I'm with ya Ruff, IF, Sheed turns em down
I'm with you Ruff too!!
I'm hoping the Spurs get McDyess more and more now!!
My take:
Parker/Hill/JackMack
Mason/Manu/Finley
RJ/Hairston/Gist(or Bowen)
Dice/Bonner/Blair
TD/Mahinmi/Rasho
The way things are going, Dyess is probably a full mle guy too.
Thanks for adding Rasho!!!
He can still be effective...he is 7 ft!!!
Dice > Sheed
This might play in our favor. After commiting to CV and BG, Detroit might not have enough cash.
I don't think Dyess wants to hang around Detroit anymore anyways, but the Pistons being priced out certainly doesn't hurt.
If I had to guess, I'd say Dice stays in Pistons. They basically resurrected his career and it sounds like they want him back. He's pretty damn loyal ... as we saw last year.
Loyal and supers ious.
I don't think you can understate what it means for 'Dyess to have finally had a good stretch of health, and for it to have been in Detroit.
The guy's comfortable, and more importantly healthy, and I think it'd have to take something pretty significant for him to risk leaving that situation.
At this point in their careers, I think so.
Exactly. On page 2 of this thread someone worked out that they have 3.8mil. If so, we can offer more.
Really? I read something a week ago that suggested he was disappointed by the way things turned out last year - that he took a cheap buyout to go back to Detroit, and then they flopped. Can't remember where I read it and thus can't confirm the veracity of the source.
10mil/2yrs or 12mil/3yrs ought to get it done I'd think. I'd be willing to go MLE for 2 yrs if necessary, maybe even MLE for 3 yrs although that's a stretch.
. Detroit looks to have $4.56 million to throw at Dice in addition to signing Gordon, Villenueva, and Austin Daye.
That's okay, so we throw a bit more at him (10/2, 13.8/3) and promise him the starter's role and a shot at a ring... he sure as ain't got one with Detroit right now. That Pistons roster looks in dissarray to me.. Detroit looks to have $4.56 million to throw at Dice in addition to signing Gordon, Villenueva, and Austin Daye.
Does Detroit even want McDyess though?..It's one thing that he's loyal to them..they should return the favor and tell him to look elsewhere, somewhere where he could win a ring..at least IMO..
Yes they want him.
Dumars is on the verge of hiring his sixth head coach since he was hired in 2000.
"The one thing you know about Joe; he's committed to winning," said Dutt, who also is a consultant to Avery Johnson, the odds-on favorite to be named the Pistons' next head coach. "That's an important thing to free agents."
So is money, which may become an issue for Detroit as it tries to add at least one more player to its roster via free agency.
While Antonio McDyess appears to be their top choice, the Pistons will have $3-4 million to spend on McDyess once the official salary cap figures are released next week. Teams such as Boston, Cleveland, Houston and San Antonio also are interested and likely will offer McDyess more money.
"Antonio is in no hurry to make a decision," said Miller, his agent. "Of course he wants to see how the coaching search turns out in Detroit. But Antonio, he knows what's there in Detroit. At this point, he's just going to take his time and look at all his options and see what's best for him and his family."
If McDyess doesn't return, look for Detroit to focus more on Bass, who played the past two seasons for the Dallas Mavericks. In addition to Detroit, Orlando and New Orleans have shown interest in the former LSU star.
Bass, 24, is expected to receive an offer that will eat up most or all of a team's mid-level exception.
If Detroit can't land him, it will look at other free agent options as well as the big men on its summer league team, which begins play next week.
http://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.s...or_piston.html
There you go, they only have 3.4mil to offer. We offer him 4mil/3yrs or MLE for 2 years, a starting role and a shot at a ring, and he'd be mad not to take it unless someone else offers the full MLE for 3yrs. At this point, I'd match that anyway. He'd retire with Tim in 2012, I'm down with that.
The real reason fans want to see him here is so they can call him "San" Antonio McDyess.
San Antonio is his namesake. How can he avoid a town that shares his name?
McDyess hoped to remain with Detroit, but the acquisition of Villanueva has caused him to become more aggressive in pursuing other options.
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketb...ce_a_contract/
Thats great to here. Do you think Dice would be a better fit in SA? Im kind of starting to think he would. We really don't need a lot of offensive production at this point, just a big who can score here and there and has good veteran leadership. I also think he has more left in the tank than Sheed. Although sheed is clearly the better player I really would not be upset if Dice was our dude. I also notice things are real quiet about the spurs doing anything regarding him. I bet something is in the works, then again SA is going to meet with Sheed next week reportedly. Im anxious to see what happens.
It's not surprising to me he'd want to stay in Detroit, but I myself would have a hard time staying in that situation if I didn't think Dumars had a much better plan than what he's shown so far.
McDyess would fit in well in SA. He has the range on his J to make defenses give TD decent spacing. Plus he hits the boards very well. Wallace gets the pub, but McDyess just feels like the better fit for SA. The Spurs have 4 other guys who can put up points. I'd be quite happy with Wallace or McDyess. I'm not sure that the disparity in media and fan attention between the two free agents is indicative of a similar difference in their prospective impact on the Spurs' rotation. McDyess would give you all you need in the starting lineup.
I also would be happy with either of them and agree that McDyess would be the better fit in terms of the typical Spurs attributes. but I have a some concerns about the size of McDyess. he is usually listed at 6'10'', but this is a bit exaggerated. he would be pretty much in the Kurt Thomas category, that's ok, but leaves the Spurs still short compared to the Lakers. (especially with the 6'6'' Blair). Sheed is a legit 6'11'' and we will need at least 2 players with that height. so, if they land Dice, they still need to find a 7 footer via trade IMO. (I don't see one we could get for the minimum or the LLE)
Don't you feel like that is just asking/wanting to much? I mean if they get Dice there not going to get much more. He's tough thats for sure, I guess you could say we would lack height in comparison to the Lakers but gain toughness with Dice and Blair...we would be a rugged team and still more of a hassle for the Lakers than we were last year. I think a big rotation featuring Duncan, Dice, Blair, Ian and on rare occasion Matt I miss every ing shot I take Bonner is better than what we used to have and nothing to complain about.
I also would be happy with either of them and agree that McDyess would be the better fit in terms of the typical Spurs attributes. but I have a some concerns about the size of McDyess. he is usually listed at 6'10'', but this is a bit exaggerated. he would be pretty much in the Kurt Thomas category, that's ok, but leaves the Spurs still short compared to the Lakers. (especially with the 6'6'' Blair). Sheed is a legit 6'11'' and we will need at least 2 players with that height. so, if they land Dice, they still need to find a 7 footer via trade IMO. (I don't see one we could get for the minimum or the LLE)
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