Comments on: Joe Dumars says he’ll trade Tayshaun Prince only for an unbelievable offer, Prince says he won’t be traded

By: Laser

Laser — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:46:40 +0000

you’ll have to email me about it, because i won’t be watching.

By: Laser

Laser — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:45:18 +0000

1) this isn’t necessarily an all-or-nothing proposition, hayes. he didn’t need to make so bold a claim as to say it will take an insane offer to trade the guy. how about, “we’re open to anything if the right offer comes along?” that’s a perfectly standard thing to say, and the fact that he’s diverted from it, combined with his stated desires to re-sign all of our expiring players, spells doom to some of us.

2) how long have we been waiting for a desperately-needed trade? and what’s happened so far? what on earth do you think is going to happen at the deadline?? i have my own hunch…

By: Laser

Laser — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:41:52 +0000

personally, i will hold it against tayshaun if he does not request a trade. true “professional” or not, he is doing NOBODY any favors by sticking around. he could help himself and the team immensely if he just asked to be traded. he’s practically done as much already. a true piston would realize how badly the team needs him gone.

By: Laser

Laser — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:39:30 +0000

yeah, you sure don’t sound like a dumars apologist to me.

By: Fennis

Fennis — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:15:02 +0000

I’d like them to trade Tay because I think they have only a slight chance of resigning him in the off-season. That said, I’m actually afraid of what this team will look like without Prince. He’s arguably our best two-way player and certainly our smartest. Without Tay I think we’re certain to have one really bad year with the hope of bouncing back in the fall of 2012. Is everyone ready for that?

By: detroitpcb

detroitpcb — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:01:39 +0000

Joe has always dealt with his vets straight up – letting them know what is going on and giving them a choice – so if Tay says he is not being traded, then he is not being traded.

Very disappointing. I mean, Tay has been their best player and he does still have 2 or 3 years of very high quality basketball in him but I am with Laser on this ine – How can you keep this roster together after what they have (not) accomplished over the last two seasons?

mind boggling.

all i can say is – somebody else better get traded and a coaching cahnge better take place

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:53:14 +0000

I don't understand what people expect him to say. What GM publicly says that he's openly shopping his guys? I mean, Dumars made the mistake of doing that once during an emotional time after another playoff flameout, and then proceeded to get every garbage offer in the league. It's just not a good strategy to publicly talk abut your willingness to trade guys.

It's at least plausible that he's simply just trying to convince other teams that Prince is valuable to the Pistons in an attempt to get them to make better offers, right? Everyone step back from the cliff here. NBA executives lie to the media all the time.

By: jgk281

jgk281 — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:19:47 +0000

Joe must’ve lost his damn mind. I dont know whats wrong with this man. Laser basically summed it all up. Unbelievable.

Luckily for Pistons fans, he likely wont be here to carry out his plan.

By: Rodman4Life

Rodman4Life — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:12:11 +0000

A draft pick and a similar expiring deal would be unbelievable and also attainable I think. We really need to make something happen for Tay before the deadline or we get hosed.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:34:55 +0000

I’d like to follow that question up with, “What is an unbelievable offer, Joe?”

Draft picks and an expiring? I’d say that’s pretty unbelievable.. If we can pick up a similar expiring deal, and get either a young player (unlikely) or a draft pick – how is that not a positive? This team cannot win, even if we did somehow make the playoffs (not happening), so why not actively pursue a trade? Why not try to get a free draft pick?

This further validates my earlier point about Tayshaun though, he is a professional – and NO ONE should be bashing him for his “attitude”. He is doing everything right in this situation, and i just hope we can send him (& RIP) off by the deadline.