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 Pistons will use summer league to evaluate talent - Detroit Pistons Basketball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
Pistons will use summer league to evaluate talent - Detroit Pistons Basketball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
AUBURN HILLS -- The Detroit Pistons got a few more phone calls than usual from agents looking to land one of their clients on Detroit's summer league team that will compete in Las Vegas later this week. That's because unlike past years when the Pistons' most recent draft picks were the main attraction, this summer league team has something to offer those others lacked -- available roster ...
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  • tziller tziller
    +1

    As opposed to: "Pistons will use summer league to laugh at these scrubs, OMG they really think they can make the team?! LOLlercopter."

    The art of headline writing is not strong with MLive.com.

    Posted 7/8/2008 respond (flag)
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Salary Cap Day Updates
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog — ... Along with pursuing James Posey and Corey Maggette (isn't everyone?), MLive tells us that the Pistons are looking at a number of prospects on their Summer League team. One of the stronger free agent candidates on Detroit's summer league roster is point guard Will Bynum. ...

Amir bulks up, Cheikh draws interest
Detroit Bad BoysA. Sherrod Blakely has a brief update on Amir Johnson and Cheikh Samb in his summer league preview: Johnson, who appeared in 62 games last season, appears to have bulked up some this summer for what the Pistons anticipate will be a breakout season for him. […] “We think he can be an X-factor type player, a guy that can make plays above the rim, athletically on the defensive end and the offensive end,” Dumars said. “He’s a young guy that has more athleticism, more speed and energy than anything we have up front. Where we ...

Around The Way
Need4Sheed.com — ... The Summer League play starts on Friday and it's not only the place to see what the new draft picks (old and new) have to offer, but a chance for free agents and players from Europe to make an impression. ...

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