Amidst the turmoil in Detroit that involves a possible revolt amongst the players against embattled head coach John Kuester, the Pistons defeated the Utah Jazz on Saturday. While the Jazz certainly have their own issues while trying to fit the newly acquired Devin Harris into the shoes of the NBA’s third best point guard [...]
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Detroit’s Ben Gordon should be the Pistons’ starting shooting guard. Despite leading the team in scoring the past 8 seasons, it’s time for incumbent starter Richard “Rip” Hamilton to go to the bench. But why? From a purely statistical viewpoint Gordon is a better player. On the season he’s averaging 17 ppg, 2.4 [...] The Detroit Pistons kicked off the NBA free agency frenzy with two pretty big signings. Former Chicago Bulls guard Ben Gordon committed to a five year, $55 million deal, and former Milwaukee Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva agreed to a five year, $35 million deal. Gordon and Villanueava are both nice players and they are [...] The Detroit Pistons are looking at unrestricted free agents Ben Gordon, formally of the Chicago Bulls, and Charlie Villanueva, formally of the Milwaukee Bucks, as their primary targets in free agency. Both players are visiting the team facilities today and it is possible that both ink long-term deals by the end of the day. [...] Although there were two fairly large deals yesterday, the one deal that would have trumped both was denied by the team receiving the offer. According to reports, the Boston Celtics offered Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen to the Detroit Pistons for Rodney Stuckey, Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince. Some initial reactions were negative, which [...] At least that’s what one writer with knowledgeable sources says. A few league sources whom I respect have said that the Hornets may try to take advantage of Detroit’s possible housecleaning this off-season, with their eyes focused on Richard Hamilton or Tayshaun Prince (or both). West could be part of one of those deals, [...] |
     
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