Comments on: Why did the Detroit Pistons waste so much money on Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva?

By: mat

mat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:23:07 +0000

“But that’s a straw man argument. Gordon and Villanueva were never supposed to carry the Pistons. They’re great additions – but just pieces of the puzzle”
So who IS supposed to carry the Pistons? When you commit a good chunk of your future payroll to 4 players (Prince, Hamilton, Gordon, Villanueva) you expect to have some franchise-level talent out of the core. The Pistons are paying elite-level salaries for players that don’t appear to be elite.
Of course, this may change… maybe CV and BG develop into that…anything is possible…but you’re not really refuting the claim of critics: that Joe D is paying too much for complementary players and putting the franchise out of position to acquire elite talent. Theres 3 options: draft, free agency or trade. By committing a lot of salary to complementary talent, the team is doomed to mediocrity. A position where it can’t acquire franchise talent through either the draft or free agency leaving only the hopes of a trade. Which may work, but its a strategy that limits the franchise’s options.

By: NewYorkDT

NewYorkDT — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:35:30 +0000

Charlie V is legit. I’ve been following him since his high school days. The Pistons are lucky to have him. I enjoy keeping tabs on him on twitter and also this new site lockerblogger.com, which is pretty sick.

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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:18:44 +0000

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:11:40 +0000

Thank you, Dan, for highlighting that the Bobcats have an above-average defense. The Pistons played exemplary offense.

By: joejoe

joejoe — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:40:55 +0000

its 95 million darrel not 90

By: oracle

oracle — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:22:56 +0000

where on earth did you get that 95+ million figure? most estimates are 55 at most for gordon, and 35 for charlie