slamonline.com - 11/3/2008
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by Ryne Nelson
You heard the rumors . You thought it wouldn’t happen at least until the season got started, things got rolling. Chauncey Billups is a much better fit in the D than almost any other guard.
But it’s official official, according to a phone call from MLive’s A. Sherrod Blakely ...
myespn.go.com - 11/3/2008
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myespn.go.com —
Allen Iverson, a Piston. And that's just one
of the major assets Joe Dumars is acquiring today....
The other is the inside track on "The Summer of LeBron." As you have probably seen, reports are that the Denver Nuggets and Detroit Pistons have agreed ...
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Joe Dumars Strikes Again
pickaxeandroll.com - 11/3/2008
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pickaxeandroll.com —
Just three days ago I put up a
poll asking when AI was going to be traded....
Accordign to Michigan Live the answer is The Answer will be shipped out before Election Day as is heading to Detroit in exchange for Chauncey Billups and Antonio ...
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Chauncey Billups to be Traded to the Denver Nuggets for ...
emptythebench.com - 11/3/2008
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emptythebench.com —
Allen Iverson will make $22 million this season,
the final of his contract, which will create massive...
cap space for the Pistons next summer. Rasheed Wallace’s $13.7 million also comes off the books after this season. They're making one more run at a title before rebuilding. Enjoy, Pistons fans.
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Allen Iverson Traded to Pistons for Chauncey Billups and ...
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The Internets are alive: Pistons trade Billups and McDyess for A.I.
Ball Don't Lie —
... SLAM: "Detroit is going to love A.I. The little guard’s hard-nosed play will quickly anoint him a king. But this trade also makes something else official: This is the Pistons’ last chance for an NBA Title ... at least for a while. Iverson’s contract goes off the books after this season. He’s likely not coming back, unless the Pistons can land a championship this season. Rasheed is also coming off the books, and he’s shown no desire to do anything next year other than chill on the beach and call it a career." ...
Spherical Soundings: Reactions From The Iverson-Billups MegaSuperDealBuster
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... . One of those might not be Allen Iverson (and apparently not Chauncey Billups either) who will quickly become beloved in Motown as the Pistons, according to Ryne Nelson at SLAM Online, make a last run (for a while) at a championship. ...
Reading is Great! More Reaction to the Iverson-for-Billups Blockbuster Trade
Empty the Bench —
... Fanhouse - Tom Ziller thinks Dumars is in line for a future Executive of the Year.
- Ball Don’t Lie - The trade makes sense to KD for one team, and it ain’t the Nuggets.
- Detroit Bad Boys - Matt Watson is salivating over the obscene cap space ahead.
- The Sporting Blog - “The combination of ‘Sheed and Iverson [will] be mind-blowing.”
- SLAM Online - Chauncey is a baller, but is he ready to lead a franchise like Denver?
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thesportscorner.ca 11/3/2008 — Joe Dumars promised an offseason shake-up, and it didn’t happen. Two games into the season, with his Pistons at 2-0, it happened. The reported trade is for Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess, and Cheikh Samb to head to Denver, Co. in exchange for Allen Iverson.
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Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 11/3/2008
A basketball official says the Denver Nuggets have traded former MVP Allen Iverson to the Detroit Pistons for Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess. The official spoke Monday to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the trade had ...
