnson fan, there is proof all over this site to attest to it.  So when I saw the little piece that they ran on FSN about him during a break in the action I paid close attention.  Amir and his holiday spirit, along with Meijer, made 50 local foster care children smile this holiday by making sure they have something special on Christmas day.

So we find out the Amir is good people and that he’s such a big fan of Sponge Bob Square Pants that it caused him to lose his pants.

The evidence is a plain as day. When the video clip starts Amir is in his Nike sweats, when the video finishes and in line checking out his items he’s donning a pair of Sponge Bob Square Pants pajama bottoms.

Nice.

I have the perfect gift to get him now if he wants to go the headband route during games.

Giving Thanks!

Video Courtesy of The NBA, The Detroit Pistons and FSN

For the Benchtastic win against the Knicks.

Amir Johnson’s Slam that Sheed was more than excited about.

Sheed on Thanksgiving! I put cranberries, but they put a little foot in it.

Video Courtesy of The NBA, The Detroit Pistons and FSN

And the Iverson to Maxiell Alley Oop!

My usual recap it on the back burner since I’m in charge of eats tonight. I hope you all have a Happy Holiday!

“I was wide open, and coach has been stressing that if I am wide open, shoot the ball, I finally got the courage to take my shot.” Via The Detroit News. An impressive Amir ( 10 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, a blocked shot with only 1 foul) after Detroit’s come from behind win against Dallas.

“I am not rewarding guys for just scoring the ball, Amir missed some shots early and he was probably looking over to see if we were going to jack him out of the game. But he was doing everything we wanted defensively. I am telling these guys, all of them, it’s defense that’s going to get you into the game and it’s defense that’s going to keep you in the game.” Michael Curry on Amir (Detroit News)

NBA.com Video Recap of Detroit’s 85-81 win.

The halftime feature during The Pistons pre-season win against The Bucks was quite interesting. It was a video of Michael Curry’s practices during the summer. The focus……Amir Johnson

Another YouTube find, this one by Need4Sheed team member Altan that originated from bbwforums.net. Some serious Rodney Stuckey and Amir Johnson highlights.

Here’s the March 2008 Pistons Schedule Wallpaper with the home games in red and the away games in blue.

Here is the fourth installment of “24 seconds with” featuring Amir Johnson.” Good to see that he was paying attention in class.

Video Courtesy of The Detroit Pistons and myTV20 Detroit