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Pistons cut Deron Washington, keep Chucky Atkins
The Pistons officially waived Deron Washington today, opting to keep Chucky Atkins as the 14th man. From the team's official release: AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that the club has requested waivers on guard/forward Deron...
Detroit gets defensive
Well, that's the hope, at least. Dan Feldman from PistonPowered on John Kuester's defensive pedigree: "Day one, we’re going to have preach what it’s going to take to be a great defensive team," Kuester said [Monday]. "That’s going to be our main goal right from the get-go." Prior to last year, he...
Deron Washington finally signs
MLive's A. Sherrod Blakely confirms that the Pistons will sign Deron Washington, the 59th overall pick of the 2008 draft, to a two-year contract: The first year is partially guaranteed, although the Pistons anticipate he'll be with the club long enough to where it becomes fully guaranteed. The...
Report: Deron Washington gets a guaranteed deal
Update: As Dan Feldman points out, Greenberg's tweet has been deleted. Considering the Pistons have yet to make an announcement, my only guess is that Greenberg wasn't supposed to make that announcement or had false information. As spotted by MLive's Dave Dial, Seth Greenberg, Deron Washington's...
Ex-Pistons in the Holy Land
I'm not ignoring this team's apparent downward spiral, I swear; I just haven't had time since last night to put thoughts to pixels. In the meantime, here's DBB reader Ohad, who follows his favorite team from 6,000 miles away, with news about some former Pistons currently playing in Israel. -- MW...
Update on the Plaisted and Washington
From Keith Langlois of Pistons.com: An update on the two Pistons' second-rounders who signed to play in Europe: Trent Plaisted got his feet wet in Italy, then experienced a disc problem in his back and returned to the United States, where he has undergone treatment in Los Angeles. Pistons VP Scott...
Deron Washington will play in Israel
Keith Langlois' latest post at True Blue Pistons should please DBB's Israeli readers: One player who used the summer to enhance his prospects of occupying a roster spot with the Pistons someday – not this season – was Deron Washington. The third of the three second-round picks the Pistons exercised...
Plaisted and Washington head to Europe
We knew from the start that one of the reasons the Pistons drafted Trent Plaisted and Deron Washington was because they were willing to start their professional careers overseas. Well, it's happening. Plaisted will spend 2007-08 in Italy. From Daily Herald, a newspaper in Provo, UT: The former BYU...
The "Deron Washington is a Piston" post
He's a 6-6 swingman taken 59th overall out of Virginia Tech. He's being hailed as a so-so offensive player capable of locking down on defense, which sounds like Pistons material to me. For his sake, here's to hoping he has a future in the league beyond Detroit's summer league team and training camp...
Monday Workouts
On Monday the Wolves will bring in a few wing players for a workout at the Target Center: First on Monday, the Wolves welcome French forward Nicolas Batum, Memphis guard Chris Douglas-Roberts, Oregon guard Bryce Taylor and Virginia Tech forward Deron Washington. Minnesota's public relations...
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