Drum Drum didday: 2014/15 Pistons off season thread

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Captain_Crunch said:
Just think if the Pistons somehow off-load Smith and/or BJ this summer, then proceed to sign Rondo and Jimmy Butler next year.

Rondo
KCP
Butler
Monroe
Drum

Throw in a few shooters; a backup pg and big, then that's likely an ECF team.
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I rather we get parsons, shyt is a better fit

And Jennings get one more season under svg
 
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Drew Sharp: Greg Monroe's true value to Detroit Pistons is as trade asset
Detroit loves overvaluing its popular athletes, either waiting too long to say good-bye or embellishing their departure.

The latest example is Pistons big man Greg Monroe, who should be traded. But first a look at others.

Despite advancing to six straight conference finals, the Pistons erred in not breaking up the 2004 NBA championship core a little sooner. Good players mistakenly morphed into irreplaceable superstars in everyone’s minds, contributing to the reluctance in parting with Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton earlier when the Pistons could’ve gotten more for them on the trade market than simply salary cap space.

Doug Fister has never won more than 14 games
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a season. He’s a solid, middle-of-the-rotation starting pitcher, but you’d think the Tigers traded the second coming of Greg Maddux to Washington last winter, considering the lingering armchair criticism that Dave Dombrowski didn’t receive anywhere close to proper compensation for an “elite” pitcher.

Jimmy Howard’s an NHL All-Star who has never advanced beyond the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. That probably has as much to do with a lack of secondary playoff scoring than Howard stealing more than his rightful share of playoff games. But nobody can answer with any certainty if Howard’s a championship-caliber goalie
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or merely a solid, rather than spectacular, presence who might already have reached his competitive ceiling.

Timing is everything when determining the height of a player’s trade value. Forget popularity.

Monroe is a popular player. He consistently puts up respectable numbers. He doesn’t visibly complain, although he occasionally moped during games last season when he didn’t see the ball enough. But it’s crazy thinking he’s a star simply because he provides strong character to a team apparently lacking internal leadership.

The Pistons should move him with the understanding that Monroe’s more valuable as a trading chip that could potentially land them a middle first-round pick in tonight’s NBA draft and a couple moderately priced perimeter players. It won’t be a popular decision because there remains a strong sentiment among the basketball naïve that the Pistons have the next NBA generation Twin Towers in Monroe and Andre Drummond.

But if Stan Van Gundy’s committed to building a team around Drummond, he also knows that further developing a low-post offensive game
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from the third-year center requires pairing him with a power forward who can stretch the floor offensively, giving Drummond the necessary spacing near the basket.

Monroe isn’t that player.

The Pistons have two centers. One of them needs to go.

Monroe’s restricted free agency makes the Pistons a potential player in tonight’s draft even though they don’t have a pick until No. 38 overall in the second round.

The Pistons have desirable assets making them a willing facilitator in a three-team trade that could create salary cap space for other teams while giving them draft picks and young players that have struggled finding their right niche but potentially could be decent NBA performers.

Phoenix has three first-round picks. It doesn’t want all three. A 24-year-old center capable of steady 18-point, 10-rebound nights might elicit the Suns signing Monroe to an outrageous offer sheet. Van Gundy would be better served orchestrating a sign-and-trade in that situation rather than overpaying and overvaluing Monroe and matching the deal
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Keep an eye on whom the Suns draft at No. 14 or No. 18 because that could be nothing more than a movable piece, especially if it’s a perimeter player since Phoenix has made improving its size a priority this summer.

Despite the lack of a first-round pick, there remains curiosity as Van Gundy gets his first test as a chief executive. He has said all the right things, telling reporters Tuesday that the team has already determined its plan of attack regarding Monroe. The hope is that it won’t allow Monroe’s popularity blind the Pistons from making the right decision in moving this moribund franchise forward.
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Siva NBA career is probably over. Dinwiddie can backup the 1 and 2. Their stuck with Bynum for one more year. Need to SF in FA.
 
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Pistons need to give patrick young a call. He's a big ben clone. Team needs a backup C. Not comfortable with harrellson as primary backup bigman
 
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