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Will Joe trade AI?

It's safer to treat Peter Vecsey's columns as entertainment than fact, but for what it's worth, he dropped this today: "Don't be surprised if Pistons president Joe Dumars trades A.I. before the Feb. 19 deadline, the same team executive e-mailed. 'But only if he can get back a similar expiring contract.' " (via DBB reader Bill Higgins)

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Here's the thing, though: Iverson is cap space, and most teams with a similar expiring contract won't be looking to make a lateral move. Unless, of course, Dumars has his eye on the summer of 2010 instead of 2009 and is willing to take on a guy with one year left.

I'm brainstorming here, but AI for Jermaine O'Neal? It'd work under the cap. Is it worth gambling on JO's creaky knees? It depends: how much do you trust Arnie Kander?

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JO in Detroit? Are you serious?

Maybe we could go after Ron Artest and just reunite the whole gang.

by BG on Jan 25, 2009 1:55 PM CST reply actions  

perhaps this is just the thing that will re-motivate Rasheed

by Boney on Jan 25, 2009 2:04 PM CST reply actions  

“JO in Detroit? Are you serious? Maybe we could go after Ron Artest and just reunite the whole gang.”

JO as a Piston would be pretty cool. For the pre-game warmup circle, instead of having Sheed dance, we could have JO stand there and punch fans in the face.

by Petey on Jan 25, 2009 2:45 PM CST reply actions  

“we”

unfortunately (or in my case hopefully) if AI were traded to another team, you wouldn’t be a part of “we” anymore…

by Boney on Jan 25, 2009 2:46 PM CST reply actions  

AI in a Toronto uniform towards the end of his “illustrious” career is almost the same as watching Willie Mays hold on too long as a Met…except Mays has a championship ring

by Boney on Jan 25, 2009 3:00 PM CST reply actions  

You know how things come in threes? Well, hub was forced to retire last month, my mom died (during the game the other night no less-no wonder I was out of it at my free suite night) and now both hub and I have the flu. Oh wait, that is three, so anything after this is icing. Iverson is being rewarded for being a “me person” and we would make a trade for the same? Is Joe on crack?

by JanScholl on Jan 25, 2009 3:45 PM CST reply actions  

I think Lawyerboy owes Petey a big “thank you” for runnin’ interference vis-a-vis Boney…

by Rob G on Jan 25, 2009 3:46 PM CST reply actions  

Rob G.: I’m content to just sit on the sidelines and watch Boney heap praise on Rip Hamilton night after night because of his new obsession with the ABA: Anything But AI.

by LawyerBoy on Jan 25, 2009 4:29 PM CST reply actions  

I will heap praise on Rip because I respect his game a lot more now that there is someone in the lineup that can create his own shot (Stuckey). With 5 jump shooters on the team, it was a surprise to fall short of the finals the last 3 season and with shooting guard and/or small forward the position where a player is most likely able to put the ball on the floor and take the ball to the rack, that’s why I was hard on Rip…

Rob G,

I think LawyerBoy knows a lot about basketball, just the douchey way he chooses to talk/type “down” to people is the problem that I have. He’s a arrogant douche, no matter how much I agree or disagree with him, he’s a douche.

by Boney on Jan 25, 2009 4:33 PM CST reply actions  

No freaking way does Dumas swap AI’s cap space for some other cap space. It makes the entire organization look shaky and lacking direction. The Pistons look OK with a conventional lineup and Stuckey’s development has been solid. The increase in the value of Stuckey facilitated by moving Billups justifies the trade.

Dumars needs to either get in Curry’s ear on the rotations or get his boot in Curry’s behind. To trade AI for JO because Michael Curry refuses to play a lineup with any rebounders in it is just sad.

by joejoejoe on Jan 25, 2009 4:45 PM CST reply actions  

Awesome, is the Stephen Jackson for Tayshaun Prince deal still on the table?

I’ve always wanted a squad that was more effective at beating down on spectators than the opponent they are playing.

by Diablo on Jan 25, 2009 4:54 PM CST reply actions  

Ok if Joe D is really going to trade AI he needs to go big. There is rumor that Amare might be traded out of Phoenix. I say trade AI, Sheed, and a first or second rounder for Amare.

by vett87 on Jan 25, 2009 5:31 PM CST reply actions  

The big news in that story is that Rodney Stuckey looks like he’s going to go bananas in the Rookie-Sophomore game All-Star weekend.

Nine rookies: Greg Oden, O.J. Mayo, Kevin Love, Gordon, Westbrook, Mario Chalmers, Brook Lopez, Derrick Rose, D.J. Augustine.

Nine sophs: Durant, Thornton, Al Horford, Rodney Stuckey, Daequan Cook, Yi Jianlian, Thaddeus Young, Wilson Chandler and Nick Young.

Stuckey is the only real PG on his team. I predict he’s the MVP of the game with something like 30 points and 15 assists.

by joejoejoe on Jan 25, 2009 8:54 PM CST reply actions  

AI for Starbury = championship? I just want this to happen so that Marbury has the “3” tat on his head and has to wear “1” for the Pistons.

by Patrick Hayes on Jan 26, 2009 12:19 PM CST reply actions  

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