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So far joe has signed smith,billups,bynum,euro guy and iam sure he isnt done yet,but what grade do you give him considering we all were expecting the worst.I give him an A+ and he is starting to build a playoff team.When I look back at the last 3yrs and now what we have,it has really BLOWN MY MIND.

He did good. It all started with us drafting KCP and Mitchell that spiraled into the best he can do for FA.

I give him a B+ to an A-

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What is our rotation right now? Feels like Joe D certainly has better players in the starting lineup and better players in our bench rotation this year... but we really still need to add one more piece to our regular rotation IMO we're not quite there.

C:Drummond
PF:Monroe
SF:Smith
SG:KCP?
PG:Knight

2nd unit
C:Monroe/Drummond
PF:Smith/Jonas/Mitchel
SF:Singler
SG:Billups
PG:Bynum

Well this team is pretty deep.

need4detroit wrote:Well this team is pretty deep.

I feel like if Stuckey is here he will play SG and could even start. He's not going to not bust his ass in contract year and just sit on the sidelines out of the rotation.

KCP might be the odd man out.

Dre Drummond wrote:What is our rotation right now?

Knight / Bynum / Siva
Billups / KCP
Smith / Singler / Middleton
Monroe / Jerebko / CV / Mitchell
Drummond / Slava

Other than English, who I assume will be cut, am I leaving anyone out? Feels like I am.

Can't judge quite yet because I still feel there's a trade that's about to happen, and he has to drop a few people. But as of right now I'd give him a B+ or A-. This is the most excited I've been about the Pistons in a long time (possibly ever as I didn't start seriously following until the playoffs of 07-08). I can't wait for the season to begin.

ParrottK wrote:

Dre Drummond wrote:What is our rotation right now?

Knight / Bynum / Siva
Billups / KCP
Smith / Singler / Middleton
Monroe / Jerebko / CV / Mitchell
Drummond / Slava

Other than English, who I assume will be cut, am I leaving anyone out? Feels like I am.

Where is Stuckey? Like I said before this is a contract year for him... he's not going to be happy out of a regular rotation he's playing for 10s of millions of dollars.

ParrottK wrote:

Dre Drummond wrote:What is our rotation right now?

Knight / Bynum / Siva
Billups / KCP
Smith / Singler / Middleton
Monroe / Jerebko / CV / Mitchell
Drummond / Slava

Other than English, who I assume will be cut, am I leaving anyone out? Feels like I am.

Missing Luigi

Dre Drummond wrote:

ParrottK wrote:

Dre Drummond wrote:What is our rotation right now?

Knight / Bynum / Siva
Billups / KCP
Smith / Singler / Middleton
Monroe / Jerebko / CV / Mitchell
Drummond / Slava

Other than English, who I assume will be cut, am I leaving anyone out? Feels like I am.

Where is Stuckey? Like I said before this is a contract year for him... he's not going to be happy out of a regular rotation he's playing for 10s of millions of dollars.

I assumed he left Stuckey out on purpose.

I would give Joe an S- Poor group of players, with horrible spacing.

I didn't leave anyone off on purpose, it's just still really early.

With Stuckey and Luigi, we're at 16 contracts. Still expecting Stuckey and/or another player to get moved. Still bad news for Siva though.

So far its been a a very interesting offseason. Some moves i've liked, some i haven't and some i'm still unsure.
By the looks of it, Joe is still making moves, so i'll hold off grading joe til he's done.

If Joe can manage to land a starting 2 guard that can shoot in exchange for Stuckey then I'll say he gets an A for the off season

I expect plenty of more moves this offseason, ill wait to give my grade untill then.

ParrottK wrote:

Dre Drummond wrote:What is our rotation right now?

Knight / Bynum / Siva
Billups / KCP
Smith / Singler / Middleton
Monroe / Jerebko / CV / Mitchell
Drummond / Slava

Other than English, who I assume will be cut, am I leaving anyone out? Feels like I am.

Missing Luigi

I think Joe needs to make a trade or two. Hopefully Middleton for future seconds? I give him a B+. HE upgraded the SF spot, added shooters (Billups and KCP), and added bigs (Mitchell). Should be nice to see how he finishes. I think this is a playoff team now.

A solid B+.

While a bad fit, Joe Smith is perhaps the best FA to come to a losing Detroit team in my lifetime.
KCP is somewhat disappointing, considering we were 1 slot away from McLemore, but he's a good fit.
Mitchell was a great 2nd round pick.
Billups is a tremendous addition to our locker room.
Luigi is a creative Boom/Bust move.
We did all this without spending too much.

I've talked myself into a high A-.

A+ for Billups alone.

Signed arguably the most talented FA in Josh Smith. Took KCP who can be a good SG, Mitchell will be the steal of the draft. Billups/Datome/Will also signed.

Good job Joe.

Ask me after he packaged Stuckey/Singler/English in a trade and who we get in return.