Ben Gordon Reported to Accept Detroit Offer

[coyotes_geek]

He is a close Friend of Isiah Thomas ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

A Pair of Mistakes:
He pick Milicic over Carmelo Anhony
He trade Iverson for Billups

Now he can sign Gordon and trade Hamilton

You can't really call Iverson for Billups a mistake because Dumars went in knowing full well that he was making that deal for the sole purpose of having cap room this offseason.

[Chillen]

f**k sh*t. Gonna miss him as a Bull! This frees up Rose a little more and if we lose Ben (which looks likely) keeping Hinrich now is a must.

[Mel_13]

Pistons strike deal with Gordon

The 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.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...yhoo&type=lgns

[JiggaWhat99]

Dumars is overrated, he traded the heart (Billups) of the team away, and now he is continuing to make bad decisions

[FkLA]

I dont get it, doesnt Dumars pay attention to the NBA...these type of one-dimensional ball-hogs always end up ing up teams. Just look at AI and Marbury, theyre completely worthless now. He just had AI in his backyard this year too so Dumars should know better than this. They wouldve been better off going after Hedo or maybe Odom.

[CGD]

Wow, if true $55/5 seems like overpaying for an undersized SG to me.

[Taking it to the Hole]

Oh, how I miss the days of the "BAD BOYS".

[SPURSGOAT]

Detroit got Villanueva too...http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4301111

[FkLA]

Wow, both Gordon and Villanueva play absolutely no defense...I wonder if Dumars will hire an offensive minded coach.

[urunobili]

Cavs ain't getting Villanueva...

[4down]

I remember seeing Boozer for Hamilton speculated on a Jazz board a month or two ago... sorry I don't have the link.

[timtonymanu]

It's a shame I really liked the Pistons after 05. I'll never forget their starting 5 of the Wallaces, Prince, Rip, and Billups.

[bigdog]

As much as I hated them, I really liked the way the Pistons played a few years back. Now, they've completely turned things around and are headed in the opposite direction. They went from a defense-first team, to a team that looks more offensive-oriented. I'm losing the respect for the Pistons that I once had. Joe Dumars has no idea what he's doing anymore.

[VivaPopovich]

there goes rip..

[Tully365]

Gordon spent the first part of his career with a rebuilding Bulls team, and now just as they are becoming somewhat relevant again, he leaves for the once relevant Pistons just as they enter rebuilding mode.... I guess he really likes vacationing in late April/early June.