Post Your Offseason Plan

[DCintheD]

Hire a smart GM

Hire Hollins

get top 3 pick - draft Parker or Wiggins

re-sign Monroe for 5/60M

trade Smith to Sac for Thompson, Terry, McCallum

sign vet big man

Jennings, McCallum
KCP, Terry
Parker/Wiggins, Singler
Monroe, Thompson
Drummond, Monroe, Harrelson

if stuck at 8 and Smart is gone...

Smith and 8 for Afflalo and Harkless

Re-sign Monroe

Sign Ariza

Sign Sessions

Jennings, Sessions
Afflalo, KCP
Ariza, Harkless, Singler
Monroe, Harkless
Drummond

Hollins can get either of these lineups back playing defense and make some playoff noise

[Notanoob]

It seems like the offseason has been something to look forward to more than the regular season lately in Pistons basketball. We have a huge offseason ahead of us with the draft, free agency, and filling the GM and coaching positions. Post what you would like to see us do. Here is my plan.

GM: Grant Hill

He doesn't want to take the job. http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/ ... l-manager/

Coach: Lionel Hollins

He hates analytics, which is why he lost his last job. He's going to become a dinosaur like that. I can't name a coach myself but I'd look elsewhere first.

Rasheed to stay on as Drummond's tutor

This is the one correct move that we made this offseason. Drummond has flashed a nice post game on the rare occasion that he's been given the ball, considering how raw he was coming into the league. Sheed has clearly helped.

Trade 1: Josh Smith/#8 to Boston for #5. Boston gets immediate help, reunites Smith with Rondo, and only moves back a few spots in the draft. We kill two birds with one stone by dumping Smith and moving up to grab a better player.

I honestly hope we can get a better deal than this. I don't really like the guys in this draft that much, so I'm against trading up unless we're landing Wiggins. Plus, Gerald Wallace is completely useless at this point. He's wasted salary space, Smith can at least have a positive impact when playing PF.

Draft: Marcus Smart. We get a defensive minded PG to replace Jennings. Jennings will be buried on the bench until he is traded or expires.

I don't think that he's a PG long term and he cannot shoot for **** right now. I don't want him that much.

Free Agency: Sign Rudy Gay/Luol Deng/Danny Granger to be our new starting SF. Dumping Smith will give us some capspace to sign one of those guys.

Gay might not opt out, cannot shoot, and I don't trust him to continue to score at the efficiency he has with the Kings. Deng similarly cannot shoot, is bound to be overpaid, and did not appear to have much of an impact at all in Cleveland. Plus, he's getting older. If he failed to improve Cleveland (who had nothing at SF before getting Deng), what makes you think that he'll improve us? Granger is done as a starting caliber SF, but even if he wasn't, no way does he sign with us. Granger is going into ring-chaser mode. I think we'd have to wildly overpay him to get him.

Resign Stuckey to come off the bench as our 6th man. We need as much guard help as we can get and I thought Stuckey was decent this year.

Contract year baby, I don't trust him. His crap attitude doesn't help either, let him walk.

Jerebko hopefully opts out.

Yes, do anything you can to convince him to opt out. I'd rather have the cap space and let him start over somewhere else.

Pick up Billups option.

What? He is done man, he cannot get on the court anymore. I know that you want the leadership, that's why you're suggesting Smart/Granger/Billiups, but Chauncey simply cannot play anymore. He needs to move into the front office.

Sign a big man like Jordan Hill/Darrel Arthur/Patrick Patterson.

Given everything else this is a solid suggestion, although Hill will likely be pursued by many teams this offseason.

Trade Block: Jennings, Bynum, Datome. Hopefully we can get expirings for them.

I wouldn't count on it. Bynum and Datome are expirings anyways with no real value. Got any suggestions as to who to trade Jennings to though? I haven't found anyone who would want him. I think that our only shot at moving Jennings is if we traded him to the Knicks, but even I'm not sure.

What is your plan?

