Comments on: The Detroit News’ Pistons source on Richard Hamilton: ‘He quit on us’

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:22:44 +0000

“but where is there any mention of or accountability for the guy who is responsible for assembling this mess of a roster?”

http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/12/new-probably-never-meant-to-be-heard-audio-shows-joe-dumars-intentionally-overstated-the-detroit-pistons-chances-of-making-a-trade/

Right there. PistonPowered: the only source of holding Joe Dumars accountable on the ‘net.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:17:07 +0000

the billups/Ai trade has proven to be dumars’ worst ever decision and the point made in this posting is definitely part of that legacy.
my problem with the article is the fact that it clearly relies on “inside” sources that may very well include dumars himself.
and these insiders are clearly blaming hamilton for the pistons’ problems this year.
rip definitely is part of the problem.
no doubt.
but where in this article, or the terry foster rant on coach k recently, or any article in memory, is any mention of the responsibility dumars has for the current situation?
for example, this fan was shocked when gordon was signed without their being some sort of simultaneous trade of rip. having both players on the team made no sense, financially, or how their presence would play out on the court. in fact, when i read chicago papers at that time and they were full of rumors about the pistons’ interest in gordon, i did not believe it, because it made no sense to sign him when there appeared to be no interest in moving rip.
(and despite all of the “his contract is so bad he cannot be traded” talk, that rationale is repeatedly shown to be untrue. the latest example of a bad contract being traded is the arenas/lewis trade. arenas’ contract has to be the worst, or one of the worst, in nba history, yet, he just got traded. and jason richardson has been traded several times over the last few years despite a horrible contract. so the idea that a bad contract prevents rip from being moved is simply belied by repeated examples where similarly bad contracts have been traded. and that does not account for reports of published interest by other teams in rip.)
so, obviously rip is acting like an a@@ and should be held accountable.
but where is there any mention of or accountability for the guy who is responsible for assembling this mess of a roster?

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:09:40 +0000

I saw that there’s advanced talks in a multiple team trade centered on Carmelo to the nets, maybe Joe is saving Rip to include in something like that?

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:52:59 +0000

Hamilton, although he's expensive, could certainly help a contending team.

But honestly, if I'm a GM with the resources to pay his salary, my biggest question is what type of player does Rip Hamilton think Rip Hamilton is at this point? My biggest worry would be the fact that I would be acqiring a role player who thinks he's a star player.

If Hamilton wants out, and to be clear, I don't blame him for wanting out, he just needs to play his way out. Stop getting techs. Go be a bench player. Make shots. Then a desperate team at the deadline that strikes out on other deals might come looking.

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