RocketFan85

Detriot is stacked at PF and C. They have Both Wallace's and Okur. Resheed and Okur will be FA this offseason and Detroit will resign both I think. Do you think Darko will ever crack that lineup or do you think it would be better for the Pistons to maybe trade Darko for another ALL-Star that could get Detroit a NBA Championship? I think Detroit will make to the Finals this year, but will not win it. Or would they be better off just letting Darko play back up tell Resheed and Big Ben are too old, then letting Darko take over?

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Idunkonyou

I doubt the Pistons re-sign Okur when they already have a long term contract with Darko who will probably be much better.

I do however see the Pistons re-signing Wallace. With Okur gone, this will give Darko a lot more minutes and justify the Pistons picking him.

If the Pistons re-sign Okur, then that means they are moving Darko because there would be no need to keep both.

The odd man out IMO is Okur.

KingJ

PG Billups
SG Hamilton
SF Sheed
PF Darko
C Ben

wow!

DetBNyce

The Pistons would re-sign Okur because you can never have enough big men, not because they would want to trade Darko. The still feel he can big one of the best big men in the league, they're not going to give up on that after one season. At this point Okur would be traded before Darko.

Jmonty580

Darko has no future with the Pistons. He'll sit on the bench there until his rookie contract runs out and then he will be considered a bust. Not because he sucks but because they wont give him a chance. Hopefully he will then go to another team and put it the Pistons face.

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MLKG

The Pistons want to keep all three. If Darko starts showing in the future that he is ready for major minutes, then they can start looking at trading Okur if needs be. Until then, no reason to get rid of one of your promising bigs until you fully know what you have.

Besides it's a matter of finding Sheed, Ben, Okur, AND Darko minutes. Sheed and Darko both have the versatility to cover small forwards which could possibly lead to some pretty huge lineups. Can you imagine Darko, Sheed, and Okur on the floor at the same time? Three 7 footers who can shoot the 3 ball? That would be very interesting.

RebelSun

Darko will finish out his rookie contract in Detroit, unless something really drastic happens. You just don't let that kind of talent slip away.

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Idunkonyou

No way are they going to sign both Wallace and Okur to two major contracts, especially Okur when they have his clone in Darko sitting on the bench with at least 3 more years guaranteed.

If anything happens, Okur will be signed and traded away or the Pistons will just let him go. They will more then likely re-sign Wallace and keep him.

I guarantee all 3 of them will not be on the Pistons by the end of next season and like I said before, Okur looks to be the odd man out.

MLKG

Well, Sheed is the first priority and will be signed first. Then a lot depends on how much another team is willing to pay Okur. I don't he'll command much more than the MLE, in which case the Pistons can match. Also remember, the Pistons can offer him higher raises per year than any other team, which means a MLE contract from Detroit is worth more than a MLE contract from any other team.

Right now the desire IS to keep them both, but a lot will depend on Memo's market value and if any of those teams with cap space is willing to overpay.

Idunkonyou

According to realgm - http://realgm.com/src_freeagents.php?year=2004 - Okur is a URFA and can go where ever he pleases.

He would make more with Detroit, but I doubt they re-sign both Wallace and Okur, when they have Darko waiting for playing time.

I would think the Pistons would keep Wallace and then sign and trade Okur for some one.

Spriggan

who's darko?

name kinda sounds familiar.

is he good?

is he the greatest prospect to come out of europe in NBA history?

MLKG

Then they are wrong. He is restricted. Exact same position Gilbert Arenas was in last year. Restricted free agent, but his team doesn't have his bird rights.

froggyvk

Yes, his future is with the Pistons. I think Joe Dumars had made enough moves so far to prove he's not stupid.

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tha supes

Darko is the #1 player I most want to see come to Seattle. However I know thats not gonna happen.

Dettroit is gonna want to keep him and bench him for a few years.

Like A Breath

Detroit already knew that he wouldn't play this year so why would they pick him just to let him go?