Comments on: LeBron James’ True Desire to Put NBA Titles Over Mass-Marketing Deals to Be Tested http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/11/25/lebron-james-true-desire-to-put-nba-titles-over-mass-marketing-deals-to-be-tested/ The season's over. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: darkdude http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/11/25/lebron-james-true-desire-to-put-nba-titles-over-mass-marketing-deals-to-be-tested/comment-page-1/#comment-35235 darkdude Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:51:08 +0000 http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/11/25/lebron-james-true-desire-to-put-nba-titles-over-mass-marketing-deals-to-be-tested/#comment-35235 With all the hype about the Knicks, I think, as you mentioned, that the Pistons, not the Knicks, not the Nets, have the best chance at landing one or more of the best and brightest stars out there in 2010. The Pistons are currently set to have only 3 players on contract in 2010: Rodney Stuckey (3 mil), Tayshaun Prince (11 mil), and Aaron Afflalo (2 mil). If the Pistons resign Richard Hamilton to approximately the same sort of deal he has now, $10 mil, and resign Kwame Brown (4 mil) and Jason Maxiell (2 mil), they will have approximately $32 million in cap space taken up, with enough room to sign LeBron, Bosh, or any other star. The Pistons will have an All-Star shooting guard, a do-it-all small forward, a serviceable center and backup forward, and possibly a very good point guard. This paves the road for guys like LeBron, Bosh, Amare, Dirk, to come into MoTown and not drop off the talent. A team with any of those four guys, with Stuckey, Rip, Tay, and Kwame would be very, very good, and in a sense it's a win-win for the Pistons because if none of the other free agents bite, they can still resign 'Sheed for another contract, and even resign AI (unlikely) or another PG if Stuckey does not end up working out. With all the hype about the Knicks, I think, as you mentioned, that the Pistons, not the Knicks, not the Nets, have the best chance at landing one or more of the best and brightest stars out there in 2010. The Pistons are currently set to have only 3 players on contract in 2010: Rodney Stuckey (3 mil), Tayshaun Prince (11 mil), and Aaron Afflalo (2 mil). If the Pistons resign Richard Hamilton to approximately the same sort of deal he has now, $10 mil, and resign Kwame Brown (4 mil) and Jason Maxiell (2 mil), they will have approximately $32 million in cap space taken up, with enough room to sign LeBron, Bosh, or any other star.

The Pistons will have an All-Star shooting guard, a do-it-all small forward, a serviceable center and backup forward, and possibly a very good point guard. This paves the road for guys like LeBron, Bosh, Amare, Dirk, to come into MoTown and not drop off the talent. A team with any of those four guys, with Stuckey, Rip, Tay, and Kwame would be very, very good, and in a sense it’s a win-win for the Pistons because if none of the other free agents bite, they can still resign ‘Sheed for another contract, and even resign AI (unlikely) or another PG if Stuckey does not end up working out.

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