#SLOE: People's Basketball Sim League

(Most of these are done for the point total but there is no way I can participate enough to earn any points for it. Since I've been absentee this weekend for the last few years though, I at least wanted to open it up for some questions.)

Welcome to DETROIT where forwards are the only thing worth a damn. After some let downs in RFA and UFA, including losing the key piece to the Steve Smith trade to a truly outlandish $8M a year offer, the Pistons are continuing to play double dutch with FA and the draft. After a history of going all in at the wrong times, the front office has decided to continue to save our fake Millions in cap space for an offseason where we can land some people. While targets like Shaq and Stephon Marburry would have been nice additions, striking out on them didn't cause us to stress too much on other pieces. We have seen some other teams really thrive on building their team around the second tier and we're going to spend the year testing out our own form of moneyball.

Kenyon Martin was our big new addition but he was negatively impacted by TC to put it mildly. This will keep our focus on Harrington. We are still considering training Al since he is the PF of the future here.

There isn't much else to get excited about this season and if preseason is any indicator, it's gonna be a long season.

I'm gonna open it up for questions.

Is Marcus Liberty on the block?

What role do you see James Posey having in your organization in the future?

IamQuailman wrote:Is Marcus Liberty on the block?

i will pay you to take him

coltsguy510 wrote:What role do you see James Posey having in your organization in the future?

He's earned the top spot on our roster. We were hoping to have a strong defensive presence from him and Kenyon Martin, but Martin's regression has hurt that. Posey still fits the bill and opens up our options when looking towards the future as he can play a little bit at the 4. If he gets progressing, it'll be a nice little surprise for this franchise.

Where does Jamal Mashburn fit into the equation this season? Also, what's the status on your point guard situation?

Xist2Inspire wrote:Where does Jamal Mashburn fit into the equation this season? Also, what's the status on your point guard situation?

I'll take that second one first. Our PG situation is dire. But it wasn't dire enough to tie up $8M+ a year for three years on a green green PG that was aight.

Mashburn is our starting two this season. He doesn't fit into our future plans as is maybe a little older than our future core. We'd be happy to give him an opportunity on a team that is competing if an offer comes in that allows us to keep his cap space next season.

Which do you find to be your more glaring weakness, point guard or center?


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logpmess wrote:Which do you find to be your more glaring weakness, point guard or center?


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I think a PG would help this team more than a Center because of how he facilitates the offense. The lack of PG or any real offensive presence means that even an elite center wouldn't help this team make a playoff run.

You've just now announced to the league that your picks are up for trade. Are you abandoning the draft as a way to build or is it that you are ready to compete right now?

NOLa. wrote:You've just now announced to the league that your picks are up for trade. Are you abandoning the draft as a way to build or is it that you are ready to compete right now?

I'm interested to see how interested you jackasses are in Detroit now. I have essentially 4 different options that you can choose from. They need to be in their first 5 years in the league. Obviously 1 guy isn't gonna help enough. Are you willing to take that chance?

You've taken a lot of pot shots by your division rivals about your activity and direction of your team recently. You were at one point one of the dominating forces in the Central, if you could say one thing to them off the record, what would it be?

ballsohard wrote:You've taken a lot of pot shots by your division rivals about your activity and direction of your team recently. You were at one point one of the dominating forces in the Central, if you could say one thing to them off the record, what would it be?

ballsohard wrote:You've taken a lot of pot shots by your division rivals about your activity and direction of your team recently. You were at one point one of the dominating forces in the Central, if you could say one thing to them off the record, what would it be?

The 1992-1995 teams still mean a lot to this owner and this city. There are some teams that can claim similar success over a three year span but each have fallen on hard times too. None have reached the very top of the mountain. We still hope to be the first ones since the Hawks to get there for our division but we know we're a long shot. We are rebuilding slowly and not necessarily burning the house down like our friends. If they want to keep taking pot shots we can deal with it. Just gets us more fired up when we get back into competitive mode.

TrayWithAnA wrote:

ballsohard wrote:You've taken a lot of pot shots by your division rivals about your activity and direction of your team recently. You were at one point one of the dominating forces in the Central, if you could say one thing to them off the record, what would it be?

The 1992-1995 teams still mean a lot to this owner and this city. There are some teams that can claim similar success over a three year span but each have fallen on hard times too. None have reached the very top of the mountain. We still hope to be the first ones since the Hawks to get there for our division but we know we're a long shot. We are rebuilding slowly and not necessarily burning the house down like our friends. If they want to keep taking pot shots we can deal with it. Just gets us more fired up when we get back into competitive mode.

Jean Baptiste Étienne, of La Révolution de Vancouver (Memphis Branch) newspaper:

For your Detroit fans, any timetable on when that will be?

LoCo89 wrote:

TrayWithAnA wrote: The 1992-1995 teams still mean a lot to this owner and this city. There are some teams that can claim similar success over a three year span but each have fallen on hard times too. None have reached the very top of the mountain. We still hope to be the first ones since the Hawks to get there for our division but we know we're a long shot. We are rebuilding slowly and not necessarily burning the house down like our friends. If they want to keep taking pot shots we can deal with it. Just gets us more fired up when we get back into competitive mode.

Jean Baptiste Étienne, of La Révolution de Vancouver (Memphis Branch) newspaper:

For your Detroit fans, any timetable on when that will be?

We're gonna spend most of the season analyzing the potential free agent market. We feel like the Hawks have really stumbled onto something this year and while we may aim to overpay some RFAs, we're going to try and land some key pieces in the offseason. We know that history has proved that rebuilding through the draft can not be counted on so we hope to control our own destiny with the cap space we have free over the next two seasons. In all honesty, we only aimed at some really big UFAs and felt like landing anyone else would have been harmful to our long term success.

Having already hit the lottery once when we landed Steve Smith, we don't expect to get that lucky again.

TrayWithAnA wrote:

ballsohard wrote:You've taken a lot of pot shots by your division rivals about your activity and direction of your team recently. You were at one point one of the dominating forces in the Central, if you could say one thing to them off the record, what would it be?

The 1992-1995 teams still mean a lot to this owner and this city. There are some teams that can claim similar success over a three year span but each have fallen on hard times too. None have reached the very top of the mountain. We still hope to be the first ones since the Hawks to get there for our division but we know we're a long shot. We are rebuilding slowly and not necessarily burning the house down like our friends. If they want to keep taking pot shots we can deal with it. Just gets us more fired up when we get back into competitive mode.

If that's the truth, then I'm glad the plan is working.

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