Jun 30, 2001 12:07 PM EST
The letters are typed and loaded. All that remains is the wait for 12:01 EST, Sunday morning. Then the Pistons begin the tasking of convincing Chris Webber, Antonio Davis or Allan Houston to come to Detroit.
Perry A. Farrell of the Detroit Free Press reports that even though the Pistons will try to woo free agents, they may instead build by making trades.
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Jun 30, 2001 12:02 PM EST
The new CBA put provisions in place that would level a Luxury Tax against teams with payrolls that exceed a certain limit. Now we're beginning to see the ramifications behind this. The Lindsey Hunter-for-Greg Foster trade was a Luxury Tax-motivated trade. So was the trade of Cliff Robinson to Detroit.
"This may be the first luxury-tax trade that you've seen in the NBA, and you're going to see a lot more deals where it looks, basketball-wise, to be uneven," Joe Dumars said Friday afternoon.
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Pistons Jun 2001 Archive
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| Jun 29, 2001
The Suns have decided to jettison Cliff Robinson.
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| Jun 29, 2001
Chris McKoskey of the Detroit News reports that the Pistons obviously have eyes for Chris Webber, but even they realize the logistics of luring him to his native Michigan.
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| Jun 29, 2001
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| Jun 28, 2001
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| Jun 28, 2001
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| Jun 28, 2001
When asked if he felt the teams that passed on him made a mistake, new Pistons forward Rodney White, taken 9th overall in the 2001 NBA draft, replied "Put the word out, I'm definitely on a mission.
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| Jun 26, 2001
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| Jun 23, 2001
The Pistons brought in their final two prospects, Arizona's Loren Woods and Stanford's Jarron Collins, Thursday for workouts.
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| Jun 22, 2001
Four years later, can the Pistons are Grizzles finally put a cap on the Otis Thorpe trade?
Chris McCoskey of the Detroit News reports the two teams might consider swapping No.
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| Jun 19, 2001
Perry A.
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| Jun 12, 2001
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| Jun 12, 2001
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| Jun 12, 2001
According to Allan Houston's agent Bill Strickland, there are candidates like New York and "less desired scenarios, Detroit is one of those possibilities.
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| Jun 10, 2001
This year's draft, which will take place June 27 in New York, is long on potential and short on consensus.
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| Jun 8, 2001
Luring Chris Webber back to Michigan may be a tall task.
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| Jun 7, 2001
Marc Stein of the Dallas Morning News writes that Iverson was not "almost traded" to the Clippers, he was traded.
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| Jun 6, 2001
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| Jun 5, 2001
Though there is no indication that Vancouver would have consented, the Chicago Tribune's Sam Smith suggests that the Rockets would have traded their #13, #18 and #22 to Vancouver for their #6, if they had gotten the #18 from Orlando in time.
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| Jun 3, 2001
Peter Vecsey's sources have fed him info for his weekly column.
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| Jun 2, 2001
Orlando Magic General Manager John Gabriel announced two transactions on Saturday.
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| Jun 2, 2001
According to Tim Povtak of the Orlando Sentinel, Detroit has officially got Vancouver where they want them: Detroit will send a #1 to Orlando as payment to delay the exercise of Orlando's option on Phoenix's pick.
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| Jun 2, 2001
Rick Sund, the Pistons' vice president of basketball operations, was named the new General Manager of the Seattle Supersonics.
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| Jun 1, 2001
Michigan Live reports that Detroit began bringing players in this week for workouts.
