Joe Dumars has his workout cut out for him if he plans on luring any NBA free agents to the Detroit Pistons.
Before Dumars, the president of basketball operations for the Pistons, signed Chauncey Billups to a free agent contract in 2002 -- a signing that was part of a catalyst for Detroit capturing the 2004 NBA Championship -- free agents who flocked to the Motor City ranged from Cedric Ceballos, Christian Laettner and Loy Vaught. That’s not exactly a “Big Three”.
But even when the franchise acquired players on the open market over the last few seasons, the Pistons haven’t exactly received a return on their investment. During the summer of 2009 Detroit used their salary cap flexibility to sign free agents Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva to five-year contracts each at a grand total of $90 million.
Since leaving the Milwaukee Bucks where Villanueva averaged 16.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game his final season, he posted 11.9 points and 4.3 rebounds for the Pistons in 2009-10 an...
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Joe Dumars,
Chauncey Billups,
Ben Gordon,
Charlie Villanueva,
Brandon Knight,
Prince Fielder,
Tayshaun Prince,
Jonas Jerebko,
Rodney Stuckey
TEAMS: Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Tigers
TEAMS: Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Tigers
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