Comments on: Trade ideas: Thinking big

By: AndrewBoldman

AndrewBoldman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:12:15 +0000

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By: Dan Feldman

Dan Feldman — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:27:29 +0000

Steven,

The Pistons let their best player (Ben Wallace) leave before, and that worked out OK. I’d lean toward keeping Rip, but if there’s a good offer out there, I wouldn’t hesitate to trade him.

By: Dan Feldman

Dan Feldman — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:24:19 +0000

Dumars has also drafted Tayshaun Prince, Mehmet Okur (second round), Rodney Stuckey and Jason Maxiell. And don’t forget, most of these are lower picks because the Pistons have had such good records.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:35:10 +0000

best gm in the draft! you must be kidding. mateen cleaves, darko milicic, rodney white, walter sharpe, no meaningful 2nd round picks. one of the worst trades in the history of nba this year with iverson/billupstrade. (i know its only for cap room right? still they almost missed the playoffs, one year after challenging for the title!) and you hire this bum coach who is clearly way over his head. he made some good moves early on but since then joe d has done absolutley nothing.

By: steven peters

steven peters — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:40:21 +0000

look right they need to get away from shed and get a new big man in there and keep rip and fuck AI he is a shit player now he just doesnt work good with us so what i am sayin is KEEP RIP dont trade your best player we did that once we should learn from our fuck ups!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Dan Feldman

Dan Feldman — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:32:04 +0000

I think Thabeet’s offense is a little underrated. He has plenty of room to go, but he can score a bit.

And getting Paul (extremely unlikely) wouldn’t mean the Billups-Iverson trade didn’t work. Without the trade, Detroit wouldn’t have the flexibility to go after Paul. And the trade gave the Pistons a chance to showcase Stuckey, who would obviously have to be included in a deal for Paul.

By: James Parker

James Parker — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:08:43 +0000

Piston Nation! I know that everyone is upset and offering all kinds of remedies, but lets calm down and let at this thing on a more senisble level. First off lets understand that the pistons have the best v.p. in basketball in Joe Mo the Pro, Mr. Joe Dumars and with that everyone true piston fan should be at ease. But lets explain a couple of trade scenairos that have been tossed around. Let me say that it would make no sense for Dumars to go after Chris Paul because that would mean that the Billups for Iverson trade made no sense. Stuckey is and will be the piston’s point guard. Remember that was the reason for Billups being traded in the first place. You saw the growing pains first hand this year and you will see them for two or three more years, but with pain comes great success. Billups wasn’t a good point guard when he first started so give my man Stuckey some time. Also remember we have the 15th pick in this years draft, and three picks in the upper second round. As far as acquiring a big free agent, the only person I see that will HELP the pistons would be Ben Gordon or Carlos Boozer. Gordon makes sense to me because he can put up points when it matters. Seriously pistion fans don’t be so impatient success takes time. We are just spoiled rotten with us winning every year for a couple of years we will now have to be satified with us just contending for a playoff spot.

By: Tuesday Bolts - 5.5.09 | Daily Thunder.com - Where Thunder Happens

Tuesday Bolts - 5.5.09 | Daily Thunder.com - Where Thunder Happens — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:50:14 +0000

[...] Piston Powered takes a look at my proposed Rip Hamilton deal: “This trade definitely intrigues me. This draft is short on big men, so a trade like this might be the only way to get one – unless B.J. Mullens falls to 15. As I’ve said with the Billups trade: better a year too early than a year too late. Hamilton has value now, but will he next offseason? I believe the Thunder have the cap room to take back Hamilton without Detroit having to take Atkins or Watkins. So, that’s a plus for the Pistons.” [...]

By: brgulker

brgulker — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:17:03 +0000

At his ceiling, Thabeet will be as good a defender and rebounder as Dwight Howard.

But, he has no offense whatsoever, and I think it’s more likely than not that he won’t develop much on that side of the ball.

Yeah, he hasn’t been playing that long. But, he’s also a bit on the older side.

This idea would be one step short of desperation, if you ask me, because Thabeet isn’t much more than a ? on so many levels.