<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">AUBURN HILLS -- Apparently, Cheick Samb showed enough growth during the Pistons' 4-1 summer league run in Las Vegas to merit a roster spot. The Pistons on Tuesday signed the 7-foot-1 Senegalese center to a two-year contract. Samb, 22, will earn the NBA minimum $427,163 next season. "We're happy to add Cheick as a member of our organization," president Joe Dumars said in a statement. "He has intriguing potential and our intention is to bring him along slowly." Samb, who was acquired from the Lakers for Maurice Evans on draft day 2006, will most likely spend the majority of next season in the NBDL, playing for the Pistons' affiliate in Fort Wayne, Ind. Players sent to the D-League, though, remain on the NBA roster. Samb, who has been playing basketball for four years, gained some 25 pounds over the course of last season, which was spent playing for Barcelona's B team in Spain. He averaged 7.0 points and 5.4 rebounds in Vegas earlier this month -- showing both the natural skills that first attracted the Pistons, as well as the need to get a lot stronger. The Pistons now have 14 players with guaranteed contracts on their roster -- one short of the NBA limit. That does not include second-round draft pick Sammy Mejia, a small forward who will be fighting for a roster spot in veterans camp in October.</div> Source: The Detroit News