1. Pretty much regardless of the scenario, I want us to sign Kyle Lowry. This guy is the perfect fit. He's the heart and soul of that Raptors team and quarterbacks their defense. He's a good defender, he's been a good 3 point shooter for years now, he isn't selfish like Jennings, he can really run the offense. He cures all that ails us. Even if we have to seriously overpay him to come here, he is exactly the player we need. Remember, since he has to pay Canadian taxes on top of US ones, every extra dollar we offer him means even more since he doesn't get double taxed.

2. Decline Chauncey's team option, get him in the front office. I know that he'd be a good coach, but he doesn't want to be a coach so I won't bother asking him to coach. I don't know if I'd hand him to GM job, but something sufficiently high up befitting one of our greatest Pistons.

3. I'd like to think that JJ will opt out, but he'd be stupid to leave that kind of money on the table. He isn't going to make that much in a year on his next contract, and he's still young enough that waiting another year won't seriously impact his value across the league. I won't assume that he opts out here.

4. The league is flush with point guards. The only teams with inferior starting PGs either have young, developing guys there, or are the Knicks. But even the Knicks probably won't want him, since Phil is running things and always had guys who buy into his system. I don't think that Jennings would buy in so Phil wouldn't want him. I don't see a realistic option to move him, and he isn't so cancerous that we should accept even worse contracts for him. I think that we are essentially stuck with him.

5. We can't trade Monroe during the draft. It's not allowable by league rules, so stop suggesting using him to move up in the draft.

6. I don't know the GM candidates well enough to really say who to get, but the ideal candidate has real experience with basketball (played/coached/whatever), appreciates the use of analytics and stats without simply being a numbers guy, and doesn't have a bad track record of any sort. Grabbing a guy from a winning organization isn't a sure thing though, consider that the Bucks took Hammond from us when we were successful, and he has flopped with them.

7. Essentially the same deal with coaches. The best guys are not leaving their jobs, and I don't know assistant coaches well enough to say who to get. Can't just say "get a Spurs guy" because most of them have been hired away, and none of them come with the real ingredients to success there-Duncan and Pop. Just get a guy who can teach a defense first though. It's incredible how clueless we looked on defense this season. No one had any idea when to switch, make rotations, how to defend a pick-n-roll, nothing. There was no communication. Let's look like professionals on that end of the court at least, alright?

Now that I've said all of that, let's make some deals.

The priority is to move out Josh Smith and not take on extra salary, so that we can get Lowry and keep Moose. If no deals for Smith are there, or if the deals suck for us, then we just keep him, and move one guy to the bench. Probably Monroe, since he'll be on a nice new contract and is generally a quiet guy. But Smith would only play at PF so that we could increase his value and move him.

Possible trade partners include the Mavs, Kings, and Nets. The Kings were willing to trade for Gay, and signed Landry to that terrible deal, so clearly they have a stupid front office. We could probably move Smith there, and he actually fills a need since their PF rotation is garbage. Plus, his defensive presence would be appreciated, especially if he's hanging out in the paint more as a PF. The Mavs could really use a guy who can play defense and provide some shot-blocking, and they have an excellent coach who could get the most out of him. With Dirk standing away from the paint, Smith would be forced to move inside more often, and Cubes has actually pulled weird stuff like this, like signing Monta Ellis. The Nets could be looking for a new PF if they don't win the championship, since KG is decrepit and Pierce might hang them up.

Possible trades:
Josh Smith for Marcus Thornton, Marquis Teague and Alan Anderson
Thornton fills in Stuckey's old roll, Teauge and Anderson are just salary filler that they'd be willing to give up.

Josh Smith for Brandon Wright and Wayne Ellington
We get expiring backups at PF and SG, the Mavs get a guy who can actually play defense.

