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Reports that we're going to work out Juan Dixon? Juan Dixon?, lol.

The guy is a decent bench player and has some talent. Problem is he'd be the 3rd string undersized SG on this team, lol. I don't even know why we'd be at all interested in the guy to fill out our roster right now.

Maybe if they have a deal in the works for Mo or something, but otherwise I don't get this one at all.

Poor man's Daniel Gibson? I do no understand this move either. I doubt anything comes of it.

Redundant with Gibson, unless there is another deal working and he would be a replacement for Gibson or Mo.

We always do something like this.

We worked out Tmac a few weeks back with no plans to sign him. Probably just doing his agent a favor.

B Mac wrote:We always do something like this.

We worked out Tmac a few weeks back with no plans to sign him. Probably just doing his agent a favor.

Grant gives me the impression he's being safe and conservative.

IMHO, a GM needs to be willing to take risks and be more aggressive. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

After being so proactive with getting a new coach, I'm surprised Gilbert didn't order Grant to offer a contract to T-Mac.

He's looking good in workouts with the Piston trainers and players, the healthiest he's been in the last 2 years. I'm really interested in seeing what he does in training camp and preseason.

Low risk, high reward.

Piston Boris wrote:

B Mac wrote:We always do something like this.

We worked out Tmac a few weeks back with no plans to sign him. Probably just doing his agent a favor.

Grant gives me the impression he's being safe and conservative.

IMHO, a GM needs to be willing to take risks and be more aggressive. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

After being so proactive with getting a new coach, I'm surprised Gilbert didn't order Grant to offer a contract to T-Mac.

He's looking good in workouts with the Piston trainers and players, the healthiest he's been in the last 2 years. I'm really interested in seeing what he does in training camp and preseason.

Low risk, high reward.

You cannot build around TMac, so what would be the point in Cleveland acquiring him?

mcfly1204 wrote:You cannot build around TMac, so what would be the point in Cleveland acquiring him?

Dumars already has a lot of young talent--not that he's stopping with what he has.

He decided to give T-Mac a shot to see what he can offer and give the youngsters another vet to hone their skills against in practice.

Plenty of people questioned Dumars' decision to sign McDyess in 2005 and Ben Wallace in 2009.

If T-Mac doesn't work out, he can be cut.

Piston Boris wrote:

mcfly1204 wrote:You cannot build around TMac, so what would be the point in Cleveland acquiring him?

Dumars already has a lot of young talent--not that he's stopping with what he has.

He decided to give T-Mac a shot to see what he can offer and give the youngsters another vet to hone their skills against in practice.

Plenty of people questioned Dumars' decision to sign McDyess in 2005 and Ben Wallace in 2009.

If T-Mac doesn't work out, he can be cut.

Wallace and McDyess were signed for depth reasons. Is Detroit lacking depth at the 2/3?

mcfly1204 wrote:Wallace and McDyess were signed for depth reasons. Is Detroit lacking depth at the 2/3?

This signing's more lateral than the others.

I didn't champion it myself.

It's speculated that T-Mac was signed to soften the hit of trading Prince/Hamilton if/when it happens.

T-Mac impressed the Piston brass in his workouts. He checked out with the Pistons physical trainer and Will Bynum, who trained with him in Chicago has said T-Mac is looking more like T-Mac. He also agreed to be a reserve, so Dumars wants to add some punch to the bench and is looking to accelerate the learning curve of some of the youngsters.

If you're interested, T-Mac had some interviews with Pistons.com and 1130 AM in Detroit.

He doesn't talk like Iverson and he's signed just for the vet minimum.

Its a decent signing for a team like the Pistons, but it wouldnt make any sense for the Cavs. TMac wouldnt do anything for the Cavs other than eat up a lot of minutes that we can give to the young guys to see if they can develop. If he played the center position it would make a lot more sense.