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You think 1.5M a year is too much? How much did you think he would get?for that type of money the pistons can have evans
WANE-TV - The Detroit Pistons have signed Sacramento's Maurice Evans to a three-year $4.5 million-dollar offer.
The Kings have seven days to match the offer to retain Evans, a restricted free agent.
Detroit wants to add the six-foot-five, 220-pound Evans because he would provide depth behind starting small forward Tayshaun Prince and shooting guard Richard Hamilton.
He would compete with Carlos Delfino and Ronald Dupree for playing time, if Sacramento doesn't match the offer.
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for that type of money the pistons can have evans
You think 1.5M a year is too much? How much did you think he would get?for that type of money the pistons can have evans
I think Maurice Evans will be a good pickup for the Pistons, should have a good impact playing behind Prince.
So where does this leave Delfino? Lighting up with Darko?
they can play Mascots and compete each other @ halftime.
yeah my bad about that guys when I saw the article the 4.5 million stuck out to me and I was like "what, that is too much" but I was forgetting that amount was over 3 years, so it is a reasonable contract
again my bad everyone
Both Delfino and Evans can play either the 2 or the 3. When they are in together, the Pistons will put Evans on the opposing teams top scorer, leaving Delfino on the other 2/3.
I'm interested to see what Darko and Delfino will do, they could have breakout years.
Kings watch Evans depart
He signs a three-year offer sheet with Detroit, and Geoff Petrie says Sacramento can't match it.
By Sam Amick -- Bee Staff Writer
http://www.sacbee.com/content/sports...14310176c.html
Mo-Town it is.
Maurice "Mo" Evans is headed out of Sacramento and on to Detroit, where the hits have been coming for two straight seasons and the 26-year-old is looking to be the Pistons' version of a big-time backup singer.
Detroit has signed Evans to a three-year offer sheet that starts at $1.5 million next season. The Pistons may be hoping the overworked legs of shooting guard Richard Hamilton and small forward Tayshaun Prince can rest without worry on the team that was one game away from winning two straight NBA les.
Despite Evans' status as a Kings restricted free agent - which stipulates the home team has a right to match the offer within seven days - team president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie said Wednesday he couldn't match the offer if he wanted to.
Without salary cap space or exceptions, any offer higher than the approximately $895,000 offered by the Kings in late June would mean no mo' Mo. The $5 million mid-level exception that could have been used on Evans went to forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim, who was signed two weeks ago. The Pistons' offer is believed to be guaranteed for the first two years, with a team option for the third.
"We don't have any rights of any kind," said Petrie, who had not yet received the offer sheet but knew it was on its way. "It's unlikely that we would do it anyway at this point with the way our roster is."
Which is to say Petrie likes the Kings' roster as is, although it's not quite complete yet. Under the new collective bargaining agreement, teams must have at least 13 players (12 active, one inactive) and can have as many as 15 under certain cir stances.
According to Petrie, the Abdur-Rahim signing put the Kings' budgeted payroll for 13 players over the salary cap - including a slot for one who has yet to be signed. Considering co-owners Joe and Gavin Maloof have made their desire to avoid luxury tax spending clear, the next addition will be the last and, most likely, not one of major consequence. Barring a trade, the new-look Kings are virtually in place.
"It's unlikely that we would keep a 14th or 15th guy that we would pay tax on," Petrie said. "There's still a lot of players out there. There'll be a lot of players in training camp who will be waived, and there will still be players available then. But the roster we have at the moment, the way it's comprised, are the guys who will play all the minutes.
"It's unpredictable. Sitting where I'm sitting today, I don't think I feel any rush to fill (the 13th spot), but that could change tomorrow."
On paper, the likely starting five of Mike Bibby, Bonzi Wells, Peja Stojakovic, Abdur-Rahim and Brad Miller is among the league's best, with six new additions since the Kings' five-game loss to Seattle in the first round of the playoffs.
Aside from signing lucky No. 13, the last bit of business is the future of restricted free agent Darius Songaila. The forward is being pursued by Chicago and Denver, with his return via a straight-up signing unlikely but a sign-and-trade with another team always possible.
The Kings - who are already "forward-rich," as Petrie says, with Abdur-Rahim, Stojakovic, Kenny Thomas and Corliss Williamson - can match an offer for up to $5 million, because of the Early Bird rights they hold.
Evans' NBA initiation came back in the 2001-02 campaign, when he played in 10 games for Minnesota after going undrafted out of Texas in 2001. But he didn't stay in the league on the first try, playing overseas in Italy, Greece and Russia before signing with the Kings in 2004.
Evans - who made $620,046 last season - was a solid backup to shooting guard Doug Christie early, then to Cuttino Mobley after Christie was traded to Orlando. He contributed 6.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game and shot 44.2 percent from the field while averaging 19 minutes.
Evans and his agent, Roger Montgomery, did not return calls for comment.
Adding strength - The Kings have hired Daniel Shapiro as their strength and conditioning coach. Shapiro replaces Al Biancani, who retired in early July after 18 years.
Shapiro, who worked for the Seattle SuperSonics for seven years and the WNBA's Seattle Storm for three seasons earlier in his career, spent the last two as the strength coach for the University of Dayton men's and women's basketball teams.
I'm excited about this. I think Dumars was smart to pull out of the Finley race early. He stole Indy's starting center to use as Shaq insurance, and grabbed a nice back-up swingman that will help us in our matchups with guards who like to get to the rim (Wade, Manu, etc). Hopefully this means Tayshaun won't be useless by the end of the season because of logging such heavy minutes.
Now if Flip can get Arroyo, Delfino, Darko, and Maxiell in the loop this year as well, it should be an interesting season.
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Last edited by FreshPrince22; 09-12-2011 at 02:00 PM.
Evans fits a need for Detroit, which makes him a good pick-up, but since when has Darvin Ham done anything in the NBA?
Hmmm, no. Darvin has zero offensive skills whatsoever aside from dunking. He cant hit a 2 foot shot to save his life. He shot 37% from the FREE THROW LINE last year. That and he's a Power Forward tweener.
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Last edited by FreshPrince22; 09-12-2011 at 02:00 PM.
yeah but he sure broke that backboard in college! uhh, yeah.
Evans is similar to Devin Brown who the Pistons also looked at but were scared away from his late season back problems.
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