Det out: Smith and Siva
Det in: Dudley and Ilyasova

Sac out: Thompson, Williams, Outlaw
Sac in: Smith

Lac out; Dudley, Green
Lac in: Thompson

Mil out: Ersan Ilyasova
Mil in: Williams, Outlaw, Green Siva

We gain a pair of shooters, Sac upgrades at PF, Lac gets a solid backup big, Mil gets expiring contracts and 'prospects' for Ilyasova. Alternatively, the Bucks don't want a part of the deal, and we just take on Terry, Green and Outlaw instead. Green's contract isn't guaranteed and Terry will likely want a buy-out.

Everyone one of these deals gives us more cap space heading into the offseason than we had going into it.

In the draft, everything changes if we win the lottery. We take Wiggins if we can, if not we go with the best remaining player, either Parker or Embiid.

I don't want to go for Trevor Ariza as much as everyone else. This year is an enormous outlier, and this is his last chance to sign a big contract. Up until this season, Ariza was a career 32.5% 3 point shooter and a career 68.5% free throw shooter. Something's fishy here. Contract year? John Wall only finds him in his favorite spots? I'm suspicious about handing him a big contract, which we'll certainly have to do to get him to come to Detroit.

I don't want Smart. I just don't like him as a PG and I don't like that he can't shoot. Sorry. Of course, if he's there I figure we'll draft him and I'd be thrilled if I was proven wrong.

I don't want Gordon. I don't like that he thinks that he can be a perimeter player. I think that he's delusional. He's a PF in the NBA and he needs to focus on his PF skills to succeed.

If we stay at 8, I like Noah Vonleh.

I'd much rather trade down. The only options I've seen are trading down with Orlando for their 12th and Arron Afflalo, trading down with the Suns for at least the 14th and 18th pick (and perhaps the 27th pick), and trading down with the Bulls, although it'd take more than 16 and 18 to get our pick.

I like Kyle Anderson, but I believe that he is a PF and not a SF given his footspeed, length, and height. He can add more weight and bang with bigs.

I like KJ McDaniels a lot, as a super-productive college player. He can be a lock-down wing defender in the NBA. Shot-blocking machine. Not a great shooter yet, but he has made huge strides as a free throw shooter and has potential. Really underrated as a prospect.

If we don't trade for Ilyasova, Payne would be a fantastic addition to this team.

Those are my three favorites for us if we manage to trade down.

I'd be happy with any of the local boys (Harris, Stauskas, McGary) because I think that they can all play, but they aren't ideal fits with this team due to already having KCP and too many centers.

Young and LaVine are huge gambles so I'm a bit weary of taking them, but I wouldn't be too upset if we went with them. Young is from around here too so bonus points for him.

Rodney Hood would be okay but is only a one-way player (much like LaVine and Stauskas). We could take a chance on a pesky defensive PG like Elfrid Payton, Shabazz Napier, or Russ Smith.

Moving into the 2nd round/undrafted sorts, I like a couple of shooting guards (CJ Wilcox, Devyn Marble, Lamar Patterson), a pair of PFs (Jerelle Benimon, Jarnelle Stokes), and a wing (Fuquan Edwin). I think that Keith Appling could carve out a job too if given the opportunity.

Looking at potential free agents, after signing Lowry and matching an offer for Monroe, I'd consider guys like Shawn Marion, Thabo Sefolosha, Chris Douglass-Roberts (Detroit native), and Josh McRoberts.


So, the final roster depends entirely on what deal goes through. We could be looking at something like this:
Lowry/Jennings/Bynum/Siva/Teauge
KCP/Thornton
Singler/Anderson/Datome
Monroe/JJ/Mitchell
Drummond/Jorts
+Draft picks

or
Lowry/Jenning/Bynum/Siva
KCP/Ellington
Singler/Datome
Monroe/Wright/JJ/Mitchell
Drummond/Jorts
+draft picks

or
Lowry/Jennings/Bynum
KCP
Dudley/Singler/Datome
Monroe/Ilyasova/JJ/Mitchell
Drummond/Jorts
+ draft picks

Or swap out the drafts picks for Afflalo and 12. It all depends, honestly.

