Offseason Plan (Post Deadline)

[Mr. Krabs]

NO to Monta.

[BadMofoPimp]

Joe's plan - Re-sign Calderon to a 4 year 35M contract, re-sign Maxiell to a 4yr $24M contract and re-sign Bynum to a 3yr 16M contract. Call it an off-season.

Pistons still could be a playoff team next year with that. Git Er Done!

Hey, that is still better than Ben Gordon and Charlie V!?!?!?!?!?!

[Goldtop]

My expectation is we will try to resign Calderon for $7 mil/yr, maybe go after another FA in the 7-8 mil/yr price range (perhaps Tyreke Evans), and then either sit on the remaining 10-15 mil or so and try and get 1 big acquisition via trade in the 10-15 mil/yr price range, or offer it to Josh Smith.

If we come away from the off-season with a starting lineup like this I'd be ecstatic. Without a doubt we'd have the best frontcourt in the league with Dre/Moose/Smith, and an excellent backcourt as well.

Calderon
Evans
Smith
Monroe
Drummond

[c-dot]

I wonder if OKC is looking to sell their TOR pick, Joe might wanna use some cap room lowering their cap burden and acquiring their young guys. They are in the lux tax bracket so everything basically costs them double.

[jaredtyshaf]

Dream scenario

Sign Iggy and J-Smoove and resign Jose.

Draft either Mac, Olapido, Porter or Bazz

New rotation.....

PG: Kinght (16) / Jose (32)
SG: Iggy (32) / Knight (16)
SF: Smoove (19) / Singler/Rookie (29)
PF: Monroe (29) / Smoove (19)
C: Drummond (35) / Monroe (6) / Kravtsov (7)

Even if that starting 5 doesn't work out it makes sure we have assets to trade.

[MrBigShot]

NO to Monta.

Second that no.

@Jared: The questions are...

1. Why would JSmoove want to come play here and play out of position? We aren't exactly an attractive FA destination.
2. Would we be willing to give him a max contract? He will demand one.

I would love to sign Iggy, but I think he's best suited as a three. Perhaps we can get an SG from the draft to fill that. I'm still not sold on Knight on SG unless we get the second coming of Penny Hardaway to play alongside him.

[ocellatus921]

I wonder if OKC is looking to sell their TOR pick, Joe might wanna use some cap room lowering their cap burden and acquiring their young guys. They are in the lux tax bracket so everything basically costs them double.

I'd take Perkins off their hand if they include the Raptors 1st round pick.
Sign Tony Allen, J.J. Hickson, Bynum

Then we could draft Victor Oladipo and Otto Porter.

Calderon/Knight/Bynum
Allen/Oladipo/English
Singler/Porter/Middleton
Monroe/Hickson/CV
Drummond/Krav/Perkins

[Warspite]

My expectation is we will try to resign Calderon for $7 mil/yr, maybe go after another FA in the 7-8 mil/yr price range (perhaps Tyreke Evans), and then either sit on the remaining 10-15 mil or so and try and get 1 big acquisition via trade in the 10-15 mil/yr price range, or offer it to Josh Smith.

If we come away from the off-season with a starting lineup like this I'd be ecstatic. Without a doubt we'd have the best frontcourt in the league with Dre/Moose/Smith, and an excellent backcourt as well.

Calderon
Evans
Smith
Monroe
Drummond

CBA has a min salary restriction. gotta spend 80% of the cap.

I have no idea what Joes plan is but mine would look something like

Let all FAs walk

1. Draft Shabazz (yeah I think he will drop like a rock just like Drummond)
2. FAs Aminu, Harris, Milsap,
3. Trade Stuckey for a shooter.

[jaredtyshaf]

NO to Monta.

Second that no.

@Jared: The questions are...

1. Why would JSmoove want to come play here and play out of position? We aren't exactly an attractive FA destination.
2. Would we be willing to give him a max contract? He will demand one.

I would love to sign Iggy, but I think he's best suited as a three. Perhaps we can get an SG from the draft to fill that. I'm still not sold on Knight on SG unless we get the second coming of Penny Hardaway to play alongside him.

Yeah I doubt we get Smoove, but as stated that is my IDEAL offseason not what is realistic.

Realistic off season would be...

1. Amnesty CV31, release Stuck if we can't trade him and let the rest of our expirings walk.

2. Draft wing in the lottery (Mac, Olapido, Otto or Bazz)

3. Sign Iggy and resign Jose. Also sign big man depth Millsap if possible.

PG: Knight/Jose
SG: Rook/Knight
SF: Iggy/Singler/Rook
PF: Moose/Millsap
C: Dre/Moose/Krav

That is a very solid line up for sure.

[What Up Doe]

Joe D's Job is on the line. If we don't make the playoffs next year, he's toast.

The only good Free Agents are Josh Smith Tyreke Evans and Monta Ellis.

Tyreke is a Restricted FA, and when has Joe went after a Restricted FA ?

So it's either going to be Smith or Monta

Next Years lineup will either be

Drummond
Monroe
Smith
Knight
Calderon

or

Drummond
Monroe
Singler
Monta
Calderon

[Piston Pete]

My plan:

Trade Monroe for Cousins

Try to trade up in the draft to get McLemore or Shabazz -- (use expirings of Stuckey and/or CV to take on salary to move up). If we cannot, take Oladipo in the lottery.

Sign cheap, YOUNG free agents who I hope to have bust out while here. I would rather have 3 guys for just a part of our cap space over 1-2 guys for all of it:

Sign FA SF Aminu (Iggy as my backup option)
Sign FA PF Earl Clark (Hickson as my backup option)
Sign FA SG Xavier Henry (Tony Allen as my backup option)
Sign FA PG Jack to backup Knight (as he will be more accepting to backup role than Calderon, and cheaper -- Augustine as my backup option)



Knight / Jack
LOTTO / Henry / English
Aminu / Singler / Middleton
Cousins / Clark / 2nd rounder
Drummond / Cousins / Kravtsov

[Jodi]

Joe D's Job is on the line. If we don't make the playoffs next year, he's toast.

The only good Free Agents are Josh Smith Tyreke Evans and Monta Ellis.

Tyreke is a Restricted FA, and when has Joe went after a Restricted FA ?

So it's either going to be Smith or Monta

Next Years lineup will either be

Drummond
Monroe
Smith
Knight
Calderon

or

Drummond
Monroe
Singler
Monta
Calderon

Wait...I thought you said you know about basketball?.. You should know that any starting line-up with non-defensive Singler in it is not competitive or not respectable...Come on "What Up Doe", I expected better from you...

[Drummond4Prez]

my offseason plan would be to look for trading partners. who said we have to sign any key free agents? id sign a guy like tony allen over monta ellis all day. if im joe im trying to help build the team not take away with what we have going

[What Up Doe]

my offseason plan would be to look for trading partners. who said we have to sign any key free agents? id sign a guy like tony allen over monta ellis all day. if im joe im trying to help build the team not take away with what we have going

We have no attractive trade assets. You idiot !

[ComboGuardCity]

my offseason plan would be to look for trading partners. who said we have to sign any key free agents? id sign a guy like tony allen over monta ellis all day. if im joe im trying to help build the team not take away with what we have going

We have no attractive trade assets. You idiot !

While the namecalling probably wasn't necessary, you are correct in that we don't have any assets we are willing to give up other than capspace.