Pistons: Josh Smith to the Pistons

[djohn2oo8]

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 2 minutes ago
Y! Sources: Free agent forward Josh Smith agrees to a four year, $56 million with the Detroit Pistons. tinyurl.com/kmmwsnt



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[weebo]

dat ass...

[Clipper Nation]

Joe Dumars

[Pelicans78]

Wow, Dumars continues to suck.

[timtonymanu]

Way too much for an overrated player.

[djohn2oo8]

Thanking the basketball gods Morey didn't pay that er 14 mil a year

[Pelicans78]

He's excellent defensively and horrible offensively.

[JamStone]

I'm good with it. I know Josh Smith has his flaws and $14M per is a lot under the new CBA, but he does upgrade the overall talent of the team.

Pistons have had a hard time attracting big name free agents, so it's nice to see them able to get a good talent even though he's isn't a franchise superstar.

He'll get a chance to play a lot of SF, which will be both good and bad, and some PF against small ball line-ups. He does make the Pistons frontcourt pretty big and athletic when they put him in with Monroe and Drummond.

Considering I was starting to believe the Pistons weren't going to add anyone significant and would end up having to throw some money at some no-name free agents who wouldn't be worth their salaries, I'm cool with throwing money at a player who won't be worth the money who at least has some proven talent. Pistons aren't a destination for players like LeBron or CP3. Pistons fans will just have to hope the excitement of athletes like Josh Smith and Andre Drummond will at least make the Pistons watchable now. They've been so ty to watch the past several years.

[Katherine Robinson]

Detroit will be irrelevant for a very very long time, it befits the current image of the city.

[TIMMYtoZO]

Pistons

[JamStone]

The new CBA forces teams to spend money. The alternative would have been something like one or two year deals for guys like Wesley Johnson for $5M per and Marreesse Speights for $4M per just to meet the cap floor, and then in a year or two, they have cap space again they can't fill with anyone good because they won't want to come to Detroit.

Watch by the end of free agency, there will be teams with too much cap space throwing silly one or two year contracts at players worth half of what they're getting.

[Clipper Nation]

So will the Pistons trade Monroe now? DeAndre could be a nice backup center and we all know how much Dumars loves overpaid contracts

[Koolaid_Man]

Thanking the basketball gods Morey didn't pay that er 14 mil a year

you do realize there's no material difference between him and Dwight don't you....ha ha Rox fan is pure comedy gold

[djohn2oo8]

you do realize there's no material difference between him and Dwight don't you....ha ha Rox fan is pure comedy gold

Does Dwight chuck three's?

[JamStone]

So will the Pistons trade Monroe now? DeAndre could be a nice backup center and we all know how much Dumars loves overpaid contracts

Reports during negotiations were that the Pistons will play Smith at SF. Last year after they traded Tayshaun Prince, they started Kyle Singler at SF. The team won't be able to shoot, but they'll rebound well.

[Pelicans78]

you do realize there's no material difference between him and Dwight don't you....ha ha Rox fan is pure comedy gold

Dwight isn't nearly as bad as Smith offensively. Smith takes too many horrible shots every game and is a bad FT shooter. Howard doesn't take bad shots. That's the biggest difference.

[Kai]

tbh it's better news than

[da_suns_fan]

Worst signing of the off-season (thus far).

[Killakobe81]

Thanking the basketball gods Morey didn't pay that er 14 mil a year

Yep. Morey starting to win me over. Defensively he would of been a great fit, on offense a trainwreck next to Dwight.

[da_suns_fan]

you do realize there's no material difference between him and Dwight don't you....ha ha Rox fan is pure comedy gold

Youre either salty or completely clueless:

http://www.thenbageek.com/players/co...er_ids%5B%5D=6

Howard is a vastly superior rebounder and shot blocker. His FG%, TS% and PPS blow Smith away. The only thing that is really comparable is that they are both BAD free throw shooters and both turn it over quite a bit.

[jeebus]

I know everyone in the league overpays for big men but he's not even that. Meh. Ain't my team.

[Killakobe81]

I'm good with it. I know Josh Smith has his flaws and $14M per is a lot under the new CBA, but he does upgrade the overall talent of the team.

Pistons have had a hard time attracting big name free agents, so it's nice to see them able to get a good talent even though he's isn't a franchise superstar.

He'll get a chance to play a lot of SF, which will be both good and bad, and some PF against small ball line-ups. He does make the Pistons frontcourt pretty big and athletic when they put him in with Monroe and Drummond.

Considering I was starting to believe the Pistons weren't going to add anyone significant and would end up having to throw some money at some no-name free agents who wouldn't be worth their salaries, I'm cool with throwing money at a player who won't be worth the money who at least has some proven talent. Pistons aren't a destination for players like LeBron or CP3. Pistons fans will just have to hope the excitement of athletes like Josh Smith and Andre Drummond will at least make the Pistons watchable now. They've been so ty to watch the past several years.

Some great points, Jam. But still 14 million?! That is only 5 mill less than LeBron

[HarlemHeat37]

I made a thread a few months ago asking why Joe Dumars still has a job..any Pistons fans want to answer, tbh?..Jam?..

[djohn2oo8]

I made a thread a few months ago asking why Joe Dumars still has a job..any Pistons fans want to answer, tbh?..Jam?..

[Indazone]

So much for trading Asik and Lin