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Detroit Pistons wave Ike Diogu and Vernon Hamilton
From a team release:
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that the club has requested waivers on guard Vernon Hamilton and forward Ike Diogu.
Hamilton appeared in five games, averaging 0.6 assists and 0.8 rebounds in 3.6 minutes per game. Diogu appeared in three games, averaging 2.3 points and 1.7 rebounds in 5.3 minutes per game.
No surprise here. They were longshots to make the team when they were invited to training camp, and neither played much in the preseason.
The Pistons’ roster is down to 15 players, so no more roster moves need to be made.
The Big Question: Vernon Hamilton
With a cloud uncertainty thunder-storming, snowing and hailing on the Detroit Pistons, we wanted our Pistons preview series to capture that. So for each Piston, Patrick Hayes and I will identify and explain what we each see as the biggest question surrounding each player entering the season.
DF: Can he raise the intensity of training camp practices?
I know Vernon Hamilton will play hard in training camp. That’s his only option. If he doesn’t, his odds of making the team drop from 0.000001 percent to 0 percent. Besides, He’s a high-energy type, anyway.
But if his intensity is contagious, I think his camp invitation will be a success. If the players with guaranteed contracts are 70 percent as focused as Hamilton, I’ll take that as a small victory. Anything higher, is icing on the cake.
PH: Why Vernon Hamilton?
With many American players excelling in Europe, it might seem strange that the Pistons would bring in Hamilton, who had very pedestrian numbers. But, because he’s a guy with virtually no shot to make the roster because of the crowded backcourt, I think the Pistons wanted a specific skill: Hamilton is a ball-hawking defensive player who should be able to get after Rodney Stuckey, Will Bynum and Terrico White in camp, pushing all three of them to protect the basketball better.
