The Pistons got down to the 15-man roster limit at Monday’s deadline by waiving rookie Sammy Mejia, something of a surprise since they signed him to a partially guaranteed contract after his performance in the Las Vegas Summer League.
Mejia, a 2007 second-round draft choice out of DePaul, lost out in his battle for the final roster spot with veteran Ronald Dupree.
The waiving of Mejia means the Pistons will carry three rookies on the roster: first-round picks Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo and Senegalese center Cheikh Samb, a 2006 second-round choice who spent last season playing professionally in Spain.
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Unless the Pistons can pull off a trade involving Ronald Dupree by Monday night - which at this point, seems unlikely - Detroit will waive the 6-foot-7 forward in order to get their roster down to the NBA-maximum of 15 players. The Pistons may also look to waive rookie Sammy Mejia, but that seems unlikely at this point.
Billups said neither player had shown signs of worry or concern about their future.
"You would never know they were fighting for their life right now," Billups said. "They're just regular, playing as hard as everyone else hoping for the best."
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Oct 29, 2007 12:01 PM EST
With Juwan Howard bought out and a free agent, the Pistons are a team that would possibly be a landing spot for the veteran forward.
But Joe Dumars has said repeatedly he's not interested in having four veteran big men on the team, which is one of the reasons Chris Webber was not re-signed.
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Pistons Oct 2007 Archive
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The Sports Network | Oct 25, 2007
Detroit Pistons rookie guard Rodney Stuckey had surgery on his left hand Thursday and will be sidelined six weeks.
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Yahoo.com | Oct 25, 2007
Pistons rookie guard Rodney Stuckey broke his left hand in a 104-85 victory over the Wizards on Wednesday.
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Detroit Free Press | Oct 24, 2007
Richard Hamilton, the Pistons' leading scorer last season, hasn't practice since suffering an ankle injury on Oct.
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Detroit Free Press | Oct 22, 2007
Rasheed Wallace still believes the Pistons are the team to beat.
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MLive.com | Oct 19, 2007
The Denver Nuggets have discussed trading J.
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Detroit Free-Press | Oct 12, 2007
Former Pistons' guard Carlos Delfino has looked at this upcoming season as a make-or-break year for his career.
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Miami Herald | Oct 8, 2007
Tayshaun Prince scored 13 points and Chauncey Billups added 12 to help the Detroit Pistons beat the undermanned Miami Heat 103-86 in the exhibition opener Monday night.
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Pistons.com | Oct 7, 2007
Amir Johnson gave the Pistons their first scare of training camp Friday night when he crumpled to the court under the basket, grabbing at his left ankle.
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The Detroit News | Oct 6, 2007
Flip Murray decided in early June to exercise his option and return to the Pistons for a second season.
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Dallas Morning News | Oct 4, 2007
According to Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson, forward Chris Webber is expected to remain in Detroit or retire before the start of the season.
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MLive.com | Oct 3, 2007
Chauncey Billups already likes what he sees from rookie Rodney Stuckey.
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ESPN | Oct 2, 2007
Rasheed Wallace and Flip Saunders insist they're getting along just fine.
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ESPN | Oct 2, 2007
Chris Webber said Monday that he will not be accepting a lucrative offer to finish his career in Greece and revealed that the Detroit Pistons are the only team he can see himself playing for this season.
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ESPN.com | Oct 2, 2007
Chris Webber revealed that the Pistons are the only team he can see himself playing for this season.
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SI.com | Oct 1, 2007
The Detroit Pistons exercised their option to extend forward Jason Maxiell's contract through the 2008-09 season on Monday, and signed guard Gerald Fitch.
