Report: Deron Washington Agrees to Guaranteed Contract with the Pistons
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... 2008 second round draft pick, Deron Washington has reportedly agreed to sign a guaranteed deal with the Pistons. The news broke last night when his ...
Summer League: Detroit Pistons
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... Deron Washington is super-aggresive and possibly the best athlete in Vegas. I'm not sure he'll ever make in the NBA, but man, if he finds his game and combines it with his athleticism... wow, just wow. The best NBA comparison is ...
NBA Summer League Day Two Recap - The Breakouts
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... Deron Washington - Last year's second round pick had two spectacular dunks off missed shots. Other than those two dunks, he was 2-9 from the field and 4-12 from the line. He's quite the leaper, but his offensive game is not good. I didn't really pay attention to him on the defensive end so I can't say if he has a future. If he does, it's because he can lock guys up. Not because he can score. ...
NBA Summer League Day Four Recap - The D-League Shines
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... Deron Washington - The athletic wing husltes -- 7 rebounds and a bruised sternum, more in a bit -- but continues to struggle shooting. He misses chippies and has now gone 5-18 from the line in the last two games. ...
Pistons Add Deron Washington; Roster Set at 14 Before Camp
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... fans expected to happen after the summer league was to officially give Deron Washington a roster spot. That is exactly what the Pistons have done as their latest move. ...
Pistons Players Answer Fans' Questions on Media Day
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... Q: Why do you wear the number 33? (From Joshua in Ann Arbor) JJ: because my 3 other numbers where not available.. first 11..then 32...then 21.. so i went with 33.. looks good and larry had it.
Q: Congrats on being the soon to be first Swede in the NBA. (From Scott) JJ: thank you very much it is an honour to be the first one from sweden. Hopefully sweden can get some recognition in the basketball world.
Deron Washington:
Q: Hey Deron, how has the free ...
Morning Shootaround: 2009-2010 Forecast, Instilling a Defense-First Mindset, NBA's Twitter Guidelines, Replacement Refs Grumblings from a Former Piston, and Pistons Tickets
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... Is he taking a shot at someone with that comment?
Patrick Hayes is previewing the Pistons players at MLIVE. His latest preview is DaJuan Summers. Patrick thinks Summers will get a chance to prove himself from the get go and should match up well with the smaller teams of the East like Atlanta, Washington, and Toronto among others. Patrick has also previewed Chris Wilcox, Tayshaun Prince, Kwame Brown, Jason Maxiell, and Deron Washington already
John Kuester's resume and the ...
Pistons Show Off the Offense in 113-104 Win vs. Bucks
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... As for the other "rookie," Deron Washington saw fifteen and a half minutes of action. He scored nine points on a perfect 4-4 night, grabbed four rebounds and blocked a shot. ...
Pistons Fizzle in Dallas: 113-88
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... near the buzzer. From those final possessions, Dallas gained a lot of momentum going into the locker room and it definitely carried over into their big third quarter.
Like any preseason game, I wouldn't get too worked up about this one. Remember that Detroit was without Tayshaun Prince, Ben Wallace, and Charlie Villanueva again. John Kuester also decided to mail it in fairly early, as Jonas Jerebko, DaJuan Summers, Deron Washington, and Chucky Atkins all played the entire fourth ...
Waive Goodbye, Part 2
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... . (Admit it, that's not the clip you were expecting.) (Also, note to self: when you get older, shave your head but leave the sideburns and add a mustache.) But hey, here's a crazy idea; the Pistons also waived their second round pick Deron Washington, who's a 6'7" small forward. James White is a 6'7" small forward. WHAT IF THEY'RE ABOUT TO SIGN JAMES WHITE? They're probably not, but they should be. While Austin Daye looked really, really good in Summer League, and Jonas Jerebko could be pretty good, it seems a bit ...
