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In some shockingly unshocking news, the Pistons dealt Amir Johnson to the Bucks for Fabricio Oberto in return.
Oberto didn’t even last 24 hours with Milwaukee, of whom he had just been dealt as part of the Richard Jefferson swap.
Oberto probably won’t be much of a step-up from Amir, who was the dictionary definition of “going nowhere” with the Pistons. Oberto did show signs of decency a couple seasons ago, but I only know that because he was on my fantasy squad.
Best of luck to Mr. Johnson, maybe the kid can …

15 players were voted to the three all-NBA teams, and 43 players received votes. However, not a single Piston received a single vote.
Okay, now they’re just rubbing it in.
I will, however, lobby that Rip Hamilton should have received at least one or two votes, despite his sub-par first 20-30 games.
Last season, Chauncey, Sheed, Rip, and Tayshaun all received votes, as well as future Piston Allen Iverson. Chauncey received 38 votes and Sheed tallied 22. Doesn’t take long for things to take a turn for the worst does it?

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If you’re wondering why the Pistons offseason has become our offseason, it’s because we’re working on a brand spankin’ new layout for PistonPost.com.
Keep checking back for more updates! Hopefully our new website will turn out better than the Pistons’ playoff “run” did…
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Michigan is too cold– I’m on vacation! Normal ops will resume later next week.
Go Pistons!

Could this be the new Allen Iverson?  The AI that is so devoted to winning a title that he’s willing to give up aspects of his game for the better of the team?
From what I’ve seen in interviews, it looks like it.  The veteran has said numerous times that he wants nothing else than to win a ring with Detroit.  Dumars said he was “bouncing off the walls” with excitement.
“I’ve done so many things in this league as far as being an All-Star, scoring champion, first-team All-NBA and things like …

Joe Dumars finally made good on his word.
His offseason promise to shake the Pistons core has been fulfilled, and a trade deal has been finalized that will send Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess to the Denver Nuggets in return for one of the league’s premiere (but aging) point guards: Allen Iverson.
There’s word that Cheikh Samb may also be heading to Denver as well.
I wholeheartedly give my stamp of approval to this trade.  Allen Iverson fits much, much better into the scoring style that Michael Curry has delivered.  AI and Rodney …

Don’t have anyone to watch the opening night game against the Pacers with?
Join myself and Piston Post visitors from around the world Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. EST as we conduct the first-ever LIVE BlogCast of Opening Night! Chat with other Pistons (and Pacers) fans as we talk about the game as it happens!
I’ll meet everyone back here at around 7:45 p.m. EST…see you there!!
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As part of Kids’ Opening Night on Saturday, November 1 when the Pistons host the Washington Wizards, twelve kids, between the ages of 10 and 14 will get the opportunity to experience the life of an NBA star.
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For those of you who want to join the annual Piston Post fantasy NBA league, it’s that time of year again!
To join, visit http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/nba and log in with your Yahoo ID.  After logging in, go to the “Sign Up Now!” tab.  Go to the “Join League” tab, then click “Join Custom” on the next page.
In the “League ID” box, type in 77535.  In the password box, type in curry.
The live draft will be held this Sunday, October 19 at 3:00 p.m. EST.
See ya there!

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have re-signed forward Walter Herrmann.
Terms were not disclosed.
Team president of basketball operations Joe Dumars says in a statement issued Monday that the 29-year-old Herrmann “is a player with tremendous work ethic and showed last year that he is a player that can contribute” to the team.
The 6-foot-9, 229-pound Herrmann was acquired by the Pistons in 2007 along with Primoz Brezec in a trade that sent Nazr Mohammed to the Charlotte Bobcats.He played in 28 games with Detroit and averaged 3 points and …

According to freep, the Pistons have come to terms with Memphis’ Kwame Brown on a 2-year $8 million deal.
In case you weren’t around at the deadline, Brown was dealt in part for that blockbuster trade the Lakers pulled off for Pau Gasol.  He was picked #1 overall in ’01, but has lived up to his early picking about as much as Darko did back in the day (although not quite that bad).  At 6’11″, Washington drafted him for his athleticism, which hopefully can be squeezed out of him, considering he …

Former Piston Carlos Delfino has signed a three-year deal with BC Khimki according to Eurocup Basketball. Delfino played four seasons in the NBA, three with the Pistons and one with the Toronto Raptors. Last season with the Raptors, Delfino averaged 9.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.The Pistons had been rumored to be interested in the 6-6 shooting guard earlier in the free agent signing period.Delfino played in Europe prior to his four years in the NBA.
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Virtus Roma pulled off another big signing on Sunday with the announcement that center …

According to Yahoo! Sports, the Pistons’ very own Jarvis Hayes plans to depart for New Jersey.
Judging from a disturbing trend of former Pistons flourishing on their new teams, I have no doubt that Hayes will shine in Jersey.  I didn’t like how he was benched the entire playoffs, even when we needed his catch-and-shoot the most. I would want to leave too if I were him, even if it was mainly too to Flip Saunders’ decision-making. I still think that Jarvis Hayes is one of the most valuable 3-point shooters …

The Pistons have been in contact with several free-agent swingmen around the league, and one name is particularly interesting.
Former Piston Carlos Delfino is among the free agents the team is considering signing. Tomorrow is the first day NBA free agents can sign contracts, although they can agree to deals earlier.
Delfino, a 6-foot-6 forward from Argentina, averaged nine points per game in 82 games for the Toronto Raptors last season, his fourth year in the NBA.
A restricted free agent, Delfino received a qualifying offer by the Raptors in June, which means …

generateDate(‘Jun 20, 2008 00:39 -0400′, ’12:39 AM’); Tayshaun Prince earned a spot on the USA Basketball team for the Beijing Games, a person in the NBA told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Dwyane Wade will join Prince on the team barring a last-minute change for …

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) – The Detroit Pistons say Flip Saunders will not be back as coach next season.
“Decisions like this are difficult to make,” team president Joe Dumars said on the team’s Web site. “However, at this time, I feel it is necessary to make a change.”Saunders was 176-70 in three seasons in Detroit and guded the team to three straight Eastern Conference finals. But the Pistons fell short of the NBA finals each time.

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At the Pistons’ shootaround Tuesday morning, Saunders was asked a standard question about what he planned to do while filling out the active roster for Game 1, and the coach gave his standard answer:
“Joe [Dumars] and I will talk about it,” Flip Saunders said.
After the chat, the Pistons decided to activate little-used forward Amir Johnson, who gives the team more depth in the frontcourt, and deactivate guard Juan Dixon, forward Walter Herrmann and rookie Cheikh Samb.
Johnson did not play in Game 1, as Saunders went to a nine-man rotation.
But just …