10-22-2006, 12:07 PM
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Team options picked up on Delfino and Max
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Pistons reserves Carlos Delfino and Jason Maxiell have both enjoyed thumbs-up appraisals during training camp and the preseason. Friday, they received the most positive reviews yet.
The Pistons announced they'd picked up the team option years on each player's contract.
"It says we've got confidence in where they're at," coach Flip Saunders said. "They're part of our future."
Both players now are locked in through next season. Maxiell, a 23-year-old forward in his second season, also has a team option for the 2008-09 season. At the end of those deals, both will become restricted free agents, meaning the Pistons can match any offer they receive.
Delfino will make $1.87 million next season; Maxiell will earn $1 million.
The team had until Oct. 31 to guarantee the next seasons on each rookie deal, and they intended to do so all along. It was just a matter of getting to the paperwork, team president Joe Dumars said.
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