Pistons Presser for Season 67

[IamQuailman]

Greetings and welcome back to another off-season and almost regular season!

I would like to applaud our team for their effort last season, despite the outcome. After all the moves and shifting pieces around, making the playoffs didn't seem like a reality, but this squad kept fighting and got to an immaculate 50-win season. Initially, our priorities heading into the season were to maintain continuity and continued growth for your developing stars. So naturally, retaining Lauri Markkanen & Bernardo Carrasco was a no-brainer. Unfortunately, our two brochachos decided to take max money elsewhere instead of our team-friendly offers, so these decisions (while a no brainer) played some role in the latter part of our plans, which I'll get to shortly. We they approached UFA with the thought of finding some good quality depth with upside, while retaining Curtis Rakes... one of the premier rim protectors in the league. We paid a little more than initially planned to retain, but all in all not a horrific contract by this league's standards.

Training camp occurred, and overall we were pleased with the outcome. However, after taking a look at finances and the further development we would like to put into our young stars, it didn't make sense for us to be nearly $100million over the cap. As a result, we made the difficult decisions to move on from both Rakes & Jalen Warley. Rakes will be moving on to the the Bobcats, where he looks to have a chance to continue his paint protecting dominance on an up-and-coming Carolina squad. Warley is going to Utah.. where unfortunately there's not that much there for him, but he has 120mil to wipe his tears away over the next couple seasons. So he'll be alright. On the plus side, he has a fantastic GM who will be happy to spotlight him in his next exposee.

We are looking forward to seeing how our Big 3 of Lauri, Bernardo, & Hoyt perform, while giving more opportunities to SVG & Trent Dawes (not Spencer) to see what they can offer.

Any questions?

[pennpanther1]

You have received some grief for your recent trades, do you think that is fair? Which GMs do you like trading with the most? Which GMs are the hardest to negotiate with?

[IamQuailman]

You have received some grief for your recent trades, do you think that is fair? Which GMs do you like trading with the most? Which GMs are the hardest to negotiate with?

Heavy is the head that wears the crown... and I'm apparently the king of slime. So, it is a burden I must carry for the best of the league. I actually like trading with @AngryBanana & @@K-100 & @greepleairport. Negotiations are a slog with them sometimes, but that's part of the fun. The hardest GMs to negotiate with are the GMs who don't even answer PMs or check their inboxes lol

[greepleairport]

If you were to combine all of your big 3 players into one name and superstar player, what would it be, and why is it

fabian hub

[garbageman]

Sham Smith, Bulls.com: As an avid trader and former commissioner, do you think the league would be better or worse off if GMs were required to have a proven, basic knowledge of how things like luxury tax rules and penalties, player development, and other basic league concepts worked? Why or why not?

[IamQuailman]

If you were to combine all of your big 3 players into one name and superstar player, what would it be, and why is it

fabian hub

If I combined them into one and turned them into Fabian Hub, would it be a trade back?

[IamQuailman]

Sham Smith, Bulls.com: As an avid trader and former commissioner, do you think the league would be better or worse off if GMs were required to have a proven, basic knowledge of how things like luxury tax rules and penalties, player development, and other basic league concepts worked? Why or why not?

Better, because I think the more informed people are the better it is for the league. But how do you enforce it?

[greepleairport]

If you were to combine all of your big 3 players into one name and superstar player, what would it be, and why is it

fabian hub

If I combined them into one and turned them into Fabian Hub, would it be a trade back?

I was thinking something more like Loyt Markarrastimmero but ok

[Xist2Inspire]

Random Reporter: With plenty of room in the Omega to aim for the top, how long do you see yourself staying in this current phase?

[IamQuailman]

Random Reporter: With plenty of room in the Omega to aim for the top, how long do you see yourself staying in this current phase?

This year we don't plan to take any leaps or short term win now moves. We want to truly evaluate what we have in house and see what happens.

[AngryBanana]

Chet Youbetcha, Dimmadome News: I see you threw a few GMs names that you said you enjoy trading with, do you plan on making any further deals this year (maybe with one of these GMs?)

[Black Superman]

Chet Youbetcha, Dimmadome News: I see you threw a few GMs names that you said you enjoy trading with, do you plan on making any further deals this year (maybe with one of these GMs?)

Isn't this last season's press

[AngryBanana]

Chet Youbetcha, Dimmadome News: I see you threw a few GMs names that you said you enjoy trading with, do you plan on making any further deals this year (maybe with one of these GMs?)

Isn't this last season's press

Still applies. He can not escape my queries