RealGM: Pistons sign Lorenzo Brown to 1-yr deal

uncleoswald · Post #1 » by **uncleoswald** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:08 pm

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/234938/Lorenzo-Brown-To-Sign-One-Year-Deal-With-Pistons

Brown averaged 2.5 points and 1.6 assists in 26 games with the Philadelphia 76ers last season, after the 6-foot-5 guard signed with the franchise as a released free agent.

Brown, 24, was the 52nd overall selection by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2013 NBA draft. He played three collegiate seasons at N.C. State.

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BigFatBob · Post #2 » by **BigFatBob** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:13 pm

He's nothing special

epheisey · Post #3 » by **epheisey** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:17 pm

He's a camp body and a Grand Rapids possibility, nothing more.

detroitKG · Post #4 » by **detroitKG** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:13 pm

Championship! 8-)

Kilo · Post #5 » by **Kilo** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:04 pm

There is some gimmick where you sign players now to get them to your D-Leauge roster later.

TurboTitan · Post #6 » by **TurboTitan** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 12:42 am

When you average 2.5 ppg for the sixers, it's tough to get exited about...

mercury · Post #7 » by **mercury** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 12:51 am

Assuming non guaranteed camp invite

chrbal · Post #8 » by **chrbal** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:06 am

The pistons are signing him to put him on the Grand Rapids team. Hopefully we can do this Bowles and at least have 2 decent prospects.

Blkbrd671 · Post #9 » by **Blkbrd671** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:20 am

Honestly this guys is soooooo underrated, he just didn't get enough time in Philly, you give this kid minutes he's a viable Guard, if not a great guard. He's been a hidden gem of this league for a while, and now that he's on the pistons, he's finally going to have the opportunity to show what he can really do. I am truly excited for this signing, one of the underrated signings, he helps us get over that hump into contenders.

Phenomenonsense · Post #10 » by **Phenomenonsense** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:46 am

We did it!

Discounted!

Post #11 » by **dVs33** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:27 am

Does SVG know there's a limit to our roster spots??
How is this random guy getting a 1 year deal? I could understand a camp invite or GR signing, but it says 1yr deal with Detroit. I'm confused...

Blkbrd671 · Post #12 » by **Blkbrd671** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:12 am

dVs33 wrote:Does SVG know there's a limit to our roster spots??
How is this random guy getting a 1 year deal? I could understand a camp invite or GR signing, but it says 1yr deal with Detroit. I'm confused...

i think there's a deadline in which teams have to make cuts or owe the full amount of the contract. I believe its after or before Preseason. I maybe totally making this up, but i feel there's something to that effect

Pharaoh · Post #13 » by **Pharaoh** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:45 am

I don't think we have a completely full roster.

Yes, we have guaranteed contracts - but you can pay them to go away if you choose.

I'd like to think SVG has that much pull with Gores or has a 3-1 trade lined up :-)

Worst case scenario we're doing Brown (& his agent) a favour & he gets cut before the season begins

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epheisey · Post #14 » by **epheisey** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:04 am

dVs33 wrote:Does SVG know there's a limit to our roster spots??
How is this random guy getting a 1 year deal? I could understand a camp invite or GR signing, but it says 1yr deal with Detroit. I'm confused...

He more or less is a GR signing.

http://pistonpowered.com/2014/09/18/lor ... t-pistons/

Interesting note from that article. He failed a physical preventing him from playing in Italy...not exactly reassuring that he couldn't pass a physical.

ImHeisenberg · Post #15 » by **ImHeisenberg** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:45 am

Has to be a non-guaranteed camp deal.

Detroit can't sign a player just to send him to their D-league team- they will still count against the 15 roster cap.

Post #16 » by **dVs33** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:34 pm

epheisey wrote:
dVs33 wrote:Does SVG know there's a limit to our roster spots??
How is this random guy getting a 1 year deal? I could understand a camp invite or GR signing, but it says 1yr deal with Detroit. I'm confused...

He more or less is a GR signing.

http://pistonpowered.com/2014/09/18/lor ... t-pistons/

Interesting note from that article. He failed a physical preventing him from playing in Italy...not exactly reassuring that he couldn't pass a physical.

Cheers
That PistonPowered article makes more sense.

Eoghan · Post #17 » by **Eoghan** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:47 am

He's underrated.

epheisey · Post #18 » by **epheisey** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 3:29 am

ImHeisenberg wrote:Has to be a non-guaranteed camp deal.

Detroit can't sign a player just to send him to their D-league team- they will still count against the 15 roster cap.

I understand that. But if you read that article, it suggests that they signed him basically with a handshake deal that he'll sign with GR after he gets cut from the NBA roster.

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Kilo · Post #19 » by **Kilo** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:42 pm

Does the handshake deal have him agreeing not to sign 10-day contracts with other orgs during the season? If we gave him a guaranteed contract, or partially guaranteed and then cut him - he's getting over and above the 440K NBADL Contract, so there should be more in it for the Pistons.