Ok, Dumars looney?

[Guest N4S]

Ok, I have come to the decision that I am mind boggled by Dumars actions at this point.

 

I like Gordon but I do not agree with what they did by signing CV.

 

Gordon is a great weapon to have but the $ was a bit extreme unless, I said unless they move him to a starting position.

 

But, now there is Hamilton. What will they do with him?

 

Keep RIP? Move him for a big man?

 

I think someone needs to be moved because I do not want Kwame starting. If that is the case I believe we are in trouble.

 

But really, for some odd reason I think there is a plan for all of this that has not been revealed just yet.

 

So I sit and wait.

 

And Alex, I know your loving all this but really. The Magic have bigger problems to worry about in the names of Hedo, Cavs, and Celtics.

 

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Intresting read: Trade surplus: In the end, Joe D pulls off a sweet deal

 

So would you trade Chauncey Billups, a terrific point guard, signed to a significant but reasonable contract, and about to turn 33 – entering the danger zone for point guards, at least mortal ones – for Ben Gordon, a 26-year-old pure scorer, and Charlie Villanueva, a 24-year-old power forward with a multifaceted offensive game?

 

There are other considerations to the deal, of course. The Pistons still have enough cap space left to add one more free agent, so the deal remains open-ended yet. On the other side, they had to renounce rights to Rasheed Wallace, which doesn’t preclude them from re-signing him but makes it improbable. The one-year look the Pistons got at Allen Iverson could have gone either way. It went south, so you can add the snapping of their six-year run to the conference finals among the casualties of the trade.

 

But back to the premise: Chauncey Billups for Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva? Deal or no deal? If we’re talking about three years from now, that seems a pretty easy call. Billups will be 36 and, if he’s still active, probably will be somebody’s backup point guard, valued for his leadership, savvy and clutch shooting ability, but in the final analysis, a role player. Gordon and Villanueva will be still on the sunny side of 30, still with prime years ahead of them, and – barring other transactions impossible to foretell – in lockstep with Rodney Stuckey, Rip Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince, perhaps in lesser roles, and maybe Austin Daye or the two other rookies drafted last week as franchise cornerstones.

 

If we’re talking about next season … a little closer, but still: Gordon and Villanueva combined to score 37 points a game last season. That’s the real takeaway from Joe Dumars’ earth-shaking opening salvo on free agency: These aren’t your father’s Pistons anymore. The days of half-court, grind-it-out offense have dissolved into a vapor cloud. The game has changed. The Pistons struggled too many nights for points over the past few seasons in an NBA that today makes it nearly impossible to win using the physical defense blueprint the 2004 team employed. Now they can put five players on the floor not only capable of putting up 20 points a night – they had that before, at times – but do it with great variety.

 

Gordon, Stuckey and Will Bynum will give the Pistons three players adept at breaking down defenses off the dribble, something the Pistons have long lacked and a quality that’s become increasingly vital given the game’s changes. Gordon and Villanueva will greatly bolster a 3-point attack that was anemic last season, ranking in the bottom 10 percent in the league. Their threats, both off the dribble and from long range, should help Hamilton and Prince with their games, Hamilton in his familiar mid-range territory or spotting up in the corners for triples with the three slashers driving, Prince now having more space for what’s become his bread-and-butter, the back-down post-up move on overmatched small forwards.

 

http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/truebluepistons.html

Edited July 2, 2009 by N4S

[Guest N4S]

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[DWhiTex34]

I think they were solid signings. Just a little too much $. I think Gordon would be ok with a bench role and Pistons keep Rip & they will have a lot of weapons.

[doobeedoo]

As I stated in my thread. I dislike what Dumars did. I wonder where his head has gone off too. Last season he signed Kwame, resigned Hamilton to a ridiculously bad contract, and traded Billups away. All of the cap space the Pistons had this off season got me over hyped I admit. But VILLANUEVA AND GORDON? I love Gordon don't get me wrong, but all he does is score and I can't help but to feel that he got over paid. Oh and he plays the same position as Hamilton. (Together they are the highest paid players on that team.) Charlie V still has holes on defense and is inconsistent. Could it be 'cause last year was a contract year? Maybe. The Pistons still have a hole at the 5 and I do hope Dumars is cooking something. Hopefully he can get someone stupid enough to take on Rip's contract. But then again. During their title run, they didn't get their fifth (Sheed) till mid February. We'll see.