Official Detroit Pistons thread

[Futureshock]

I wish. They are usually on the other end of that since the going to work Pistons were put together.

[Futureshock]

How the Pistons went from yearly NBA title contention to rubble

[Cody_Russell]

[froot loops]

No, those signings were wildly panned at the time and for good reason

[Whitley]

There has been a long standing rumor, that Dumars had a deal of Rip Hamilton to Utah for Boozer. But Karen Davidson nixed it at the last second.

A starting lineup with Stuckey/Gordon/Tay/Charlie V. and Ben is not a great one but would have a lot more balance.

[FVD]

How the Pistons went from yearly NBA title contention to rubble

There was quite the nice little shot at the Lions in that story near the end of it.

[jaadam4]

There has been a long standing rumor, that Dumars had a deal of Rip Hamilton to Utah for Boozer. But Karen Davidson nixed it at the last second.

A starting lineup with Stuckey/Gordon/Tay/Charlie V. and Ben is not a great one but would have a lot more balance.

[Forsh]

There has been a long standing rumor, that Dumars had a deal of Rip Hamilton to Utah for Boozer. But Karen Davidson nixed it at the last second.

A starting lineup with Stuckey/Gordon/Tay/Charlie V. and Ben is not a great one but would have a lot more balance.

Assuming u mean Boozer in place of Charlie V

Seriously tho there's been a lot of bad drafting and bad luck. Rodney White and Darko could've been Joe Johnson and Bosh/Wade ... they would've been winning titles for a decade not just contending. I can't attack the Monroe, Knight or KCP picks they all at least made sense. Stanley was terrible tho

[Cody_Russell]

No, those signings were wildly panned at the time and for good reason

Don't think "wildly panned" is the right label. Reviewing Pistons fans comments during the time of the Ben G + Charlie V signings, the biggest complaint was overpaying. More of a mixed bag when it comes to comments... similar to when the Lions signed Amendola a few months ago. My memory of the summer is hearing the Detroit media hype up the FA signings.
We would have bitched about it more if it was "wildly panned" ... LIKE the Lions drafting Tavai!

http://www.detroitlionsforum.com/for...dwagon/page144
https://forums.realgm.com/boards/vie...?f=14&t=920867
https://forums.realgm.com/boards/vie...?f=14&t=921605

Now when Dumars signed Josh Smith... well, that's when his reputation started to become iffy.

[froot loops]

No it was widely panned. When you clear cap space and that is what you get it sucked. NBT was correct in that link posted, they blew the cap space and those two sucked. All life isn't in messages boards, nobody on sports radio were enthused. The Danny Amendola signing comparison is silly. Amendola is a disposable 1 year placeholder. Gordon and Villanueva were the big signings, in the NBA when you get cap space you really get one swing at it and your signings better have some excitement because you are stuck with it. The Lions will be active in free agency whether or not Amendola pans out.

[Cody_Russell]

https://www.si.com/more-sports/2009/...dumars-pistons
https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/net...ueva--nba.html
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...and-ben-gordon
https://pistonpowered.com/2010/09/16...troit-pistons/
http://blog.mlive.com/fullcourtpress...n_preview.html

[jaadam4]

Charlie V and Ben Gordon were last ditch grasps to stay relevant on a fading franchise.

[jaadam4]

With that said those were blockbuster moves compared to the shit SVG got us in.

[fontes91]

Kawhi and Klay were both picked at 15. This year Det will catch lighting in a bottle at 15. Or maybe I've just been drinking too much

[chemiclord]

If the Pistons were capable of finding and developing that mid-round superstar, don't you think it would have happened if by no reason than blind luck in the last ten years?