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In the east that might be enough to catapult Detroit back into the Finals. Thats quite a starting 5.
C- Webber
F- Wallace
F - Prince
G- Hamilton
G- Billups
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2731833
Chris Webber is going home.
Chris Webber
Webber
Literally.
Webber told ESPN.com on Monday via e-mail that he has chosen to sign with the Detroit Pistons, which will officially happen Tuesday after he clears waivers at 2 p.m. ET.
But first, Webber will spend the Martin Luther King holiday with family members after flying to his native Detroit ... and he says he'll attend the Pistons' home game as a fan Monday afternoon against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Pistons emerged as a strong favorite to land Webber from the moment his Philadelphia 76ers buyout became official Thursday. Webber, though, spent the weekend talking with two high-profile coaches to consider their teams as well -- Miami's Pat Riley and Phil Jackson of the Los Angeles Lakers -- amid a growing belief around the league that he had all but chosen Detroit.
With his hometown team, Webber will have the "an integral role" with a championship contender that he was seeking, as he described it to ESPN.com last Wednesday. He's expected to start at center for the Pistons alongside Rasheed Wallace.
Yet the clincher, according to sources close to the situation, is the ability for Webber to rebuild his relationship with the community that watched him grow up, which is obviously something no other suitor could offer.
Webber is more than a few years removed from his status as a local icon and openly shunned by the university where he became a famous name as a star of Michigan's Fab Five. He sees the opportunity to help the sputtering Pistons regain their standing as an East beast as a golden opportunity to reconnect with Detroit at large.
Dallas and San Antonio were on Webber's original list of preferred destinations along with the Pistons, Lakers and Heat. The Mavericks were never a serious contender because they couldn't guarantee playing time and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich decided early that he wasn't interested.
The Lakers were serious about Webber.
"It was a good conversation both ways," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said in Monday's editions of the Los Angeles Times. "He's got a decision to make. He didn't give me any indication. I just told him that he could help us ... He wants significant minutes. I said, 'I don't know what that converts to, but you can have an influence on the team.' That's all any player can really want."
In Detroit, Webber will earn a pro-rated share of the league's $1.2 million veteran minimum, with $450,000 of that amount -- also pro-rated for the rest of the season -- picked up by the league office. Webber was scheduled to earn $20.7 million from the Sixers this season and $22.3 million next season, with the buyout believed to be paying him all but $5-7 million of that sum.
"This is the best I've felt in three years," Webber said last week in a phone interview. "Now the thing I want to do most is win a championship, put myself back on that kind of level.
"My father said I haven't smiled on the court in about three years. I just want to get back to playing with a smile on my face and playing with a team that can really vie for le."
To help create frontcourt minutes for Webber, furthermore, Detroit has discussed a deal with Minnesota that would send center Nazr Mohammed to the Wolves for guard Marko Jaric, according to NBA front-office sources.
Mohammed began the season as Ben Wallace's replacement at center after signing a five-year deal worth just over $30 million. But trading him for Jaric would bring a more natural pecking order to the Pistons' forward rotation. Webber would pair with Rasheed Wallace in the starting lineup and Antonio McDyess, Dale Davis and fast-improving youngster Jason Maxiell would back them up, with the Pistons hoping that Webber's arrival gives a much-needed jolt to the slumping Wallace.
The Pistons are also looking for another perimeter player, having been foiled in their attempts to land Houston's Bonzi Wells and Toronto's Morris Peterson. Jaric's contract has one year less to run than Mohammed's in same price bracket, so the teams would be swapping problems if this trade goes through.
Jaric is openly eager to leave town after two seasons of major struggle following a controversial trade with the Clippers that cost Minnesota a future first-round draft pick in addition to Kevin Garnett favorite Sam Cassell. The Wolves have also been looking for more size up front in support of Kevin Garnett and a rejuvenated Mark Blount.
Yet no trade can be consummated before Tuesday at the earliest, with the Pistons and Wolves playing each other Monday and the NBA office closed for the Martin Luther King holida
In the east that might be enough to catapult Detroit back into the Finals. Thats quite a starting 5.
C- Webber
F- Wallace
F - Prince
G- Hamilton
G- Billups
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Last edited by Amare_32; 09-01-2011 at 02:35 PM.
That aint sayin much. The gimp is only going to help Detroit so much.
Yeah he might be a gimp but he is still good enough for 20 and 10. In the east being a cesspool of mediocrity thats enough.
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Last edited by Amare_32; 09-01-2011 at 02:35 PM.
Webber won't lead them to a championship. He's never been a big game player.
I am not saying they win the Finals. I am saying with the East being so pathetic he might be enough to get Detroit back there.
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Last edited by Amare_32; 09-01-2011 at 02:35 PM.
I still don't understand why these threads can't go in the Pistons section.
We have Billups for that.
Gimp > Nazr and Dice
so now a lineup of Billups, Ricarda,Tayshauna,Raweed, and now Webber taking over as the new bendover wallace. Nice
All the Pistons need now is me for an nba championship. Maybe I can rack up another scoring le while we're at it.
That's no lie.
thank god. i love c-webb and wouldve hated to see him wearing an LA jersey alongside kobe...
dammit. I thought the mavs were in the hunt.
Agreed.
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