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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Remedy360 on July 06, 2013, 12:24:39 PM

Title: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Remedy360 on July 06, 2013, 12:24:39 PM

http://tracking.si.com/2013/07/06/josh-smith-detroit-pistons-agreement/

Strange..

The Detroit Pistons and Josh Smith have agreed to terms on a four-year deal worth $56 million, Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski reports.


According to Wojnarowski, the Atlanta Hawks were hopeful to complete a sign-and-trade with any team interest in Smith but the Pistons’ vast salary cap space allowed Smith to sign outright with the team. Smith, an unrestricted free agent, can’t officially sign his deal with the Pistons until the NBA’s moratorium is over on July 10.

Smith had been rumored to be a target of the Houston Rockets to complement prized free agent Dwight Howard. Smith and Howard were once teammates at the AAU level in their hometown of Atlanta.

Smith, 27, averaged 17.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists last season with the Hawks.

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Sir Petey on July 06, 2013, 01:18:33 PM

thats fucking awesome.

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Hack Wilson - real on July 06, 2013, 01:34:04 PM

surprised as hell Houston didn't try to get him

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Remedy360 on July 06, 2013, 01:42:07 PM

Quote from: Smart Wilson on July 06, 2013, 01:34:04 PM

surprised as hell Houston didn't try to get him

Pretty sure they did try. This is strange though, I'm not pretending to be an expert on the Pistons roster by any stretch but that team has been complete shit since those playoff runs in the early-mid 2000's. I guess bringing Gay in helps.

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Sir Petey on July 06, 2013, 01:56:48 PM

maaaaan give us a cpl years to get our chemistry down we gon be IN IT.


by IN IT of course i mean the lottery just kidding....playoffs niggas.

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Hack Wilson - real on July 06, 2013, 01:59:30 PM

last year i remember the pistons being a legit force was 07-08 when my celtics beat them in the playoffs  (i think rasheed made a guarantee that backfired)

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Sir Petey on July 06, 2013, 02:07:39 PM

its been a minuite dog. you from boston?

that was a first round KO too i think

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Sccit on July 06, 2013, 03:54:57 PM

DETROIT MAKING THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR. MOST SLEPT ON TEAM IN THE LEAGUE ON THE COME UP......ALSO HAD A GREAT DRAFT.

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Ma Sai Ya on July 06, 2013, 08:14:42 PM

Detroits the new Atlanta, they'll have a decent regular season and possibly snag a bottom playoff spot in a weak bottom-half Eastern conference. Im mad tho, as a Hawk fan and J-Smoove fan, if we couldnt keep him then I would've love to see him goto a legit contender.. IMO LAL would have been a perfect spot. NOW, if Detroit can land Rondo they may be on to something..

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Chamillitary Click on July 06, 2013, 11:40:35 PM

Quote from: Ma Sai Ya on July 06, 2013, 08:14:42 PM

NOW, if Detroit can land Rondo they may be on to something..

Whoa...

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Sccit on July 07, 2013, 10:21:09 AM

detroit dont even need rondo, theyre point guard heavy like a mufucka...


brandon knight/jose calderon/rodney stuckey/peyton siva


ill take any of em on the lakers


andre drummond is foreal, and greg monroe is shaping into a top 5 center in the league, they could be serious business in the east with a line-up of


pg jose calderon..rodney stuckey/peyton siva
sg brandon knight...kentavious caldwell-pope/kyle singler
sf josh smith...jonas jerebko/khris middleton
pf andre drummond...charlie villanueva/tony mitchell
c greg monroe...viacheslav kravtsov

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Hack Wilson - real on July 07, 2013, 01:58:50 PM

that's not a playoff threat


get rondo and you're a legit playoff threat

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Chamillitary Click on July 07, 2013, 02:52:30 PM

Drummond was projected to best player of the draft entering his final year at UConn. Something happened and his stock fell, but son is a beast.

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Sccit on July 07, 2013, 02:54:31 PM

ANDRE DRUMMOND AND GREG MONROE IS THE BEST UP-AND-COMING FRONT COURT IN THE NBA.

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Meho on July 07, 2013, 03:45:38 PM

Calderon signed with the Mavs.

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Sccit on July 07, 2013, 05:59:27 PM

thats right, was lookin at the un-updated roster...


pg brandon knight..peyton siva/will bynum
sg rodney stuckey...kentavious caldwell-pope/kyle singler
sf josh smith...jonas jerebko/khris middleton
pf andre drummond...charlie villanueva/tony mitchell
c greg monroe...viacheslav kravtsov


still beastin

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: The JASON MRSA on August 18, 2014, 07:35:10 PM

Is he a Laker now?

Title: Re: Josh Smith to Detroit..
Post by: Hack Wilson - real on August 21, 2014, 04:58:00 PM

NIK might know, i'm not sure doe