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 Pistons set sights on trio of perimeter free agents - Detroit Pistons Basketball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
Pistons set sights on trio of perimeter free agents - Detroit Pistons Basketball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
AUBURN HILLS -- The Detroit Pistons plan to talk to a number of players during the free agency period, which began Tuesday. However, there are three who appear to be higher on Detroit's radar than others. The Pistons are expected to spend the early part of free agency focused on landing one of the following players: James Jones of Portland; C.J. Miles of Utah or Mickael Pietrus of Golden ...
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Detroit’s looking at perimeter players
Detroit Bad Boys — From A. Sherrod Blakely: The Pistons are expected to spend the early part of free agency focused on landing one of the following players: James Jones of Portland; C.J. Miles of Utah or Mickael Pietrus of Golden State. Also, Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald suggests the Pistons are interested in poaching James Posey from the Celtics: A league source said yesterday the valuable swingman’s dance card will be top-heavy with contenders that appreciate more than ever the intangible ways Posey can contributes to a ...

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Hip 2 Da Game — ... for Jermaine O'Neal, the Toronto Raptors did what was expected and re-signed point guard re-signed point guard Jose Calderon. - Chris Douglas-Roberts sounds pretty motivated after slipping to the second round of the draft. - Beno Udrih re-signed with the Sacramento Kings. The Clippers were the other team rumored to be interested in Udrih but they were able to land Baron Davis instead - The Detroit Pistons are targeting these three players: James Jones of Portland; C.J. Miles of Utah or Mickael Pietrus of Golden State. More: ...

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Detroit’s looking at perimeter players
detroitbadboys.com 7/2/2008 — From A. Sherrod Blakely : The Pistons are expected to spend the early part of free agency focused on landing one of the following players: James Jones of Portland; C.J. Miles of Utah or Mickael Pietrus of Golden State. Also, Mark Murphy of the ...
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