News on the Stuckey front. As we spoke about in our interview with Vince Ellis of the Freep, Rodney Stuckey thinks he’s worth 10 million dollars or more. That being said, Chad Ford of ESPN is reporting that Stuckey doesn’t like the Pistons offer of a 5 years 40-45 million dollar contract offer. The Detroit [...]
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The Clippers have reached out to free agent Tayshaun Prince to gauge his interest in playing for them this season, a source said Wednesday afternoon. Prince, a 6-foot-9 forward who has played all nine of his NBA seasons with the Detroit Pistons, fits the need the Clippers have for a veteran, quality small forward. Via [...]
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 [...]
Everyone is clamoring for the Pistons to make some sort of offseason move. The first real news is that Joe Dumars is considering adding Tracy McGrady to the roster. Via MLive: “Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said late Saturday that the team is considering signing free agent Tracy McGrady. “We’re checking it out,” [...]
The Pistons can finally (per NBA regulations) remove Allen Iverson from their roster. From Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo! Sports “Allen Iverson has agreed to terms with the Memphis Grizzlies and will sign a one-year deal by week’s end, a league source told Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday. He’s expected to sign a $3.5 million contract, with [...]
The Pistons made it Official with Ben Wallace and Eli Zaret does a nice job interviewing him for the Pistons. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ-vEaspwpk Is Ben Pro FRO? It doesn’t sound like it from the interview but he does seem happy to have come full circle back to the place that made him so famous he’s got his [...]
If you didn’t know by now Ben Wallace will be back in a Pistons uniform come seasons start. The Pistons are signing Ben Wallace for the veteran’s minimum of 1.3 million dollars. Such a bargain that he turned up on Taco Bell’s Value Menu. Don’t believe me….Click Here to Check it out.
Via Chris McCosky of The Detroit News “On a day when the Pistons signed all three 2009 draft picks, they also reached an agreement with one of their former all-stars. Ben Wallace, the four-time defensive player of the year, agreed to terms with the Pistons on a one-year deal worth $1.3 million. Wallace is expected [...]
Via ESPN.com “The Detroit Pistons have agreed to a two-year deal with free agent Chris Wilcox, a source told ESPN.com. The deal is for $6 million over the next two years according to sources.” Exclusive Photoshopped Need4Sheed Photo Chris Wilcox in his Pistons Jersey The skinny on Chris Wilcox Born: 03-Sep-1982 (27 years old by [...]
Thanks go out to Need4Sheed reader Dominic Mirabella who made my day with his post on my Facebook page. Dominic Mirabella: “Funny story… this was the tagline of my buddy’s Facebook status at 9 AM this morning. Thought your follower’s would get a kick out of it” Steve Schaefer: “…just ate breakfast at a coney [...]
I’ll start off this post by telling you that Rasheed Wallace has agreed to play for the Boston Celtics. According the Boston Herald the contract is for 2 years at the midlevel exemption of $5.8 million. Photo/Getty Images Nothing shocking, it was only a matter of time before one of the teams that were wooing [...]
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 [...]
And I’m not happy about it…. Via Adrian Wojnarowski the man who seems to know all at YahooSports.com “The Detroit Pistons have reached agreement with free-agent guard Ben Gordon(notes) on a five-year contract worth around $55 million, a source with knowledge of the talks told Yahoo! Sports Wednesday evening. The Pistons are continuing to negotiate [...]
I’m starting off by saying this is stricktly rumor. It’s coming from J. Gamble, the same guy that said Sheed would Retire if he didn’t get 8 million a year. Until his “sources” are confirmed, take this for what it is. “My sources say that Rasheed Wallace and the Cavs are beginning talks on a [...]
Great, and I do mean great, interview over theglobeandmail.com with Rasheed Wallace. Michael Grange got into a conversation with Sheed on the economy…I will not post everything here because you need to head over there and read it, but he did ask him how much longer he would play….and If you put a suitcase in [...]
Lindsey Hunter had a workout with The LA Clippers this week “We worked him out and he looked great,” Clippers coach and general manager Mike Dunleavy said. “He’s in great shape, and a good veteran guy.” Via The Daily News We knew that Lindsey would most likely not be on the roster this season, especially [...]
