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[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

What else were they going to do? Rasheed is old and is gone. Who else were they going to sign in the low post that was better? younger? More talented? Cheaper? Who was coming up next year?

Joe Dumars took a long look in the mirror and was extremely honest. Chris Bosh isnt coming. Dwayne Wade isnt coming. Lebron isnt coming. So in this depressed market, who else were they going to get?

Its easy to say "he shouldnt have spent the money" but we don't have to sell tickets. Joe does. They have to field an NBA quality team and perhaps there are more moves down the road. Time will tell.

If Ben Gordon turns out to be a star, we will be looking back on how shrewd these moves were.

Still liking Detroits signings?

27. (14) Detroit Pistons (26.6 / 0.0%) [ 25 / 26 / 44 ]
Rankings: NET: 28; OFF: 24; DEF: 22; PACE: 29

Desperate times in Detroit? First-year head coach John Kuester, who oozes of competence and experience, has lorded over the Pistons' longest stretch of losing in 17 years. He's shaken up the lineup several times, but mostly has acted as a switchboard operator, plugging in healthy or semi-healthy bodies for frontline players that have gone down with injuries at a dizzying pace. Player availability issues don't explain everything that is going on in Detroit, however. The questions I had about this team entering the season remain unanswered. What is the plan here? What kind of team is Joe Dumars crafting? Where does Rip Hamilton end and Ben Gordon begin? Does Tayshaun Prince walk into the locker room and jump with fright at the sight of his doppelgänger, Austin Daye? Just what exactly has been accomplished by the Ben Wallace farewell tour in the Motor City? Why was Charlie Villanueva such a free agent get when the Bucks didn't even see fit to extend a qualifying offer to the jump-shooting big man? I could go on all day with the questions (Is Rodney Stuckey really a point guard?), but you get the idea. Dumars has until the trade deadline to make some sense of all this and I'm sure he knows what he's doing. Doesn't he?

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