Detroit Pistons

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 09-10 season                                                   Cap Room: -$6,785,000                          Best Bench Player: Ben Gordon

24 place Overall                                               Luxury Tax: No                                         Power Rankings: 26

12 in Conference                                             Best Player: Richard Hamilton               Owner/Net Worth : Karen Davidson/3.5B

Did not make playoffs                                      Coach: John Kuester                              Team Value: 306 million

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Starting 5

                                                 PG  Rodney Stuckey PR#14                               SG Richard Hamilton PR#12                                                                                                                                               

                                              SF Teyshaun Prince PR#19                   C Greg Monroe PR#22                    PF Jonas Jerebko PR#29                                                                                                                                                     

Bench Grade: B

PG Will Bynum, Terrico White SG Ben Gordon, Tracy McGrady SF Austin Daye PF Jason Maxiell, Charlie Villanueva, Chris Wilcox, DaJuan Summers C Ben Wallace 

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Tracy Mcgrady?

Tmac, are you joking  Joe Dumars. The last thing you need is another old guy. You have Richard Hamilton. What makes him any different then Mcgrady. You are not going to make the playoffs and TMac will not change that. I love the guy and I think hes a great player but what the Pistons need is a young core to come in and replace the older guys. Your time has passed to win accept it and move on. Rebuild for the future. Build around Austin Daye an Stuckey and let the older guys go to contenders.

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Where do we go now?

GO YOUNG. There is promising players in this organization. Look at Greg Monroe and Austin Daye. But the pistons have to give up their win now mentality because they are not going to win. They where inpatient and spent their money in last years free agency. Trade Hamilton and Prince. They are out of their prime and should not be apart of the teams future. Dallas would love to acquire some more above average players and if things are not working out mid season might even give up Caron Butler and his expiring contract. Villanueva is a NBA starter and with Monroe inside they would be way too soft. Ben Gordon is a great 6th man but also not worth the money they gave him. What to do with them. Keep Gordon and beg someone to take Villanueva off your hands. I think Stuckey and Bynum can prove to be a good back court and maybe with another bad year you can get lucky and maybe land a Kyle Irving the point guard from Duke. But if they choose not to go on the rebuilding route which is very likely they have to make some changes. Jonas Jerebko seems like a decent player but as for whom to start, I saw Monroe play in college and he isn't much of a defensive presence. So maybe line him up with a Ben Wallace or a Chris Wilcox to fight on the boards and block some shots. And where to go with the backcourt. Gilbert Arenas. Yes he’s been injured but trust me the guy still has game. If they want to win now Gilbert is the guy to go after. Give up Hamilton, a deal in which the Wizards would be happy with, and have him play with Stuckey in the backcourt. This team will have a bad season with the team they have now but not enough to have a great shot at a top pick. Either choose to clean house with the last survivors of the championship team or go after a guy who can help you win now.