Charlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon have agreed to terms with the Pistons

Ben Gordon will receive a five-year, $55 million deal
Charlie Villanueva gets a five-year deal for $35 million

what a way to start the nba free agency

just saw this on ESPN, and wow.......seriously?.......really??????? Joey D better have something better for Detroit cause those players dont seem worth the money. Certainly not a championship contending team.

ben gordon is a good pick up but i donno why they want vilanuevachAzN93

ben gordon is a good pick up but i donno why they want vilanuevachAzN93

[QUOTE="sixringz1"][QUOTE="chAzN93"]ben gordon is a good pick up but i donno why they want vilanueva chAzN93

:lol: Ben Gordon will be their ONE? :lol: :lol: :lol: I guess the Pistons don't care about being good..

[QUOTE="sixringz1"][QUOTE="chAzN93"]ben gordon is a good pick up but i donno why they want vilanueva chAzN93

[QUOTE="chAzN93"][QUOTE="sixringz1"]good pickup? where is he gonna play? Stuckey is their 1 and RIP is their 2. If they wanna play him in the backcourt w/ stuckey that means you'll have RIP at the 3 and Prince at the 4. That aint gonna work. There is NO WAY Rip can guard a SF. Can't happen. Maybe they are gonna trade Rip or Prince, cause right now, as assembled, that roster will not worksixringz1

[QUOTE="sixringz1"][QUOTE="chAzN93"] haha unless you think stuckey is a solid one ben gordon will obviously be their 1 chAzN93

[QUOTE="chAzN93"][QUOTE="sixringz1"]U must not be familiar with ben gordon. He's NEVER PLAYED PG in his life. He's a 2. He was a 2 at UConn. He was a 2 in Chi with Heinrich and now Rose at the 1sixringz1

[QUOTE="sixringz1"][QUOTE="chAzN93"] he will obviously be their back up 2 but you know they will play him at 1 with rip at 2 alot Master_Live

[QUOTE="chAzN93"][QUOTE="sixringz1"]U must not be familiar with ben gordon. He's NEVER PLAYED PG in his life. He's a 2. He was a 2 at UConn. He was a 2 in Chi with Heinrich and now Rose at the 1sixringz1

[QUOTE="sixringz1"][QUOTE="chAzN93"] he will obviously be their back up 2 but you know they will play him at 1 with rip at 2 alot chAzN93

^^He can still get big minutes coming off the bench, an awesome 3 guard rotation will help. They still need some of those fowards they drafted to work out to be contenders, Detroit really needs to start building commodities with the draft players.

Edit: Also keep in mind that they just drafted Prince the sequel in austin daye. This with gordon means that Prince and Ripper can be used for trade bait now, they are not irreplaceable like in the past.

^^He can still get big minutes coming off the bench, an awesome 3 guard rotation will help. They still need some of those fowards they drafted to work out to be contenders, Detroit really needs to start building commodities with the draft players.

Edit: Also keep in mind that they just drafted Prince the sequel in austin daye. This with gordon means that Prince and Ripper can be used for trade bait now, they are not irreplaceable like in the past.

DaBrainz

And for Austin Daye, he is NOWHERE near the sequel to Prince. He may be around the same height and weight but he is a very poor athlete. He's already had 2 knee surgeries and has a limited vertical (and he's what, 20 years old). Prince can run and jump, and has far better footwork than Daye. Sequel? No. Poor Man's Prince? yes.

But i do agree with you for RIP and Prince being trade bait. Like i said earlier, there is no way this team can expect to be successful with the way they are currently constructed. There HAS TO BE more moves coming.

as of now its allllriiighhttt....there both solid pick ups but i dont see Detroit doing much anymore in the long run....

Where's BG7 going to play? Are they planning on trading Rip because having two shooting guards is exactly the same mistake they made last year.

Stop hating on Ben! One look at the Bulls/Celtics series shows how good he is. Ben > Stuckey. I'd bench stuckey and put Ben in or trade Rip who is declining.MoonMarvel

[QUOTE="MoonMarvel"]Stop hating on Ben! One look at the Bulls/Celtics series shows how good he is. Ben > Stuckey. I'd bench stuckey and put Ben in or trade Rip who is declining.im_mr_brown

[QUOTE="im_mr_brown"][QUOTE="MoonMarvel"]Stop hating on Ben! One look at the Bulls/Celtics series shows how good he is. Ben > Stuckey. I'd bench stuckey and put Ben in or trade Rip who is declining.MoonMarvel

I bet the Bulls don't even make any moves this offseason.im_mr_brown

Yeah...I have a feeling they're just throwing away this season and waiting for the 2010 free agents (which sucks now, but will be nice in 2010 if they can get someone like Chris Bosh as opposed to overspending on some mediocre player now).

[QUOTE="im_mr_brown"] I bet the Bulls don't even make any moves this offseason.JML897

Yeah...I have a feeling they're just throwing away this season and waiting for the 2010 free agents (which sucks now, but will be nice in 2010 if they can get someone like Chris Bosh as opposed to overspending on some mediocre player now).

[QUOTE="im_mr_brown"] I bet the Bulls don't even make any moves this offseason.JML897

Yeah...I have a feeling they're just throwing away this season and waiting for the 2010 free agents (which sucks now, but will be nice in 2010 if they can get someone like Chris Bosh as opposed to overspending on some mediocre player now).

[QUOTE="JML897"]

[QUOTE="im_mr_brown"] I bet the Bulls don't even make any moves this offseason.im_mr_brown

Yeah...I have a feeling they're just throwing away this season and waiting for the 2010 free agents (which sucks now, but will be nice in 2010 if they can get someone like Chris Bosh as opposed to overspending on some mediocre player now).

[QUOTE="im_mr_brown"][QUOTE="JML897"]

Yeah...I have a feeling they're just throwing away this season and waiting for the 2010 free agents (which sucks now, but will be nice in 2010 if they can get someone like Chris Bosh as opposed to overspending on some mediocre player now).

kidcool189

The Spurs tank their seaon when David Robinson got hurt. We all know what happen the next year. They got Tim Duncan. Does that worth tanking a playoff team?

I was surprise when the Pistone trade away Billups. That got to be the dumbest move ever. then I thought that they might want to rebuild. Now they over pay an under size SG who can't defend and only have average speed for a 6'2 guy. Their rebuilding process is ruin.