[FluffySockNinja]

Sadly I think moving Monroe may well be the best option going forward therefore I propose a sign and trade between Detroit and New Orleans to get our team pointing back in the right direction.

Pistons send Monroe and Jennings and in a sign and trade to New Orleans for Jrue Holiday and New Orleans worst contract (which is likely to be Tyreke Evans due to the 3 years he has left).

Holiday is one year removed from being an all-star point guard, can score, good passer and a good defender.
Evans can play both guard positions so he could be used to replace Stuckey's role off the bench.

New Orleans may consider the deal due to Jennings only having 2 years left on his contract and the chance to dump a longer term bad contract. You have to give something to get something in this league.

So even if you make no other changes you have 4 plus defensive players in your starting line-up assuming you start KCP.
Drummond, Smith, KCP, Holiday.

Smith can move back to his preferred position and I think will be ripe for a bounce back year after the ribbing he has gotten this season.

Assuming we retain our draft pick I think you take the best player available.

Now I can understand the complaints about a lack of shooting but you start by fixing the defence first and worry about the rest later.
And also consider that Holiday, KCP and Singler can all shoot from the perimeter and the young guys will likely continue to improve.

As a starting point for correcting this teams ills I think this is a decent option to consider instead of overpaying for free agents.

[Notanoob]

New Orleans isn't trading us their starting backcourt. Since Evans got the starting job, he has played a lot better for them. He isn't a good contract, but they aren't looking to move him. They're probably happy to dump Eric Gordon. But they aren't so desperate to move him that they'll also gift us Holiday I don't think. Gordon can still be a positive factor on the court, if only because most SGs in this league are garbage. I think that they roll with what they have and pray for good health. They'll try to nab a better starting center, but I don't think that they'll just roll with Austin Rivers and Eric Gordon setting up Davis so that they can get Monroe.

[Pharaoh]

Ok...Here's my plan. Trash it at your leisure:

1 - hire JVG as GM. Allow him to fill out his staff as he sees fit. He's not against analytics, just doesn't believe they're the answer to all your questions.

2 - hire Chauncey as "special assistant" for the front office. Dude needs to learn that side of the business before he gets the golden executive key

3 - hire SVG as Coach. Like his brother he's not against analytics, he just doesn't believe they're the only way. Allow SVG to fill out his staff as he sees fit, although Sheed must stay

I think these moves alone make us a better before a ball is bounced.

Draft and free agency options depend on a lot of factors so I'll just pick one free agent to sign (prior to retaining Monroe):

Steve Blake

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[mercury]

Short version... dump Jennings and Smith for anything close to an expiring deal.
Draft A. Gordon for backup insurance(is there ever a guarantee?)... at least you know you have a difference maker.
Match offers for Monroe... best guess is he doesn't accept offers and goes for the for bird $'s the following year.
Monitor how the team does with Monroe & Drummond without the scape goats... if the team is bound for a decent seed then status quo... if not take offers for Monroe at the deadline.
If Monroe opts out of F.A. offers throw big Money at Lowry.... if the Raps Match then continue down the FA route... Bledsoe, Sessions etc... we don't want to start over with a rookie PG to run the team.
Research S&T options for Stuckey + assets for Ariza, Chandler etc.

[DocRI]

Okay, my best shot (sure to be revised multiple times over the next few months) —

GM — Magic Johnson. Why? Honestly, why not? There's the MSU-connection with Gores and he's been successful in every other business walk of life, so why is Grant Hill a more viable option than Magic? More importantly, look at the recruiting power Phil Jackson already has brought to New York; players and coaches may buy into Magic and want to join whatever he's a part of. And, speaking of coaches …

COACH — Tom Izzo. Which, truthfully, is why I'd take the flyer on Magic at GM, in hopes that the Spartan connection of Gores and Magic can lure Izzo across state. Simply put, I buy that he'll translate successfully to the NBA because he's done so much over the years with, frankly, a lot of lesser talent at the NCAA level.

