I'm hearing things.
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I'm hearing things.
I am too. Air conditioner's running and my fingers are killing this keyboard.
I'm lost.
Brandon Jennings. Glan's hearing things, likely unsubstantial other than he wants out and we need a PG.
Thanks!
Please no.
not a good fit IMO. I think it's all talk since Jennings just said he doesn't want to go back to the bucks. no way on earth i'd pay him $12 mil a year.
Sign and trade with Milwaukee... we lose Stuckey... Jennings gets a 3 yeard deal with a flat rate of $6.5 mil.... 2nd and 3rd seasons at our option :-)
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A sign-and-trade deal may send Brandon Jennings to the Detroit Pistons, reports ESPN and Yahoo. #NBA
NOOOOO! STOP HEARING THINGS, GLAN!
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--pi...211830240.html
He's no Luigi, but he'll do.
Man, scooped again.
Sounds like Knight's gone.
Bubbles rejoices.
What the hell, depending on the contract and what we ship out, this could be fun.
Please include Stuckey and/or CV.
Hearing Knight is part of the deal.
Ugh.
Slava, Knight and Middleton for Jennings.
3 yrs, $24 million. I don't think he's a real point guard, but I suppose it's an upgrade over Knight and neither Middleton nor Kratsov are rotation players. That's not a terrible contract. I just hope Chauncey can turn Jennings into a leader and he's not a locker room cancer.
ima miss my dead gay knight...
i'm torn. part of me loved knight's intangibles and potential so I hate to see him go so early on. I think he really could have turned the corner.
Jennings is an instant upgrade and could really help elevate this team to a serious playoff team- in a best case scenario. but he's a guy who can't guard anyone and is very streaky. I would've preferred a different deal that didn't involve knight. but I guess i'll wait to see what we do with stuckey and CV's expiring deals before I get too mad.
Hello Siva!?
the 3 for 1 deal opens up a couple of roster spots. just saying.....
gotta say though. dumars is slowly but surely really putting together something to be excited about. the expiring deals of stuck and CV could either net us another big FA next year or be used in a trade to acquire a prized piece of the puzzle to take us to an even higher level.
i'm excited but sad to lose knight, as inconsistent as he's been.
The one player that I didn't want to go out of the 3, is Kravtsov(sp?). But we have plenty of bigs on our roster.
Also, mark me down as SMFH at these peeps talking about CBill turning this guy or that guy into a great PG or something. Fuck CBIll. Piston's fan keep posting about how fuckin great CBIll is. Ok, let me vent for a minute. He's a fuckin clown. He didn't do shit before he got here and hasn't done shit sense. We'd be deep in the 4th quarter and a timeout was called cuz he couldn't get a play going and he'd stay on the court tossing up little layups and shit till he decided it was time to go to the bench. Dude is NOT what you think he is. He had a great roster and we were hungry and 'WE' won a title. NOT HIM! The fuckin team did.
Seriously, this facination with this clown is unbelievable to me. If he was sooooooo fuckin good we should have won another title.
And all his bullshit about being hurt that he left. Fuck you. He wanted to go to Denver. Fuckin clown. I can't believe how he's kept on this pedestal. Also, how do you spell pedestal. Fuck it. I can't believe how he's kept on this throne. He's a fuck douche nozzle, douche hose and bag all in one.
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Also, I don't know shit about Jennings but won't miss Knight one bit.
I think my favorite part of this trade is that the Pistons didn't give up the expiring contracts of Stuckey or Villanueva, so the team will still have some decent trade flexibility with them down the road.
On its own, it's still an upgrade at the point, if only a mild one, and for a reasonable contract.
Was tweeting with Hermy and he thinks Joe will hold onto Stuckey and CV and let them expire to assist in re-signing Monroe.
Brandon Knight and Brandon Jennings are basically the same player. Knight a little more heart on defense, Jennings better at distributing to team mates.
Isn't Jennings a very me-first type of player? If that's the case, this doesn't really solidify my commitment to come back to the Pistons....
Joe really needed to consider 'the wooing of MoTown' before making this deal.
#fail
MoTwon thinks Jennings is a WARRIOR.
So JD pulls down his pants and gets a BJ?
I suppose it beats eating too much BK.
We have an immediate need for a backup C.
You guys, I think Billups is really gonna turn Jennings into a great PG. So happy Chauncey's back, you guys.
Fucking, No.
Most important to note, and I'll lead with this, he actually draws defensive attention.
Something Knight hasn't done the entire time he has been here.
Jennings can operate as the ball handler in the pick and roll, find the angle, and then attack it.
Knight has not displayed ability to do so. He always looks tentative, picking bad spots to attack, and disrupts plays.
Jennings has play making ability in the passing game.
Knight rarely displays any of this.
Jennings can finish with his dominant hand against half court defense.
Knight is only a good finisher in transition.
Jennings has a step back jumper to operate as the shooter in a pick and roll.
Knight is a spot up/transition shooter that shoots poorly off the dribble.
Jennings can make separation for his shot in traffic
Knight can only shoot out of the offense.
Jennings can ball-hawk defensively, and has consistently grabbed steals his entire career.
Knight has never had any tangible effect on defense, aside from being excellent at sagging-off and appearing to be giving great defensive effort while never really altering shots or forcing turnovers.
Other reasons.
Jennings is better free throw shooter.
Jennings is quicker and more agile.
Jennings is confident (for better or worse) in his ability to be a scorer.
Knight is taller.
Is Bubbles Happy? Yes, fucking absolutely. We acquired a middle of the pack NBA starting PG that can run pick and roll with out bigs and get his own shot and we traded 2 role players and a D leaguer to get it. Everyone likes to ballwash Brandon about having all of this untapped potential, fuck that noise, Jennings has FAR more potential at every single facet of the game except for defense (size) and in that area he is already more productive anyway. Best of all, I don't have to listen to Piston fans ballwashing this fucker anymore. Fucking Joey Harrington of the Detroit Pistons bullshit.
As for not having a backup C. Most teams don't even have a Center, let alone two of them, So I think we'll be fine. Mitchell has way more upside and should be getting that burn.