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Going online now: ESPN sources say Grizzlies and Raps have deal in place to swap Rudy Gay and Hamed Haddadi for Ed Davis and Jose Calderon

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Sources say deal will morph to include third team to take Calderon, w/Detroit at front of line to land Spaniard after chasing him all season

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Third team not yet in stone but Pistons have had interest in Calderon all season & have two SFs to help MEM fill Gay void: Prince & Maggette

Love it, especially if it clears out Prince.

Calderon and Knight backcourt is a big improvement.

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Memphis officials spent day calling around to do background on Detroit's Tayshaun Prince, sources tell Y!

Is it too greedy to hope that Stuckey's included?

Sounds like a done deal.

According to Stein, Daye is also headed to Memphis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5A3Blt1Ipw

So Stuckey's our new starting SF? Or Jonas?

I would think that Singler's going to move back.

Calderon
Knight
Singler
Monroe
Drummond

innnnnteresting.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSbGIAWrB5faemAwRkP23dwmnSF3ClGA ZvLw97VwV0y4-60xr1B3w

Impactful.

Fascinating.

Got rid of Daye too?

i love this trade, get rid of Tay, pickung up a true PG, whos expiring, 27 mil capspace (35 if they amnesty Charlie) = PERFECT trade, i really didnt think Joe Dumars still was able to do this kind of trade, i am glad i was wrong.

Pistons have had interest in Calderon all season & have two SFs to help MEM fill Gay void: Prince & Maggette

Awesome....?

lol

Hello Josh Smith, here's your max contract.

What do we do with all of the capspace? Is Dumars king again? :KING:

Ha!

Im' scared of Dumars the king

Dumars the king creates butthurt for we the fans of Detroit

Creates jobs at BK, tho

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/01/30/matt-dery-the-pistons-needed-to-make-a-move-it-was-time/

I have no clue what the lineups are going to look like now. Bynum has been great teaming with Drummond, but will he even sniff the court now? Who's the 3 now? Is Knight going to play as a 2? WTF? The roster seems just as off balance as it was before.

So did Memphis want Daye or was JoeD pushing him out the door? Or did they have to include Daye to make numbers work?

Got rid of Daye too?

Reading is fundamental.

i love this trade, get rid of Tay, pickung up a true PG, whos expiring, 27 mil capspace (35 if they amnesty Charlie) = PERFECT trade, i really didnt think Joe Dumars still was able to do this kind of trade, i am glad i was wrong.

Wow. Nice.

I do like Josh Smith. How old is that dude. I've been NBA'less for a while

Josh Smith is cool.

I'd really be happy if this trade somehow led to getting Chris Paul though.

I do like Josh Smith. How old is that dude. I've been NBA'less for a while
I believe he's 27... 28 next year... 4 good years left b4 his his athleticism advantage is done... be very careful with offering a max deal... I think the term is shorter for non bird teams with the new CBA.

Id be open to re signing Calderon for another 5 years. That's how much I think he brings to this core.

He makes Monroe, Drummond and knight all better.

Tayshaun got traded? Really? WOW! Who would have thought that would happen?

About fucking time Joe hit a home run on a trade... and finally the fat lazy toad does the business

Thanks for everything Tay but you weren't a vocal leader and didn't show up in the off-season... so hit the bricks jabroni! And take Daye with you!

Imagine if Calderon can teach Knight a thing or 2...
Imagine if Calderon re-sign with us this off-season...

Imagine Joe with even more cap space... hang on... let's not get too excited yet. Let's just hope Joe has learnt a lesson since his least reign as "King"

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/01/30/matt-dery-the-pistons-needed-to-make-a-move-it-was-time/

First time I've ever read anything that guy's written. Will probably be the only time.

I like this trade for now, but let's wait and see what Dumars does with the cap space.

I'm superstitious that we seemed to jinx with the last couple PGs we traded for -- AI, Arroyo

I wonder who will get introduced last for the roll call before tipoff. Monroe?

I wish Prince the best. He was a good glue guy, and represented us well.

http://www.buzzpics.de/images/2013/01/31/mQCxt.jpg

: ( Prince
: ) Calderon

I think we can all pretty much agree that Jose is a damned fine addition to this squad. Wish it was 2 years instead of expiring.

Id be open to re signing Calderon for another 5 years. That's how much I think he brings to this core.

He makes Monroe, Drummond and knight all better.

Calderon is going to get 15 assists each night if Drummond and Monroe start together. Knight is going to shoot the fucking lights out wide open all the time.
Throw Josh Smith into this shit and I'm calling a title right now.

I wonder how many Memphis fans were pushing for a Gay for Tay+Daye trade just for the rhyming.

The Grizzlies issued a statement on the trade late Wednesday, and embarrassingly had "general manager Chris Wallace" throw out the obligatory organizational quotes on the deal. Only, Wallace had nothing to do with the trade. Nothing. He isn't making calls to teams. He isn't consulted by the new regime. He's waiting until they agree on the terms of his inevitable parting. So, Pera and new CEO Jason Levien take an unpopular trade and assign it to Wallace in the news release.

Levien is making these deals based largely on the recommendations of John Hollinger, a statistician who worked for a cable sports company. The San Antonio Spurs once used him as a consultant and regretfully took his advice to sign a free agent named Jackie Butler. It was such a disaster, the Spurs had to attach Luis Scola to a trade to get Butler out of town.

Meow!

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--rudy-gay-trade-shows-lebron-james-the-future--super-team-era-ending--065716242.html

More on this

http://m.deadspin.com/5980649/adrian-wojnarowskis-latest-column-features-a-sick-burn-on-john-hollinger

Id be open to re signing Calderon for another 5 years. That's how much I think he brings to this core.

He makes Monroe, Drummond and knight all better.
LOL!

Jackie Butler got paid and got fatter. Sometimes that shit happens, especially if you're hanging with Eddy Curry and Jerome James.

Anybody seen anything from coach about starting lineup?

#Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said Jose Calderon will start once VISA issues are solved.


Pemberton

I'm surprised there'd be VISA issues, given that he plays most of his games in the U.S.

If there's residency issues, he should camp out in Windsor-tucky. ;)

So, no real reason to watch tonight then?

Besides Drummond.

I'm surprised there'd be VISA issues, given that he plays most of his games in the U.S.

If there's residency issues, he should camp out in Windsor-tucky. ;)

So he was on a Canadian work visa, and now that he has a US employer, the pistons, he would have to get the US work visa before he can work for his US employer.

Yeah, but he'd have to have a U.S. work permit to play games -- work -- in the U.S.

Thought it was hilarious when Kelser said tonight that (paraphrase) "many people around the league think the Pistons went after Calderon with an eye on the #8 playoff spot".

Calderon makes Pistons offense watchable again, a pass first guard who knows how to run an offense is a real joy after watching guys like Stuckey trying to play PG for the last few years. I am sure Dumars will resign him, he should most definitely.
Also not having Tay and his isolation bullshit around is another improvement by subtraction. Singler is the new glue guy, he is just a smart basketball player. I dont know if its enough to be a starting SF, but does really well for a rookie in the NBA.

Agree, great trade.

I've been asking for a true PG since we launched this site (Earl Watson? lol). So glad we have one finally, hope we can keep him.

Daye had 16 pts tonight for the Grizz, Tay with 18

Still lovin it

Tayshaun Prince fan lives his dream at Grizzlies game
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/feb/10/tayshaun-prince-fan-lives-his-dream-at-grizzlies/

http://basketball.realgm.com/blog/226061/Jose-Calderon-Rejuvenates-Pistons-Culture-Smoothens-Offense