Pistons Will Not Get Rondo This Off-Season [BLOG]
Teams will continue to call, but Rajon Rondo will stay with the Boston Celtics in accordance with a classic stock market principle.
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Teams will continue to call, but Rajon Rondo will stay with the Boston Celtics in accordance with a classic stock market principle.
The Pistons could have drafted former Michigan point guard Trey Burke, but they did not. They could have traded for a point guard, but as yet, they have not.
Even though Chauncey Billups has been away for a while, the current state of the Detroit Pistons franchise still makes him sad.
"To be honest with you, at the start, when it first happened, I was hurt," Chauncey Billups said.
After the applause and cheering died down, Billups explained how he got his number back.
"It's going to probably be one of the best frontcourts in the NBA," Bynum said.
"It was the first year somebody from the NBA wanted me," Datome said with a smile. "I couldn't do it before."
On NBA Draft night when 2013 Detroit Pistons first round pick Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's name was called, there were many Pistons fans that were not very happy.
On his reputation for sometimes "lazy play," Smith said, "Basketball is a game of imperfection."
The five-time All-Star turns 37 in September.
"We see Josh in that same vein, as someone that can play multiple positions and match up with whoever," Dumars said.
Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars calls Smith a two-way player.
According to Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Pistons signed Italian League MVP Luigi 'Gigi' Datome. He averaged 17 points and 5.8 rebounds for Virtus Roma of Lega A in the team's most recent season, and Detroit has rewarded him with a two-year contract, Wojnarowski tweeted.
Pistons free agent guard Will Bynum has reached a deal to return to Detroit, Ken Berger of CBSSports.com reports.
ESPN is now reporting that head coach Maurice Cheeks confirmed that the organization is working out the final details of a two-year deal with Wallace.
