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MLKG · 08-24-2005, 09:32 AM

With the rest of the MLE.

He's restricted so Sacramento can still match, but with Garcia, Kevin Martin, and Corliss already on the bench it's unlikely they will.

I was kind of hoping they would go after Devin Brown but Evans isn't terrible.

He's a total Pistons player. Athletic, good rebounder, good defender, can shoot a little bit.

Everytime I see him play he looks good, but I haven't seen all that much of him. Watch a select number of Dupree games and he would look pretty damn good too.

Not the sharpshooter everyone was hoping for but I do think it is an upgrade so it's better than nothing.

**spongyfungy** · 08-24-2005, 09:35 AM

http://www.mlive.com/pistons/stories...820.xml&coll=1

froggyvk · 08-24-2005, 09:38 AM

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AUBURN HILLS -- The Detroit Pistons have been one of the best NBA teams at finding top-flight talent at a bargain basement price. They may have found another gem in restricted free agent Maurice Evans, who will be offered a multiyear contract as early as today.

The Sacramento Kings, the team for which Evans played last season, will have seven days to match the offer that will start at about $1.5 million per season. The length of the contract has yet to be determined.

Acquiring Evans would address one of the Pistons' biggest offseason needs -- acquiring a backup for Tayshaun Prince.

I like Evans. He's a solid defender who's strong enough to score against other SG/SF's in the paint, and he can shoot it from outside as well. I don't see how Sacramento doesn't match for such a cheap price, even with all those other guys they've got.

Are you telling me that it wouldn't have been possible to split the MLE evenly between Davis and Evans?

nobonus · 08-24-2005, 11:18 AM

I don't think the Kings have any $$$ left over after signing SAR with the full MLE. Either Mo Evans is a Piston with this offer or a sign and trade will take place to send him to Detroit.

**kamego** · 08-24-2005, 11:59 AM

I was hoping to see someone sign for the rest of the MLE. Evans is a very nice fit. Have to always keep trust in Joe D

socco · 08-24-2005, 12:22 PM

$1.5Mil for Evans? If/when the Sonics match the Wolves offer sheet for Damien Wilkins, I'm sure the Wolves would offer him the rest of our MLE, which would start at $2.5Mil. It's obviously not official yet though, as the Kings can't possibly match the offer, despite what was written. They don't have any bird rights for Evans, and they already used their entire MLE on SAR. It would be a nice signing by you guys, but I'm hoping it doesn't happen.

**sheefo13** · 08-24-2005, 01:09 PM

Well Pistons have offered him a contract. He hasn't signed anything... He wants to play in Miny or SA. But you would think HIS 3RD option would be Detriot....

**Austin Kent** · 08-24-2005, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by sheefo13

Well Pistons have offered him a contract. He hasn't signed anything... He wants to play in Miny or SA. But you would think HIS 3RD option would be Detriot....

I wouldn't be surprised if Detroit was first, and judging by the state of each of the franchises you would be hard pressed to convince me that Detroit or San Antonio was behind Minnesota. Does Evans have any connections with Minnesota? Or are you just hopeful that he signs with your team?

**Austin Kent** · 08-24-2005, 03:57 PM

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AUBURN HILLS -- The Detroit Pistons have been one of the best NBA teams at finding top-flight talent at a bargain basement price. They may have found another gem in restricted free agent Maurice Evans, who will be offered a multiyear contract as early as today.

The Sacramento Kings, the team for which Evans played last season, will have seven days to match the offer that will start at about $1.5 million per season. The length of the contract has yet to be determined.

Acquiring Evans would address one of the Pistons' biggest offseason needs -- acquiring a backup for Tayshaun Prince.

mLive

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. The Detroit Pistons have signed Sacramento's Maurice Evans to a three-year, four-point-five (M) million-dollar offer.

The Kings have seven days to match the offer to retain Evans, a restricted free agent.

Wane

Turns out the only teams Evans can possibly play for are Sacramento and Detroit. Which brings us back to where we were.

MLKG · 08-24-2005, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Lope31

Does Evans have any connections with Minnesota?

He played for Flip there his rookie year (01'-02'). Went to Europe for two years, worked on his jumper, and then came back last year with Sacramento.

Also, Sacramento has already used all their exceptions so even if they wanted to match they can't.

Maurice Evans is a Piston.

froggyvk · 08-24-2005, 06:36 PM

The Kings can't match:

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And despite Evans' status as a restricted free agent of the Kings, team president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie said the lack of any more salary cap exceptions means they are unable to match any offer above the approximately $895,000 they offered the 26-year-old in late June. Translation: No mo' Mo. The Pistons' offer is believed to be guaranteed for the first two years, with a team option for the third.
"We don't have any rights of any kind," said Petrie, who had not yet received the offer sheet but knew it was on its way. "It's unlikely that we would do it anyway at this point with the way our roster is. It's unlikely that we'll match, and I told (Kings co-owner) Joe (Maloof) we'd give (Evans and the Pistons) a quick turnaround."

http://www.sacbee.com/content/sports...14306656c.html

Very nice signing.

Look at Evans game log where he played a lot of minutes, and he held his own. Even started once against the Pistons, played great defense and had 12 points and 9 rebounds.

Now, if the Pistons had given Davis the contract that Evans got, and given Evans the deal they gave Davis, I really wouldn't be complaining.

All in all I'm happy with Davis and Evans with our MLE. Definitely not perfect, but I'll take it. The key to this Pistons offseason is that they didn't lose anyone. So they're still the team that went to the finals the past two seasons, plus a couple of backups.

Also, seems like Evans can do a decent job guarding the likes of Dwyane Wade:

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"Dwyane Wade had 22 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for the Heat, but was limited in the second half by the defense of Sacramento journeyman Maurice Evans, who also had season highs of 12 points and eight rebounds playing in Christie's place."

I think our bench is decent now. Obviously Joe hasn't lost faith in Delfino (I haven't either), because he was great at the beginning of last season before the injuries. I think players such as Arroyo and Delfino can be productive next season simply because LB is gone.

How's this scenario?

Pistons up 1, twenty seconds left in the game, shot clock's turned off, and the opposing team has the ball.

Pistons send out a defensive lineup of Hunter/Evans/Prince/Wallace/Wallace.

I like our chances!

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