Your newest Piston is Ben Gordon. Neat.
Posted by pistonsnationThe Detroit Pistons have reached agreement with free-agent guard Ben Gordon(notes) on a five-year contract worth around $55 million, a source with knowledge of the talks told Yahoo! Sports Wednesday evening.
We may still get ‘Huskier’ yet. The Pistons are still talking the talk with Charlie Villanueva. Both former UConn players flew in this morning (and boy are their arms tired) to meet with Joe D.
Is Ben Gordon just another Allen Iverson just with out the reservations about being a sixth man? Like Kelly Dwyer is asking; is this what we cleared all that cap room for?? It’s only one day into free agency and I’m already feeling deflated. These two presumed signings, Portland looking like the front runner for Hedo Turkeyglue and the talk of Rasheed being courted heavily by Boston. It’s much too much.
Also, DBB has the Pistons Vegas Summer League roster and schedule up.
UPDATE: Dave Dial is reporting the contract will start around $9.5 mill meaning the pay is structured in a way that Gordon would most likely get yearly pay raises.
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What about Rip? Does Dumars deal him for a BIG man?
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 pmThere’s now talk of trading Rip for Boozer.
They should trade RIP, the toothpick they drafted at 15, and MAYBE McDyess… for Stephen Curry and Ronny Turiaf. Ben Gordon could be the sixth man. Oh yeah… and if by some act of GOD… bull off a trade for Amar’e (or maybe Jermaine O’neal… he’s only 31 and would be playing center in the east. Who’s he got to worry about other than Dwight Howard?)
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:27 pm