Webber headed back home (to Detroit)

[trueD]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ajy8nXnOBzXbffhXSyUVmfG8vLYF?slug=aw-webber011107&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports
January 11, 2007

The Detroit Pistons are close to reaching an agreement with free agent Chris Webber, sources close to the negotiations said Thursday night.

Webber, 33, who had the final two seasons of his contract bought out by the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, will return to his Michigan roots where he once starred for Detroit Country Day High School and the University of Michigan.

Webber, who's still clearing waivers, can't officially with a team until Monday. He is expected to sign for a pro-rated $1.87 million-a-season, 10-year-veteran contract.

All along, sources said, the Pistons were Webber's No. 1 choice upon leaving the 76ers. They would give him a chance to finally reach the NBA Finals and perhaps compete for his first NBA title.

[trueD]

From Pistons website:

http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/langlois_blog_070111.html

Contenders scramble to add a 20-and-10 force

See-Web?
by Keith Langlois
Thursday, January 11, 2007

[trueD]

Damn, I shoulda put this in the Pistons website. Sorry guys.

[spurtime]

There go Nazr's minutes...

[leemajors]

logjam at the 4 in detroit, they'll have to move someone...

[angel_luv]

I called this yesterday. :fro

[FreshPrince22]

Yep, Nazr or Dice are gone if this is the case. If one of them gets moved (along with Flip Murray) for a backup PG, it will be well worth it already.

[Taco]

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2220/sptacthm3lk5.jpg

[JamStone]

Not completely convinced Chris Webber would make the Pistons all that much better. But, it would be a low risk move, so it's probably worth it if he wants to join Detroit.

I think he'd be a better fit for the Lakers, actually.

[Medvedenko]

It's not a done deal quite yet...The Lakers can offer him some serious minutes due to Kwame and Odom being out. Once Odom comes back, Chris can play the 5 in the triangle...

[G-Money]

It's not a done deal quite yet...The Lakers can offer him some serious minutes due to Kwame and Odom being out. Once Odom comes back, Chris can play the 5 in the triangle...


If I was webber I would say screw the lakers..I want to win my only championship in my home town.

[Marklar MM]

If I was webber I would say screw the lakers..I want to win my only championship in my home town.

More like have a chance to win a championship. The Lakers aren't winning one anytime soon.

[T Park]

Trade McDeyss to the Spurs please :)

[Marklar MM]

Trade McDeyss to the Spurs please :)

Give us Manu and we can call it a deal. :spin

[leemajors]

Give us Manu and we can call it a deal. :spin

how about beno and fodder, you need a backup pg! he won't be facing lindsey hunter if they are both on the pistons! :eyebrows

[JamStone]

Trade McDeyss to the Spurs please :)


Just take Flip Murray along with Dice and don't give us anything in return, and it's a deal. :downspin:

[NBA Junkie]

Just what the Pistons need is another jumpshooting big man.

If Webber and Iverson couldn't make it work in Philly, what makes anyone think that Kobe and Webber can make it work in LA?

[boutons_]

"another jumpshooting big man."

Webber can still jump? :lol

[NBA Junkie]

I should have put a disclaimer in that comment in which I used that term loosely. :lol

[Spurologist]

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2220/sptacthm3lk5.jpg

:lol Going back home


Trade McDeyss to the Spurs please :)

If the spurs get him, the championship is a wrap.

[ALVAREZ6]

"another jumpshooting big man."

Webber can still jump? :lol
and shoot?

[Medvedenko]

Kobe is having no problem working with his current team...oh and he sure worked with that guy named Shaq....idiots around here....

[NBA Junkie]

Kobe is having no problem working with his current team...oh and he sure worked with that guy named Shaq....idiots around here....

Hmm... not too idiotic when you consider that both guys need the offense to go through them in order to be successful. I just don't think it would work out as well as you think.

The big difference is that Shaq is a legitimate low post threat. Webber was only decent in this regard before his knees gave out on him.

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

I may be wrong, but didn't Michigan have to forfeit all their wins from the Chris Webber era?

[NBA Junkie]

I may be wrong, but didn't Michigan have to forfeit all their wins from the Chris Webber era?

Yep.

[Fillmoe]

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2220/sptacthm3lk5.jpg


fuck you :)

[Fillmoe]

im gonna use this as an ether thread when he starts tearing it up and they go deep into the playoffs......

[samikeyp]

Why #84? I know 4 is retired but 84?

[Marklar MM]

Why #84? I know 4 is retired but 84?

He was going to pick 44, but his nephew had a dream that he was wearing a #84 Pistons jersey, so Webb decided to pick the number his nephew dreamed he wore.

[Texas_Ranger]

I hope he will play good there.

[Rip-Hamilton32]

I hope he will play good there.

so do I lol