The Official "What Now" Thread....

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Originally Posted by Kstat

THE SKY IS FALLING!

Not all of us can be as happy as you about losing an all-star to a hated division rival for nothing.

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Originally Posted by the wrath of diddy

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Originally Posted by Kstat

THE SKY IS FALLING!

Not all of us can be as happy as you about losing an all-star to a hated division rival for nothing.

It'll be even more fun in 2 years when half their young players leave because they can't pay them.

Kilo, I hate that deal. Right now I could live with Magloire, but Delfino really remains one of the only players that could actually improve our roster next season. Magloire is a putrid defender, but would be nice to add without dumping his salary. Besides, I doubt Milwaukee would do that deal now that they have Villanueva and Joe Smith.

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Originally Posted by Kstat

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Originally Posted by the wrath of diddy

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Originally Posted by Kstat

THE SKY IS FALLING!

Not all of us can be as happy as you about losing an all-star to a hated division rival for nothing.

It'll be even more fun in 2 years when half their young players leave because they can't pay them.

Can't keep them because the owner is a cheap bastard.

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Originally Posted by b-diddy

no, it actually fell already. i know you think the pistons losing ben only "stings alittle" and its "ok to be a good team". but ive seen that with the pistons, and it sucks. watching the guys we used to throw around beat the crap out of us is going to be horrible.

going back to not being able to sign a FA again is going to suck.

hearing chicago fans going nuts when the chicago PA system plays the big ben chime is really, really going to suck.

watching the pistons, who couldnt grab a rebound last year, is going to really suck.

Yeah this is a great post. I agree with every word in this. Can I add this?

If Dwayne Wade got that many calls driving the lane against us when we had the DPOY respect thing, how much respect do you think anyone else is going to have in there? Wade will shoot 37 free throws against us in a game next year. Bank it.

To me the Pistons have conceded that their contender days are over with this move. That is why the Hunter signing is even more fucking stupid. We sucked for nearly the entire post season and still came within a game of the finals again. You dont break that up and the Pistons half assed offer sealed our fate for sure. I cant wait to get the players reaction to this shit.

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Originally Posted by DPISTONS90

To me the Pistons have conceded that their contender days are over with this move. That is why the Hunter signing is even more fucking stupid. We sucked for nearly the entire post season and still came within a game of the finals again. You dont break that up and the Pistons half assed offer sealed our fate for sure. I cant wait to get the players reaction to this shit.

agree

In the end, look at what Mark Cuban did to keep Terry. 12:01. Phone call, good offer. I honestly believe that if we had done that, we would still have Ben. Unless Joe D has a way to fill this void, we so definitely dropped the ball as hugely as possible on this one.

2 games away from the finals.

Look at free agency so far:

Claxton - way overpaid

Terry - slightly overpaid

Nene - way overpaid (injuries)

Ben Wallace - way overpaid

Peja - slightly overpaid (one dimensional and declining)

Bobby Jackson - way overpaid

Most of our contracts our very reasonable so I think that we can make the trades to be a Championship team again.