<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Free Agents Not Part Of The Plan Joe Dumars said he most likely wouldn't be looking to use the full mid-level exception, so that takes the Pistons out of the running for some of the bigger names on the market (Antawn Jamison, Gilbert Arenas, Elton Brand, Ron Artest and DeSagana Diop, to name just a few). Dumars also said he wouldn't even delve into the free-agent market until he exhausted all of the possible trade scenarios -- and that could go deep into the summer and into the fall. The free-agent market could be well picked over by that time.</div> The Detroit News
