Detroit says not so fast

- Chicago Sun Times

Turkoglu - plan A
Ariza - plan B?

The Pistons have twice the cap room we have and Hedo is their #1 target, it'll be hard to compete with that.

 

Go ahead and overpay for him...

 

My thoughts:

-Prince AND Hedo??
-Fuck you, Chris Wallace. (I need to sig this).

 

They're going to want to sign two major pieces, so they won't throw $60 million at Hedo.

If Hedo wants to play for us, he'll take whatever it is we can offer. If he wants cash, then he'll end up in Detroit.

We can just trade for Prince, sign a PG, and be better off.

 

Joe Dumars might be going insane. The guy is wasting the money on this FA class when he can just save it all for next summer.

 

IIRC, there was some provision that made it so a team has to spend a certain amount of money on players each year. It was somewhere around 40 million last year. Not sure what it will be this year. Either way, they gotta spend some of it.

 

Not only that but they just draft Daye.

So they're going to have Turkoglu/Prince/Daye?

 

Hmm, good point. But I'm sure there's some way Detroit could reach that threshold so they could be players in the 2010 market as well. Or maybe they make a play for Paul Millsap now?

 

There is a growing belief around the league that Charlie Villanueva has moved ahead of Hedo Turkoglu on Detroit's wish list. Chicago's Ben Gordon remains the perimeter player deeply coveted by the Pistons, but the prospect of a Gordon-and-Villanueva combo would be cheaper than trying to sign Gordon and Turkoglu with their nearly $19 million in projected salary-cap space. So look for the Pistons to take that approach -- or pursue a Gordon-and-Paul Millsap combo -- while they also decide between Doug Collins and Avery Johnson as their next coach.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&page=Chatter-090701

 

To help the Pistons salary cap plans I'd be willing to sign a 1 year deal at 12 million.

 

I say this paper doesn't know squat. Doesn't even mention us as a player in FA.

 

Detroit is in charge at the moment.

 

My guess is this article is full of shit. As stated up above, Prince is already there, and if anything, they are lacking a PF type. Villenueva can actually play both. Hedo isn't a PF. If I had to take a guess, I would have to say that Hedo would look at that situation and give it thumbs down anyhow.

 

.. and we have thus finally answered the questions generations were pondering - DES = 12 * Stevenson.

 

What the hell do they want Gordon for? They have Hamilton.

 

I hope anyone lands Turk instead of the Blazers. He is not the player we need - we need Sessions far, far more.

iWatas

 

Please tell me why? Is it because he's younger?

Sessions is a decent playmaker, not a good shooter, and definitely not a good defender. Right now, he's like a worse Andre Miller.

 

Then your not paying attention to current events. Milwaukee just cleared space so they could sign him, including releasing Villenueva. There is no way they are not matching his offer, especially an offere from a team that only has it's salary cap space to use like us. When Mo Williams was a RFA they matched his offer, even though he didn't want to come back. All of the moves they have made up until now point towards them matching. You are wasting your time if you go after Sessions.

 

i agree that we don't need turk and that PG is the glaring weakness but i'm not so sold on sessions. he's another young guy, when many on here are screaming for a vet. this is ignoring the fact that it seems the bucks are hellbent on keeping him.

my wish list goes more like; kirk, kidd, miller. i'd be fine with any of the three.