OT: Do the Pistons make a move before the trade deadline?

To Las Vegas

More Serious: Trade whoever you can, lose the rest of your games on purpose, pray to win the draft lottery, pray that you can con some foolish free agent to move to the lovely state of Michigan, rebuild the whole franchise.

Rip and Prince are fucking terrible.

This team is jacked up and way too inconsistent to be fixed with one trade. Amare would be a great guy to pick up, so if they are going to trade for anyone, I would hope it is for him. Other than that, I don't think they should try too hard to pick anybody up. Maybe we can just wait until the draft to pick up a solid young guy.

Yes.

They have to or they are dead in the water.

Emeka Okafor and Carlos Boozer look to be two of the best options. I'd prefer Okafor, just because Boozer is a huge douchebag. The Hornets are looking to trade away all of their assets for expiring contracts because they are in dire shape financially (Although unlikely, there is a very rea possibility they could fold). So we might be able to get him on the cheap and save Rip and Tay for another deal.

Bottom line, they have 319546 guards (Gordon, Bynum, Rip, Stuckey) and 4855685 forwards (Tay, Jerebko, Daye, Maxiel, Summers, Villanueva) and it's just a cluster fuck of players with extremely contrasting styles, and not enough minutes to go around.

A very poorly constructed team right now. Joe D needs to make a move asap.

if Rip or Tay is moved.

I think Joe D is against a plain ol' salary dump, but IME those 2, while I'll always have fond memories, are not part of the team's future.

We are not going to be in the playoffs, so that means we have a shot at John Wall.

I think John Wall would help, anyone else agree? Winning the lottery would be huge. But i have also heard Boozers name out there, and i would love to see him in Detroit

As a grammar snob, I must say that I disapprove of the trend of asking questions about the future in the present tense.

That said, yeah, they probably should make a move.

At this point, the Pistons are nowhere near a one-trade fix situation. This team needs a major overhaul. I think trading Prince is a necessity. If a contending team is willing to take on Rip's contract, then by all means ship him out too. Dump some salary, give the rooks playing time, and if you happen to lose, so be it. Get a lottery pick then.

because he has not been healthy and when healthy has not been playing well. Their best option is to trade Hamilton because he is the player with the most value.

move them both

This team is in shambles. They don't have a true point guard, stuckey is a 2 guard at best. Have to dump Rip and Tay sometime during the season. Hoping we don't make the playoffs so we can get a lottery pick, I do like what I see from Jonas and Austin Daye though, could be decent bench assets in the future.

John Wall is a true point guard

I say play the young'uns and move Prince at least (Rip might be too hard)...making the playoffs would not be positive for a team such as the Stones since they're going nowhere anyways.

John Wall sweepstakes!!

Even Aminu and Favors are VERY intriguing.

back in the preseason when I said this team wouldn't even be close to making the playoffs.. I got negged into oblivion.. hah!

and hope that the Pistons strike gold at the lottery for the rights to get John Wall at #1 overall. John Wall is the real deal and is a better player than Derrick Rose at the same stage.

Which contender needs a posession-eating shooting guard or a declining small forward? The only one I could really see is Rip for Boozer. But a Charlie/Boozer/Jerebko front line is still too small. They're screwed until Gordon and Charlie V are gone; those guys are great 6th/7th men making top-tier money.

It's going to sadden me when they have to get rid of the last two members of the 04 team (tay and rip) =(

They should exchange their 1st round pick with the commish for John Wall.