OFFSEASON VERSION #1 (The Dream Scenario) —

• Move up into top three of draft; draft Wiggins or Parker.

• If Brooklyn bombs out in the playoffs, trade Jennings & Smith to the Nets for Deron Williams (this trade was actually posted by a Nets fan). Turn two bad fits & contracts into one horribly worse contract who might be a perfect fit. Williams comes in to be the veteran presence on a young team and to make life as easy as possible for Drummond and Wiggins/Parker (i.e. get them the ball when and where they want it every time).

• Match any offer for Monroe.

PG: Williams
SG: KCP
SF: Wiggins/Parker
PF: Monroe
C: Drummond
BENCH: Singler & spare parts (bench is obviously a work in progress)

OFFSEASON VERSION #1 (The Realistic Scenario) —

• Keep our pick at #8; draft Marcus Smart.

• Move Smith ASAP; to draft off the OP, perhaps if we've already gotten Smart at #8 (which I think is very possible) we deal Smith and #38 to the Celts for Gerald Wallace and #18?

• Throw a substantial offer at Gordon Hayward and hope the Jazz don't match (something like 4/$44M). He's not only a shooter at SF, but another facilitator who can play point-foward next to our bigs and take some of the playmaking responsibilities away from our rookie PG.

• Match any offer for Monroe.

PG: Smart
SG: KCP
SF: Hayward
PF: Monroe
C: Drummond
BENCH: Jennings, Singer, #18 (BPA) & spare parts (slightly better bench, but still a work in progress)

Option #1 probably vaults us into a top five seed in the weak Eastern Conference. Option #2 probably leaves us in the #6 – #8 seed range, but we'd be absurdly young with a lot of room for growth.

And as I said, I reserve the right to change my opinion tomorrow (or even by the time I finish my next beer …).

[theBigLip]

I'll re-iterate my points from last season....we need:

Shooters to space the floor

A guard that can actually play to our strengths (the paint!)

At least one veteran that won't back down in the locker room or to an opponent.

Wing 3 & D types and if they can't shoot they better play good D

Pretty simple really. The names might change but the roles remain the same...only Joe Dumars could waste $18 million in cap space twice and fail to fill one role both times!

Pretty much agree with this.

A few other additions:
Laimbeer for GM
Mark Jackson or Jeff Van Gundy for coach
Josh Smith gone
Oh, and win the lottery

[jakebernat]

Okay, my best shot (sure to be revised multiple times over the next few months) —

GM — Magic Johnson. Why? Honestly, why not? There's the MSU-connection with Gores and he's been successful in every other business walk of life, so why is Grant Hill a more viable option than Magic? More importantly, look at the recruiting power Phil Jackson already has brought to New York; players and coaches may buy into Magic and want to join whatever he's a part of. And, speaking of coaches …

COACH — Tom Izzo. Which, truthfully, is why I'd take the flyer on Magic at GM, in hopes that the Spartan connection of Gores and Magic can lure Izzo across state. Simply put, I buy that he'll translate successfully to the NBA because he's done so much over the years with, frankly, a lot of lesser talent at the NCAA level.

OFFSEASON VERSION #1 (The Dream Scenario) —

• Move up into top three of draft; draft Wiggins or Parker.

• If Brooklyn bombs out in the playoffs, trade Jennings & Smith to the Nets for Deron Williams (this trade was actually posted by a Nets fan). Turn two bad fits & contracts into one horribly worse contract who might be a perfect fit. Williams comes in to be the veteran presence on a young team and to make life as easy as possible for Drummond and Wiggins/Parker (i.e. get them the ball when and where they want it every time).

• Match any offer for Monroe.

PG: Williams
SG: KCP
SF: Wiggins/Parker
PF: Monroe
C: Drummond
BENCH: Singler & spare parts (bench is obviously a work in progress)

OFFSEASON VERSION #1 (The Realistic Scenario) —

• Keep our pick at #8; draft Marcus Smart.