Regular Season Game 1: Detroit Pistons @ Memphis Grizzlies [Game Thread]
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... . While I didn't think that was the case, that's a valid question considering Hamilton is surely the largest trade bait on the team and often times, when a guy is about to be traded, they are mysteriously absent from practice leading up to it. Throw in the fact that the Pistons waived Deron Washington to open up a roster spot (and to ...
2009 D-League Draft Preview
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... on the perimeter. I'm throwing Korolev into the mix because he has pretty good size (6'9"), still has some athleticism and started his career in Los Angeles (but with the Clippers). Really, the D-Fenders could go in any direction, and it's not even like they're burdened by being directly affiliated with an NBA team.
Bakersfield Jam Needs: depth Best fits: Korolev, Alonzo Gee, Paul Harris, Alade Aminu, Deron Washington
Unlike the D-Fenders who have a lot of things ...
2009 D-League Draft Results and First Impressions
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... Marcus Walker
Los Angeles D-Fenders
Maine Red Claws
Reno Bighorns
RGV Vipers
Deron Washington
Paul Harris
Desmon Farmer ...
D-League Draft: A Second Look
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... division last year. Carroll was a very good three-point shooter in college, and he'll probably get a lot of space to shoot for Iowa between Anderson and Tolliver. Marcus Walker (8) lead his college conference in per-game scoring while at Colorado State. Barnette also shot the ball last year, but in France. Russell Hicks has good size for a center (7'0", 260), but he was an inconsistent rebounder in college.
LA D-Fenders Key picks: Deron Washington (1), Jeremy Wise (3), Charlie Parker (6), Travis Pinick ...
Ridiculous Transactions: 11/9 - 11/15, Plus Trade Analysis
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... , who are nominally point guards but are more scorers than distributor, Ryan Forehan-Kelly, who's a swingman who can do a lot of things but who also probably got accustomed to having the ball last year, Deron Washington, who's another (more efficient) slasher, and Jeremy Wise, a shooting guard. As for big men, let's see...how does Longar Longar strike you? It's entirely possible that Barron asked for this trade, but as it stands now the D-Fenders have a glut of shooting guards and/or backcourt scoring without a ton of guys who can rebound or ...
Previewing Tonight's Action, with some Rematches
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... point one of them is going to go in. Los Angeles also doesn't have a lot of players who can challenge Pittsnogle's outside shots, either because they're more post-oriented (Longar Longar) or because they're not tall enough (pretty much everyone else on the roster). I know the Thunderbirds won in a walk last night with Pittsnogle playing terribly on the offensive end, but he could end up being the key player for them tonight. Ryan Forehan-Kelly and Deron Washington both came off the bench in LA's preseason game, which ...
Recapping Last Night's Games, Where Bob MacKinnon Picked Up Where He Left Off
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... the game. The rebounding was largely absent (just three in over 27 minutes), but he finished with 22 points on 13 shots and generally caused some problems in the middle. Michael Fey, I officially apologize for saying Kevin Pittsnogle wouldn't have any serious defensive responsibilities in this game. As for the rest of the team, Ryan Forehan-Kelly was his usual solid all-around self with 19 points, four assists, three rebounds, a steal and a block. Deron Washington is still raw offensively (eight points on 11 shots), ...
Last Night in the D-League; Just Keep Shooting
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... As for the D-Fenders, they're going to have some ugly, ugly shooting nights simply based on who's on the roster. Dar Tucker (3-14, missed all of his threes), I'm looking in your direction. Deron Washington isn't quite as bad in the shot selection department but he's still not a great shooter, and despite the eight rebounds he missed eight of his 12 shots last night and turned it over six times. ...
Last Night in the D-League; Free Throw Disparities Abound!
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... The D-Fenders are an inefficient offensive team, plain and simple. They have multiple guys who need too many shots to rack up the points, guys like Dar Tucker and Deron Washington and Horace Wormely. As a team, LA missed all seven of its three-point attempts, and six of those came from Tucker. Ryan Forehan-Kelly went 0-7 from the field, which is unusual for him. ...
