This past week saw another star studded trade happen in the NBA when Allen Iverson packed up for the Motor city, and crossed paths with Chauncey Billups on his way to Colorado. Fans can thank the Celtics featuring Kevin McHale for breaking the ice on these types of trades, but just how effective was this trade?
Denver now starts JR Smith at SG, Billups at the point and Melo gets to get the lion's share of the offense, plus they get depth at the 4 & 5 with McDyess (he’ll most likely be waived) and Klieza gets more minutes. Pros would be a seasoned PG to handle the load, and open up the floor for Melo, but the major con would have to be the three years left on Billups contract…he is a Colorado guy, so hopefully the fans will be able to use that as an excuse to root for him in that third year.
Detroit can close games with the small lineup of Stuckey at the point, AI at the 2, Rip at the 3, Prince at 4 and Sheed at center (but Stuckey will probably still come off the bench).
I don’t see how this has too much of an impact on the Pistons this year. My reasoning being that in order for the Pistons to get better they have to be able to beat the best, and the best in the East is the Boston Celtics. Depending on how effective Stuckey is they won't have the obvious advantage of Billups on Rondo (where he's gone off for 20 in the 4th before), instead they'll have AI against a combo of the Allen's, and while you would give the nod to AI in his prime in this situation, what you'll have is a very energized Tony Allen making him take jump shots, which is not AI's cup of tea. Then you have Pierce taking care of Prince on the defensive end, and KG owning Rasheed. So while the Pistons may fair better against a team like Cleveland I think they have zero chance of taking a home game against the C's, but then again I've only seen very little of Stuckey, and I'd hate to be a hypocrite and write him off after complaining about everyone doing it to Rondo last year.
Denver gets a less talented scorer, but a better game manager, and hopefully an upgrade at the defensive end in a conference that sports highly skilled PG’s. The offense wasn’t meshing to start the season, and while AI gave this team leadership and skill he was not their answer.
This is obviously a move for next year when the Pistons will have both AI, and Rasheed coming off the books. The FA target will most likely be Chris Bosh (yes the same Chris Bosh, Joey Dumars passed on to take Darko Milicic!). That means in 2010, they'll still have Stuckey, Rip and Prince as their core (Chris Bosh would fit great with them).
This trade allows them to compete this year (albeit not as effectively as pre-trade), and rebuild next year, which is a testament to Dumars ingenuity as a GM, now if only he could get a Mulligan on that Darko pick.
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This is obviously a move for next year when the Pistons will have both AI, and Rasheed coming off the books. The FA target will most likely be Chris Bosh (yes the same Chris Bosh, Joey Dumars passed on to take Darko Milicic!). That means in 2010, they'll still have Stuckey, Rip and Prince as their core (Chris Bosh would fit great with them).
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