• Move Smith ASAP; to draft off the OP, perhaps if we've already gotten Smart at #8 (which I think is very possible) we deal Smith and #38 to the Celts for Gerald Wallace and #18?

• Throw a substantial offer at Gordon Hayward and hope the Jazz don't match (something like 4/$44M). He's not only a shooter at SF, but another facilitator who can play point-foward next to our bigs and take some of the playmaking responsibilities away from our rookie PG.

• Match any offer for Monroe.

PG: Smart
SG: KCP
SF: Hayward
PF: Monroe
C: Drummond
BENCH: Jennings, Singer, #18 (BPA) & spare parts (slightly better bench, but still a work in progress)

Option #1 probably vaults us into a top five seed in the weak Eastern Conference. Option #2 probably leaves us in the #6 – #8 seed range, but we'd be absurdly young with a lot of room for growth.

And as I said, I reserve the right to change my opinion tomorrow (or even by the time I finish my next beer …).

love that celts smith/#38 for wallace/#18 swap. if anything, we could buy out wallace after that to have even more money to throw at hayward who i too think would be a remarkably perfect fit with the roster, especially if we're fortunate enough to land smart at 8.

if he was available at 18, i'd just take mcdermott and call it a day. he'd be able to earn spot minutes next to drummond immediately and give us the deadly floor spacer we desperately need. tony mitchell and JORTS can duke it out for a backup role next to monroe.

[jakebernat]

here's my (realistic) dream offseason:

FRONT OFFICE:
-first, we need to hire a forward-thinking analytics-driven GM that will undoubtedly look to move both smith and jennings. the cavs acting GM, david griffin, seems to fit the bill and has been labeled a strong candidate, but we need to conduct a lengthy search to ensure we get the right guy. this GM also has to have a defensive philosophy which will lead him to the right coaching hire. we need to get back to the "goin' to work" days...

HEAD COACH:
-next, we'll need a intellectual coach who will implement a stout defensive system. the intellectual part will come into play on offense where hopefully, he (OR SHE???) would realize that monroe needs to be key cog making plays from the high post. also, like many have already stated, KCP needs some plays run for him. a guy with his speed/motor/athleticism and shooting ability both off the catch and off the dribble absolutely deserves a few play calls.

maybe that guy is vogel (if indiana chooses to fire him). maybe that guy is hollins. i'm just over these incompetent coaches that lose their locker room 2 months into the season.

TRANSACTIONS:
-everybody's favorite!! in all seriousness, though, smith has to go. i'm very partial to a deal with the celtics for gerald wallace. smith + #38 for wallace + #18 was proposed earlier, but i think smith + #8 for wallace + #5 is a more plausible and fair deal. that way, the celts get their guy to convince rondo to stay as well as a no-brainer pick at #8 for them (gary harris). personally, i have a great deal of intrigue in a smith-olynyck frontcourt, especially with rondo running the show.

with this deal alone, we get smith off our team, we save major ca$$$h, and we land marcus smart. those 3 things should be an absolute priority this offseason, and we can legitimately make them happen without any luck.

with smart in town, jennings' days in detroit would be numbered, but brandon could still carve out a potentially useful role as a 6th man. there may not be many takers for him in the offseason, so we might as well try and put him in a position to succeed. i'd eventually look to move him if the right deal came along, though. i have a great deal of hope for siva to become a good backup. also, siva would be a good compliment to smart as he's a pass-first PG who excels at guarding smaller, quicker guards.

lastly, just trade bynum for a future 2nd rounder. i'm sure there's a contender out there looking for a little PG depth.

