Pistons Sign Zaza Pachulia, 1 yr $2.4mil

bballnmike · Post #1 » by **bballnmike** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:06 pm

and are waiving Moreland

Sort · Post #2 » by **Sort** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:12 pm

I like Moreland, but unlike Calderon over Buckys, this makes a lot of sense, and Pistons got the best name in basketball.

MrBigShot · Post #3 » by **MrBigShot** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:15 pm

Zaza is one of the few players I genuinely dislike. Dirty player who the league would be better off without tbh.

Post #4 » by **Snakebites** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:19 pm

I really hate Zaza Pachulia...

DCintheD · Post #5 » by **DCintheD** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:24 pm

Another WTF signing.

Post #6 » by **Snakebites** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:30 pm

DCintheD wrote:Another WTF signing.

I get it from a basketball perspective. He’s better than Moreland. Having Moreland out there when Drummond was on the bench hurt us last year.

But I personally really dislike Zaza for reasons Bigshot stated.

MotownMadness · Post #7 » by **MotownMadness** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:30 pm

Can’t stand him, Between him and Blake we are gonna be in a dust fight every game

RipCity32 · Post #8 » by **RipCity32** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:30 pm

What I can’t understand is that we are making these vet signings as if we were gearing up for a title run. Is our front office seriously that delusional? I know they said they think we can make a run, but they can’t truly believe that

MotownMadness · Post #9 » by **MotownMadness** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:30 pm

Would rather have Moreland and Buycks over Calderon and Zaza

bballnmike · Post #10 » by **bballnmike** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:31 pm

Pros: he's better than Moreland (and same cap hit*), experienced vet, get to hear Blaha and Mason say his name
Cons: have to root for Zaza

haulerch · Post #11 » by **haulerch** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:31 pm

MrBigShot wrote:Zaza is one of the few players I genuinely dislike. Dirty player who the league would be better off without tbh.

You must of hated the Bad Boys.

bballnmike · Post #12 » by **bballnmike** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:32 pm

Read on Twitter

detroitKG · Post #13 » by **detroitKG** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:33 pm

Read on Twitter

whitehops · Post #14 » by **whitehops** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:36 pm

I absolutely respect zaza’s ability to set screens and veteran experience but that’s pretty much it. Hate that I have to cheer for him now.

He’s also our best chance at getting an all star starter too, fml.

MotownMadness · Post #15 » by **MotownMadness** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:36 pm

Jackson/Ish/Calderon/Brown
Kennard/Thomas/Galloway/Brown
SJ/Robinson
Blake/Leuer/Ellenson
Drummond/Zaza

whitehops · Post #16 » by **whitehops** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:43 pm

MotownMadness wrote:Jackson/Ish/Calderon/Brown
Kennard/Thomas/Galloway/Brown
SJ/Robinson
Blake/Leuer/Ellenson
Drummond/Zaza

You missed a starter

JLiv · Post #17 » by **JLiv** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:50 pm

Can’t fault The Pistons for these signings. We didn’t do anything stupid, we haven’t mortgaged our future.

Moses ShamMoses · Post #18 » by **Moses ShamMoses** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:52 pm

whitehops wrote:
MotownMadness wrote:Jackson/Ish/Calderon/Brown
Kennard/Thomas/Galloway/Brown
SJ/Robinson
Blake/Leuer/Ellenson
Drummond/Zaza

You missed a starter

I wonder if it would be a good time to explore selling high on Reggie Bullock. We have Kennard and the 2 rooks as depth at the 2 guard spot. Maybe we could package him with one of Leuer/Galloway/SJ for an upgrade somewhere?

Neptune · Post #19 » by **Neptune** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 5:56 pm

I like the Zaza signing. We need to build a culture that this team isn't soft. Players like Kennard, Daye, Ellenson, Galloway, Leuer and Ish represent softness. Just like SVG!

MotownMadness wrote:Jackson/Ish/Calderon/Brown
Kennard/Thomas/Galloway/Brown
SJ/Robinson
Blake/Leuer/Ellenson
Drummond/Zaza

Lets hope we don't go into next season with Kennard and Johnson starting! :-?

Kilo · Post #20 » by **Kilo** » Sun Jul 8, 2018 6:01 pm

Another thing with Calderon and now Zaza - potential to possibly trade them come the trade deadline for a SRP.

Why this isn't exactly like Calderon/Buycks - Moreland had another year after this one not guaranteed, but really cheap again. We gave up two years of cheap Moreland for one year of Zaza.

Is Zaza the best we could get with this vets minimum gimmick? I wonder what other players will sign for vets minimum later on. I guess the deadline for a guarantee to Moreland was today though, so we sent out offers and Zaza was the one to accept it.

Dre was working out with Monroe yesterday or the day before - I wonder if Monroe gets much more than vets minimum given he's an old school low post guy with no real athleticism.