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Saturday, July 18, 2009

IT'S WILCOX

The mystery concerning the Pistons' search for a big man is over. The club has reportedly reached a two-year agreement with journeyman power forward Chris Wilcox.
Wilcox has played for the Clippers, Seattle/Oklahoma City and the Knicks. He had his best years in Seattle, averaging as much as 14 points and 8 rebounds.
I had been advocating something bolder - a sign-and-trade for David Lee - but Joe Dumars took a much-less expensive alternative and held onto Rip Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince. Wilcox will apparently receive the rest of Detroit's cap space - about $3.2 million.
Now, they'll go about the business of signing their three rookie forwards - Austin Daye, DaJuan Summers and Jonas Jerebko - and possibly shooting guard Deron Washington. It also leaves open the possibility of bringing back Ben Wallace for the veteran's minimum - $1.3 million - to allow Big Ben to finish his career here.
Can't really get excited about the Pistons' frontcourt rotation - Charlie Villanueva, Wilcox, Kwame Brown, Jason Maxiell and either Jerebko or Wallace. They're strong on the wings and still in good financial shape to sign an impact free agent next season or make a significant trade during the season or next offseason.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

couple questions here.

1. do you really think we will re-sign Big Ben. If so i cant count on us being in the second round of the playoffs next season.

2. will Wilcox start?

3. will this be the last move of the summer for the pistons.

4. how did you get your blog looking so professional?

please reply on my blog: Deeeetroitbasketball.blogspot.com

THANK YOU.

July 19, 2009 at 4:53 PM 

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