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Pistons now a top 6 team in the East oh boy!
lifeondumars.com - 7/2/2009
Pistons now a top 6 team in the East oh boy!
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Pistons have spent tons of money on players that are essentially mediocre and will not help the Pistons in any large manner. Expect the Pistons to wallow in mediocrity for the next 3-5 years, much like the Grant Hill led teams of the nineties. I'm telling you, the money on Ben and Charlie is risky!
Pistons Agree to Terms With Gordon and Villanueva. Gordon for Hossa and Kopecky? Every Day of the Week, Chicago
detroit4lyfe.com - 7/2/2009
Pistons Agree to Terms With Gordon and Villanueva. Gordon for Hossa and Kopecky? Every Day of ...
— detroit4lyfe.com — Joe Dumars has done it again. He positioned the Detroit Pistons to be big-time players in the free-agent market this off-season, as they are one of only 5 teams in the NBA and the only playoff team to have ... (more) Pistons Agree to Terms With Gordon and Villanueva.  ...

Comments vote down Detroit4lyfe Detroit4lyfe posted 7/2/2009posted this
Gordon agrees to $55 million deal with rival Pistons
chicagotribune.com - 7/2/2009
Gordon agrees to $55 million deal with rival Pistons
— chicagotribune.com — Ben Gordon verbally committed to signing a free-agent contract with the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday, ending his Bulls career after five seasons. (more) Gordon agrees to $55 million deal with rival Pistons

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Pistons reach deals with Gordon, Villanueva - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
sports.yahoo.com - 7/1/2009
Pistons reach deals with Gordon, Villanueva - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
— sports.yahoo.com — The Detroit Pistons have reached agreement with free-agent guard Ben Gordon (notes) and forward Charlie Villanueva (notes) , a source with knowledge of the talks told Yahoo! Sports Wednesday evening. Gordon will receive a five-year contract worth ... (more) Pistons reach deals with Gordon, Villanueva - NBA - ...

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FAF 2009 - Detroit Strikes With Gordon, Villanueva
Air Alamo | A San Antonio Spurs Blog — ... Our friends over at Life On Dumars states on their blog, “Pistons Now Nicely Positioned as 6th Best Team in the East“.  Toasterhands over there also states, ...

Thirsty Thursday Links: 7/2/09
DETROIT4LYFE — ... Chip says is, "probably the second worst human being ever" (I'm assuming he reserved No. 1 for A.J. Pierzynski).  That's the clarification and I'd appreciate the hate messages, "you're just bitter" messages, tissue requests, to stop--you're wrong, you don't know anything.  We had him for a year and now it's over.  We move on and continue to win; end of story. Charlies V Tweets Detroit Basketball! [Motown String Music] Pistons position themselves to be 6th best team in the East? Meh [Life on Dumars ...

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