- Draft Perry Jones III and Drew Gordon
- Trade Prince and our 2nd Second Round Pick for a First Round Pick next year
- Amnesty Villanueva
- Sign Thompson whilst not using the MLE
- Sign Macklin to the minimum
- Don’t sign Wilkins, Walker Jr.
- I’m assuming Wallace retires and Maxiell activates his PO
- If Maxiell doesn’t take his PO – Go after a big with the MLE regardless of whether Big Ben returns

Well thats what I’d do… But if I could do anything I wanted I’d probs get rid of most of the bench…

But yeah, in general, don’t use the amnesty just for the heck of it. However, removing a guy could make more flexibility later in the year. But the amnesty can only be used during the summer. So it is possible that using it even without a specific plan could be advantageous.

C – Monroe
PF – Thompson
SF – Jerebko
SG – Stuckey
PG – Knight

and the second unit

C – Macklin
PF – Gordon
SF – Perry/Singler
SG – Gordon
PG – Bynum

Lethal.

“Dion Waiterswithdrew from the combine after the first day, a move that essentially confirms unusually candid statements from at least one opposing executive that the Syracuse shooting guard has received a draft promise and will be cancelling future workouts.It is not known which team (apparently) gave Waiters the completely unenforceable verbal agreement in exchange for the completely unenforceable verbal agreement to call off whatever showcases had been scheduled. But with Waiters bound for the lottery anyway and climbing the board as June 28 approaches, logic dictates it would be someone in the 5-to-10 range. He would be foolish to give up the chance to reach mid-lottery for a promise from a team in double digits.Raptors president Bryan Colangelo told the Toronto Star that “His agent has told me there’s a promise to another team,” which is more public candor than normal from an executive or agent on the topic. And as Colangelo noted as well, Toronto, or anyone could still take Waiters. Just as the team that gave Waiters the promise could conveniently forget the handshake arrangement on draft night if another player is unexpectedly available.”

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2012/06/08/some-thoughts-on-the-end-of-chicagos-pre-draft-camp/#?ls=iref:nbahpt1

I’ve posted this many time before during these draft profiles but I believe the Pistons are not your typical lottery team.  If it wasn’t for their awful 4-20 start, we wouldnt be picking where we are.  The Pistons played pretty good basketball the rest of the way, .500 basketball, which does say something given their most important players likely still have their best basketball ahead of them.  

And that is the reason why they can afford to take a risk with their 1st pick.  I am sure Dumars will be tempted to take Zeller with the 9, however I think the Pistons can afford to take a guy with a potentially higher ceiling like Perry Jones and Meyers Leonard.  Patrick Hayes made great points regarding PJ3.  We forget that 2 yrs ago scouts questioned Monroe for the same reasons scouts are questioning Jones.  What is undeniable is the fact the Jones has elite physical qualities for a player his size.  The same can be said for Leonard and although he wont contribute right away, I would love to see Monroe have the opportunity to play his natural position next to a center that can be an impact player on defense.  Monroe does a lot of things well but defense is not one of them, at least right now.  

This is a very important draft for us because I dont see us being in this position next year.  Dumars can make the “safe” pick for the solid rotation player and maybe we become the Milwaukee Bucks, a team that makes the playoffs but cant get out of the 1st round.  Being stuck in mediocrity is not something that I’m interested in.  There is nothing more frustrating.  Dumars should go for the HR and draft the player he thinks has the chance to be the best player in the longrun, even if it does take a couple years before we reap the benefits.