Pistons Sign Deron Washington - BBWForums.net

Stonesalltheway · 07-03-2009, 06:08 PM

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Deron Washington's coach at Virginia Tech has stated that the Detroit Pistons and Deron Washington have agreed to a guaranteed contract.

July 3, Daily Press: Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg posted on his Twitter account that former Hokies standout Deron Washington has signed a guaranteed contract with the Detroit Pistons, who selected him 59th overall (second round) in the 2008 NBA draft.

This was sent to me via email by Full-Court Press reader Erik S., who also speculated that the Pistons signing Washington to a guaranteed contract could mean that he is involved in a trade that will be consummated July 8th, when free agents can sign and teams can begin making trades.
Moves like that(signing players like Washington to guaranteed contracts) are often made when one team has to send back a certain amount of money back in a trade. For example, if Detroit is $4 million under the cap after signing Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva and were to get involved with the Hornets in a trade for Tyson Chandler, the Pistons would have to send back a certain amount of salaries in order to make it work.
Chandler makes $12.2 million dollars, and the Pistons might be $4 million under the cap so a straight salary dump couldn't work. Stay tuned...
{Update: I've been informed that there is a 30 day waiting period when you sign a second-round pick before that player can be traded. Thanks to Eric Pincus of Hoops World for the correcting Tweet. Matt Watson of DetroitBadBoys.com chimes in with his always interesting take.}

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Really sounds like there's a trade brewing. I don't think he would be signed before seeing how he played in the summer league, especially when we just drafted 3 SF's, and all those guys could take that spot. Interesting.

Combs · 07-06-2009, 02:35 AM

I'm not sure what to make of this. Just pure confusion.

kingjamez · 07-06-2009, 10:58 AM

Well apparently they really like him and he had a great year overseas. I mean, they do have like 6 forwards on the roster though..

Combs · 07-06-2009, 12:16 PM

I know they like him. I like him too. But they could have waited to sign him, all they did right now was waste the cap that they do have. Logic says it was cause we needed his contract for a trade, but he can't be traded for 30 days. So again..doesn't make any sense unless we're trading Afflalo..and even then...