Brendan Haywood via trade for Nazr Muhammad. Flip Murray traded for a 2nd rounder. Lindsey Hunter retires. Ronald Dupree moved for picks or straight out released. 32 points.

Are you somehow implying that the Lions will not score 40 points a game and go 14-2?

You sir are just a hater. *Wink*

Also, I do believe Ben may have a point… while this is really fun, I’m pretty damn glad none of you are on the phone with Danny Ainge and Steve Kerr as we speak

The one REALLY good idea I saw in here imho was getting Jermaine O’Neil, though I’m not rightly sure we could afford him to be honest. But Indiana has been in “stupid” mode trying to fix their team for like a whole year now… so if we could somehow just get Larry to bite at 60 cents on the dollar… but I mean would even Isiah trade the former Franchise player to a stronger rival in his own division?

unlikely.

PG - Billups
Acie Law or Crittenton
Flip Murray

SG - Rip
Grant Hill
Acker

F - Amir Johnson
Maxiel
Mcdyess
Prince

C - Sheed (or J. O’niell in trade with Pacers along with a draft pick (might include nazr))
Samb

I don’t care how many points that is. its just the best roster, hands down

I think being removed from Detroit has helped me requaint myself with reality so to speak.

In the off-season speculation thread, I posted that a trade of sheed and rip for bonzi and mcgrady would work out well for both teams giving Houston the best front court and Detroit the best backcourt among a number of other benefits for both teams. What you’d really need inside is energetic big men who are willing to crash the boards and do what they need to do to get offensive rebounds (Nazr was actually brought in for this and Amir and Maxiell would do a good job in these roles as well).

The three point game would open up for tay and chauncey as mcgrady would draw doubles and take the ball to the hoop and the big men would be able to hold their own against an Eastern Conference which is particularly weak in the front-court.

I really think the trade would work out well for Houston as well who would have Yao and Rasheed next to each other while offering a consistent scorer who could run off all the screens he wanted to.

Not to mention Houston and Detroit are really (the Mavs were simply dumbstruck by Golden State) completely disappointed in their seasons and truly feel like they completely underachieved. Most of that falls on McGrady on Houston’s side as he vowed to get his team past the Jazz in Game 7 and failed to do so. Not to mention Houston has already fired their coach…

Chauncey and Mohammed to the Clippers for Cassell, Maggette, Kaman and the #14 Pick.

Sheed to Portland for Randolph

Rip, Prince, Hunter, and the #14 pick to the Lakers for Kobe

Draft Stuckey at #15 and Fazekas at #27

32 points

Starting 5:
PG: Billups
SG: Tony Allen
SF: Prince
PF: Maxiell
C: Sheed

PG: Billups-3
Luke Ridnour-4
Alex Acker-3

SG: Tony Allen-4
Bell-4
Eddie Jones-4

SF: Prince-1
Hill-3
Jared Dudley-2 (with the 27th pick)

PF: Amir-3
Maxiell-1
Dyess-1

C: Samb-3
Sheed-1
Spencer Hawes-6 (with the 7th pick)

total: 44 points

trades:

1. sending rip and dupree to celtics for tony allen and luke ridnour. celtics get experience and pistons get an athelet who can create his own shots which is what pistons needs. and a back up pg for billups. dunno if the salary and stuff matchs up but probably not likely that this will happen but tony allen is one of my favorites so i wish he could play for the pistons

2. sending webber and the 15th pick to minnesota for the 7th pick. lol another imppossible trade? dunno why minnesota would do this. but this is just for fun.

3. flip and nazr to suns for raja bell. another 3 point shooter even tho pistons is pretty decent at the 3 point line already

4. blalock for eddie jones. probably impossible too but heat needs a back up pg maybe they can develope blalock

FA:
1. Grant Hill
2. Jacque Vaughn

lol all the trades are like impossible but thats what my somewhat realistic dream team would be like. i think the team looks great on paper but i dunno if it will work. i think they could go all the way but dunno if everything will work out. leave me some comment please. haha i wanna hear what people think.

So the returning centerpieces of the new-look Pistons will be:
Richard Hamilton (1)
Tayshaun Prince (1)
Jason Maxiell (1)
Nazr Mohammed (1)
Lindsey Hunter (1)

Trade Rasheed to the Lakers…in return for:
Andrew Bynum (4)
Jordan Farmar (4)
Kwame Brown (4)
This then gives the Pistons some players to develop at point guard and center…unfortunately they all go away after one season. Letting Kwame walk after ‘07-’08 will give the Pistons some contract room to pursue the impressive ‘08 free agent class, although some of it will probably be eaten up trying to re-sign Bynum. Having another star in LA will also make Kobe happy…or give the Lakers a bit of a replacement for him if he leaves.

Returning free agents:
Antonio McDyess (1)
Amir Johnson (3)
Will Blalock (1)
Letting Davis and Murray leave will allow the team to get younger and open up some spots. Dupree is a tossup, but he seems to have a dead end right now.

Draft picks:
Rodney Stuckey (2)
Nick Fazekas (2)
We’ll say the 2nd-round pick doesn’t get a roster spot, since I don’t see anyone I like that much around 57. I don’t know that much about Stuckey, but I keep hearing his name associated with the Pistons and I don’t see anyone much better at the 15 (Crittenton is probably a reach). Fazekas is also a reach…but they’ll be pretty set at guard and he can be a good shooting big man off the bench, taking a little bit of Rasheed’s old role (albeit minus the defense…but that’s what Maxiell is there for).

Free agents:
Morris Peterson (3)
The old MSU star from Flint would make for an instant fan favorite in Detroit.

So a tentative lineup with this group would look something like:
PG-Farmar
SG-Hamilton
SF-Prince
PF-McDyess
C-Bynum
Bench: Peterson, Maxiell, Mohammed, Johnson, Brown, Hunter, Stuckey, Fazekas, Blalock
The starting five wouldn’t be as mind-blowing as the current one…but this team could easily go all the way down the bench with little to no drop-off. They could easily go with an offensive look of Farmar, Hamilton, Peterson, Fazekas, Bynum…or defensive with Hunter, Hamilton, Prince, Maxiell, McDyess/Bynum/Mohammed. A team this deep could handle the similarly-deep Spurs in the finals, or pretty much whoever else you throw at them. It’s certainly a different look…but I like it.

a lineup of Billups, McGrady, Prince would be pretty disgusting… and exactly what Detroit needs at the 2 guard spot… a guy who can CREATE!

How come nobody is on the same bandwagon?!?!?! Hamilton is the weakest link on the floor, if he doesn’t move the whole team stinks on offense… dump him and get someone who can create, and the rest of the guys will benefit from it.

Then again, if DET got the rest of the guys James says they will get, they’d be the overwhelming favorites in the East, as long as Bonzi Wells doesn’t whore them.