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Great signing guys, Mo Evans is a solid player and you guys got him at a good price.

To be very honest I didn't particular like Detroit under Larry Brown, but with Flip at your helm and this signing I'm starting to like Detroit a lot more. Looking forward to see how this team plays this coming season.

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kamego

Thanks for the love. Call Yao and tell him I want to see someone knock of SA in the west this year

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Piston Forum - Atleast we can't get in trouble for paying Cwebb this time

Boycotting the Detroit Lions since the 2007 NFL Draft

MLKG

About the players under contract thing, it works like this:

Just like in the old CBA, you can have up to 15 guys under contract. Yes, you can send players to the NBDL, but you still need to hold a roster spot for that guy.

We have 16 under contract, so something will have to be done before the start of the season.

Alex Acker does not have a guaranteed contract so we could cut him and make a clean break, he would be off the books and off the cap. However, if he is still on the roster come January his deal becomes guaranteed.

Ronald Dupree is in the last year of his deal. We could cut him and he would still count against the cap this year but would be off the books next summer.

Or we can trade.

What is likely to happen is we go into training camp with 15 and just let the guys battle it out. Someone would then get cut at the end of preseason.

I don't think Dupree has any trade value. Teams have to know if they want him he will likely be cut and they can just pick him up off waivers.

Rickey Paulding is not under contract with the Pistons (and likely never will be). I'm pretty sure he's playing in Europe still.

kamego

Paulding was in the Middle East not Europe He will be in the NBDL next season for sure. He doesn't have to have an NBA contract to play on our NBDL team since he probally won't get a better offer anyways.

Acker isn't someone we want to cut. He is coming off a monster summer league and we need to keep him around since he has shown the ability to score.

I like Durpee but with Evans around, he is the easiest for me to kick to the curb. I wouldn't mind seeing someone trading a future 2nd for him if we could find someone. Worth a shot.

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MLKG

I have to imagine he can get a lot more money playing overseas than he can in the NBDL.

kamego

The new and improved NBDL might be a quicker way to get NBA looks though.

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casebeck22

With Evans in the picture now, I don't see anything promising for Dupree. His averages last year were 6.4 ppg & 3.1 rpg.

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/maurice_evans/index.html

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Austin Kent

As much as I hate to see a player like Dupree go, it's necessary if we want to improve. Unless of course a trade is in the mix, but I can't possibly think of what would be brewing in Joe D's mind right now.

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kamego

No way to guess what Joe D is thinking but I am sure they have some sort of plan.

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casebeck22

What would a guy like Dupree get value wise in a trade? Our roster almost seems like it is set. I still don't completly understand why we have 5 big guys unless we are just waiting for the Heat in the playoffs so we can burn fouls on Shaq.

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kamego

Dupree might get a 2nd rounder in the future if we are lucky. Don't know though. Maybe we can trade him for someone who's still overseas.

We are carrying a lot of big men because we always do. Joe D said Davis would play EC's role for the next 2 years.

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casebeck22

Hey they are both from Clemson, thats a plus. So in other words, not much playing time for him? I think he is around 36, only a year younger than Elden. Any word on if we will resign Lindsey Hunter?

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kamego

Hunter hasn't had an update in a long while.

Davis hasn't fallen off as much as EC and should be able to go another 2 years. Either way he could be a nice contract to trade next seasson.

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