FREE AGENCY:
-best case scenario, we would buy out wallace's contract (from the smith deal) to save an extra few million over the next two seasons, and jerebko would opt out. these combined happenings would net us at least an extra 8 million in cap space. add in the fact that the cap is expected to increase to 63.2 million next season, and we would have 30+ million to spend on free agents. i can dig it.

i'll keep it short and sweet. monroe signs a 4 years/56 million dollar offer sheet which we gladly match. then we turn and offer hayward 4 years/48 million dollars to steal him from the jazz.

then we can turn and offer a few minimum deals to fill out the roster. i'd add some shooting to the backcourt, and an extra body in the frontcourt.

NEW ROSTER:
PG: smart/jennings/siva/billups
SG: KCP/singler/???
SF: hayward/datome
PF: monroe/mitchell
C: drummond/JORTS/???

boosh.

[Finn McCool]

Gores should be a maverick and hire the first woman GM in the NBA. Someone strong and highly thought of in the basketball world. I am a big chauvinist, too... so I can understand if the masculine part of you guys can't handle this. Candidates; Donna Orender or Doris Burke.

Donna or Doris hires Shaka Smart to be the new HC.

Donna or Doris keep the following players in a Pistons uniform: Jennings, KCP, Singler, Smith, Drummond, KCP, Datome, Mitchell, Harrellson and posibly Siva.

They let CV, Stuckey, Billups go... and attempt to trade Bynum and Jerebko (if they can't talk him out of exercising his player option). If Greg Monroe gets a $12million offer, let that team have him.

Look at the following players as possible new members of the Pistons; Lance Stephenson, Arron Afflalo, Harrison Barnes, Trevor Ariza, Anthony Morrow, Channing Frye, Nate Robinson, Reggie Jackson and DJ Augustine. I know a lot of these guys may not be available, but that's where I'd start.

[ImHeisenberg]

Gores should be a maverick and hire the first woman GM in the NBA. Someone strong and highly thought of in the basketball world. I am a big chauvinist, too... so I can understand if the masculine part of you guys can't handle this. Candidates; Donna Orender or Doris Burke.

Donna or Doris hires Shaka Smart to be the new HC.

Donna or Doris keep the following players in a Pistons uniform: Jennings, KCP, Singler, Smith, Drummond, KCP, Datome, Mitchell, Harrellson and posibly Siva.

They let CV, Stuckey, Billups go... and attempt to trade Bynum and Jerebko (if they can't talk him out of exercising his player option). If Greg Monroe gets a $12million offer, let that team have him.

Look at the following players as possible new members of the Pistons; Lance Stephenson, Arron Afflalo, Harrison Barnes, Trevor Ariza, Anthony Morrow, Channing Frye, Nate Robinson, Reggie Jackson and DJ Augustine. I know a lot of these guys may not be available, but that's where I'd start.

I like your idea of the first female GM. I'd be intrigued!

Only knock on your plan is Lance Stephenson. Dude is too much of a hot-head to inject onto a team with Smith and Jennings.

[Warspite]

1. Trade Smith for Wallace and #17

2. Trade #8 to Phx for 14,18,27

3. Draft LaVine, Payne, Fair

4. Trade 14 to GS for Barnes

5. Trade Jennings and 27 for Jason Thompson

6. Resign Monroe and sign Lowry

Lowry/Bynum/Siva
KCP/LaVine/Singler
Barnes/Wallace/Fair/Dantome
Monroe/Payne/Mitchell
Drummond/Thompson

[coolness]

1. Trade Smith for Wallace and #17

2. Trade #8 to Phx for 14,18,27

3. Draft LaVine, Payne, Fair

4. Trade 14 to GS for Barnes

5. Trade Jennings and 27 for Jason Thompson

6. Resign Monroe and sign Lowry

LOVE IT!

looks pretty real.

Idunno bout Phoenix including #27 but Idunno bout Sac demanding #27 either.

Dunno who Fair is, but I'll look him up.

Maybe you could change something to make the shooting better.
Although, Payne would help that and I think he would break the rotation.

I like how there is an established pg and then LaVine who has potential to be one.

I would wanna trade Crash, Bynum, Jerebko, Mitchell, 2nd's for a good, overpaid player if one fits.