Amir to the Bucks for Oberto
Posted by pistonsnationThe Amir Johnson project is officially over.
Not much time tonight to expound on this trade, so I’m going to piggy-back of Matt Watson’s Fanhouse report for the time being:
Just hours after being traded from the Spurs to the Bucks, Fabricio Oberto is reportedly on the move yet again, this time going to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Amir Johnson. The deal has yet to be officially announced by either team, but multiple outlets, including Sean Deveney of Sporting News, who broke the story, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, cite unnamed sources within the Bucks organization confirming the deal.
As if being traded twice in one day wasn’t enough, Oberto should probably wait by the phone; his contract is only partially guaranteed, meaning the Pistons have the option of waiving him before July 1 and only be on the hook for $1.9 million of the $3.8 million he’d otherwise be owed.
Despite the fact Detroit needs to plug holes in their front court after the likely departures of free agents Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess, my guess is that they’ll let Oberto walk and use the savings to help make a run at a free agent such as Carlos Boozer or Paul Millsap.
I hope Amir would have had ‘broken out’ here but there was just too long of a line in front of him to get on the court. I hope to see him flourish in Milwaukee.
UPDATE: Don’t go buying your Oberto jersey just yet. This is from Chris McCosky:
The Pistons got four-year veteran forward Fabricio Oberto in the deal. But the Pistons plan is to waive Oberto and gain nearly another $2 million is salary cap space. They now expect to have at least $19 million available to spend this summer.
Tags: Amir Johnson, Fabricio Oberto
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I just don’t get it. We never knew what we had in the kid, in the first place. And we certainly could have gotten more value out of him.
Joe had better have something else cooking on the back burner that will make sense of this
Perhaps he does.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:59 pmjst find a new coach, piston basketball is better
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:44 pmIt’s a team sport. Chemistry is so so important. Should have kept Flip and Chauncey. And dumped Sheed. The way he acted in the play-offs the year before should have made that clear. Gotta keep Rip! His kind is too rare! We won after the Thomas-Dantley split, we can do it again after the Billups-Hamilton split ( I sincerely hope!) Defense and chemistry is the key! One good big man! (Wish Dice would stay)Go Pistons!
June 24th, 2009 at 4:18 pm