Source<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">It appears that Prince is looking for a deal more comparable to the five-year, $60 million deal signed by Cleveland's Larry Hughes this summer.</div>
Prince is a good role player but I don't think Tayshaun is worth Larry Hughes money. Larry Hughes also puts up All Star numbers, I'd tell Tayshaun if he does that he can get Hughes money.
Whatever It takes, Tay is 25 and continues to improve. 60 million is abit much now but in 3 years time I don't think It will be so bad. He is the closest thing the league has to Scottie Pippen. He has the chance to b a 17, 7 and 5 guy.
I wouldn't call him Scottie Pippen but he is a tremendous role player, but not worth the salary he's asking for.
didn't say he was Pippen, I said he is the closest thing to him. He can score, shoot the three, defend, block shots, rebound and pass the ball. He has It all and will continue to get better. Would rather give him 60 then have to match a close to max offer which could well happen.
Well, I enjoy watching Prince. I would be pretty damn sad to see him go to another team. It is going to be very hard to keep the group together. The Pistons can afford to give Prince Larry Hughes type money, but next year with Ben Wallace would be difficult. I say something like 5 years for $55 million would be pretty good. Not quite Larry Hughes, but he won't be starving to feed himself either.
I thought that Prince and Hughes got in a fight or soemthing when I first read the threads title. Well anyway I think Prince is worth it, he is so young and is a defensive stopper and will only improve, if I were the Pistons I'd give him that deal.
I'd give Tayshaun the money in a heartbeat. Last thing I would want to see as a GM is Tayshaun on another team. IMO, Tayshaun will become and is becoming a very skilled and dangerous veteran.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Whatever It takes, Tay is 25 and continues to improve. 60 million is abit much now but in 3 years time I don't think It will be so bad. He is the closest thing the league has to Scottie Pippen. He has the chance to b a 17, 7 and 5 guy.</div> Agreed. Although I believe Iguodala will solidify that label as the closest thing to Pippen in a couple years or so when he becomes more established. Well anyways, whatever Dumars have to do to keep Prince he has no choice but to. When Prince first game in the league his game seem restricted like there was more he can do but just wasn't allowed to do it or didn't want to do it. However as the years went on he has not got a certain swagger to him, he's much more comfortable and he's playing at a very high level. He is easily the unsung hero of this Pistons squad. Like mentioned he is only 25 and he is getting better and better. I believe he will easily become a future All NBA First Teamer, his shot has gotten better, better court awareness and the natural growth is coming along nicely. There are only a handful of players similar like him in the league(AK47, Iguodala and a couple others) so if they were to lose him it would hurt especially considering how much he means to this team.
The Pistons have to lock up Tay and Big Ben to prevent them from becoming free agents. Dumars has already positioned himself to sign both players for big offers. Down the line, the Pistons are going to have to trade Sheed to prevent paying any luxury tax, and they might need to replace Chauncey unless he signs for the MLE or similar money to his current deal. Trust in Dumars.
Mr D is a billionaire I wouldn't be surprised to him being fine about paying luxary tax. He is fine spending money as long as It helps the team.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting AllNet:</div><div class="quote_post">Mr D is a billionaire I wouldn't be surprised to him being fine about paying luxary tax. He is fine spending money as long as It helps the team.</div> I agree, but I think Dumars likes the challenge of keeping his team under the luxury tax threshold and putting a championship caliber team on the court each season. He loves being in the underdog role and not having any hype around his team. He's a silent assassin on and off the court.
I think I'd say a guy like Andre Iguodala is a lot closer to a younger Pippen than Tayshaun. Pippen was never really much of an outside shooter especially earlier on, execpt for the years where they moved the 3PT line to college range, his game was a lot about athleticism when he was younger, and he really didn't really play a similar way to Tayshaun now. They do have some similar skill set's though, the long athletic SF, who is versatile. Tayshaun doesn't have the same versatility though, I can't see him as a PG playing against pressure etc, though I can see him as a playmaker, and he isn't much of a stealer defensively even with the long arms. I don't know how good Tayshaun will be, though I can see him as a 17-6-4 player. I wouldn't give him Larry Hughes money for that though, I mean really, Hughes put up 22-6-5 and led the league in steals, it's not like he was just a decent player.
I don't see Tayshaun being worth the money Hughes got. He's put up good numbers, but the numbers he's put up aren't worth it. I do think that the Pistons need to hold on to him, and I believe Joe Dumars will find a way to do it, but I don't think they should go spending $60 mil on him.
