OT: Josh Smith to Pistons
Josh Smith has agreed to a four-year, $56 million deal with the Detroit Pistons league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Pefect pick-up for Joe D! An athletic big guy who can't shoot to play along side 2 other athletic big men who can't shoot!
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EDIT: supposed to be in response to bdsisme
to name a few people who are worth a tens of millions(if not hundreds over a career) to a team.
I can damn well say that Miggy is to the Tigers.
Kobe makes a shit ton of money for the Lakers and you could argue paying LeBron anything short of one hundred million dollars a season is a massive bargain considering the value of Miami's franchise now.
I understand now why Joe D would pass on the best PG in the draft having to play on the same 5 as Smith would have been impossible-well played Joe.
I agree, but the team as it is is not necessarily the same team that will suit up on opening night. Even if this team does stay as it is today, at least the Pistons have something that can be considered a strength.
Is everyone forgetting how horrible Iverson was when he came to the Pistons? I love the Pistons and I wanted Smith since last year's trade deadline, so I do hope that he does well, but I am not going to assume that he will do well because of past years
$14M/year. He's worth it, right? Right? RIGHT?!?
Well...at least Joe D is going out in a blaze of glory. KCP better shoot about 45% from 3pt land as he will be the only guy with range beyond 15 ft.
supposed to make us feel better?
Charlie V has been a Piston his whole career? I guess I just missed him!
He lost me at "Do you even watch the Pistons?"
He doesn't make us a contender.
No one player would make us a contender, aside from LeBron, or a time machine that can give us 1992 MJ.
Well, if the Pistons weren't a business determined to make money waiting around and hoping to win a lottery (that the Pistons seem to never fare well in) would be an ok idea. Not saying these moves guarantee sell outs but the team should be more competitive which should translate to selling more tickets.
Also, they have young talent that they are developing and Josh Smith is only 27.
This year, we should've had the 7th pick but we pulled the 8th in the lottery. And guess who went 7th? A guard that I think is much better than KCP. I never liked the lottery for that reason.
That's great, but we aren't going to have a draft pick in 2014.
That's pretty young. And Brandon Knight is 21, just a year older than Trey. I'm not saying this is a top 4 team out East, but this is turning into a team that's expected to contend for a playoff spot. Let's see what they do with Stuckey and Charlie V's contract before teabagging Joe D after he made a reasonably good decision.
I just.... don't understand. I guess we are just going to stay trapped in that fringe playoff team bubble.
Not too enthusiastic about this signing. Seems to me he was better known for his dunks
So many GMs are terrible at rebuilding. If you're going to rebuild, commit to rebuilding. Signing a guy who will maybe help you steal an 8th seed or get a terrible lottery pick is just a waste of money. Just accept that you'll need to suck for a while before you can be good again.
are generally those made by GMs fighting to save their jobs. "We need to make the playoffs this year" is not a good reason to sign a guy. It's the definition of short-sighted decision-making.
Honest question
You are the Pistons GM
It has been made known to you, you need to make the playoffs or you are fired.
Do you follow your own advice and "make the team awful so it can stockpile top 5 picks" for the next GM knowing the decisions you advocate on this board will cost you your job but MAYBE make the team better in 5 years? Or do you save your own skin, make decisions that get you the #7 or #8 seed and keep your cushy well paid job that you love?
If you can look in the mirror and say the former you are in the tiny minority.
Honestly if your management thinks that a #8 seed and quick exit is a goal worth striving for and won't commit to a rebuild, I'd think most competitive people would leave for a new job.
"We had a philosophical difference. I believed in building a team the right way; ownership wanted to be the 8 seed in the playoffs, future be damned."
Name me one GM who has resigned and said words even within 80% of what you are saying an honorable GM would have done....in any major U.S. sport. Not sure what planet you guys live in other than the one called Idealism....
p.s. grats on your nearly 40k mgopoints - wow! Is that 40K individual posts or was there a system in the distant past that garnered some points in faster fashion. Thats 10K a year, what a pace.
Seems most competitive people who are GMs in the NBA disagree with you. First, you don't have to completely rebuild by tanking. The best player to serve what your team needs isn't always going to be the #1 pick. The best player, as far as career performance, is rarely the #1 pick. So, why you guys think having a higher pick guarantees something is beyond me.
If this team becomes competitive and reaches the point of 6-8 seed in the East, then they are reasonably one player away from competing for the conference and competing for an NBA title.
Also, your best chance as GM at accomplishing your job is 1st keeping your job.
Your last sentence is the key. Anyone who believes in the "tanking for 7 years" philosophy does not get the chance to finish the job unless you are Elgin Baylor or Matt Millen. And those two doofus' didn't finish anything except destroying franchises.
I am not playing devil's advocate out of spite, I am simply shaking my head at what some people advocate.
Owner: Joe, you've now had 2 years under me and 5 years since you blew this thing up, I think it is time we make the playoffs.
Joe D: Mr. Gores, you don't understand how to build a franchise. I want us to continue to tank for another 3 years so we can continue to add pieces. Because I am not competent enough to find high end talent anywhere but in the top 6 picks. And on that note, I resign and wish to have a press conference explaining that we had a philosophical difference and you wanted to win, and I wanted to tank.
Owner: Sounds great.