That guy was only 6'4"??? Wow.

Seriously, let's sign him up.

He makes good money in Greece and doesn't really sound all that keen to play in the NBA.

Ackers arms look a mile long. He doesn't rebound...he snatches.

NBA players who attended Pepperdine.

Acker is the most recent.

DJ was the best and Christie was pretty good

NBA Players who Attended Pepperdine University - Basketballreference.com

Not sure if this is good news or bad news. I think it is good.

Alex Acker's Olympiacos team lost the Greek Championship today. They were beat by Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos in Game 5 of a best of 5 series. Apparently Olympiacos was within 5 with 3 minutes to go but Panathinaikos hit a 3 and closed out the game with free throws.

Acker had 12 points and Croatian Center Andrija Zizic also had 12 to tie as team high scorers.

Why is this good? It's my understanding that Alex has a player option for a second year in Greece. If he won the championship, I am sure he would opt out, and possible sign a more lucrative contract with Maccabi Tel-Aviv, who have been very interested in him since he left Detroit, possibly a contract that Detroit could not hope to match.

Since he lost, his star in Europe tarnishes just a little, and while he is certainly worth more than the $1+ million he is due for his option year, I don't think he has made the leap to a $3+ million dollar a year player, and that works in our favour.

His agent is Jerome Stanley, who also represents the Sacramento Kings Francisco Garcia. Stanley is a long-time agent and once represented former Boston Celtic (the late) Reggie Lewis.

Stanley also works in the NFL, representing Keyshawn Johnson amongst others.

I compiled this from a variety of sources.

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Does this mean we should be able to get Acker for "Delfino's money"? I mean amount wise.

Acker is a one year NBA veteran. That classes him as a Non-Bird Free Agent.

Detroit retained his rights by tendering him a qualifying offer last season, and I would assume they will do the same this and each future offseason until Acker makes a decision that puts him out of Detroit's reach.

His qualifying offer amount is $687,456 + $175,000 which is $862,456.

Alex can take the offer, play out one year in Detroit and then be an NBA Unrestricted Free Agent the next offseason.

He can decline the qualifying offer, and negotiate a new contract with Detroit (longer than one year, and possibly for more money).

Alex's agent can fish around for an offer sheet from another NBA team (better deal), which Detroit can match, as long as they have their Mid-Level Exception available (read: they haven't spent it yet).

If we try to sign Alex straight up without the MLE, we can offer the following.

Year 1 - $824,947
Year 2 - $890,943
Year 3 - $962,218
Year 4 - $1,039,196
Year 5 - $1,122,331

Detroit can only sign a deal for 2 or more years up to 5 in this scenario.

Now if another team makes an offer, and we have not spent the MLE, Alex stands to make a lot more money because we can use a portion of or all of the MLE to match or he will get it from the team he signed an offer sheet with.

Alternately, the Pistons may come to terms with Alex on a full or partial MLE deal, no longer than 5 years with a maximum of 8% raises in each successive year of the new contract.

We need more intel on what is happening behind the scenes in Europe before we can start to project if he will even come back to the NBA, however should he come back, I think we stand the best chance of signing him long term.

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The whole salary cap thing is just too much for my liking. I'm sure I could figure it out if I spent time on it, but I have other more important things to worry about.
Thanks to Roscoe for doing all research.

Wow, so Maxiell almost has Durant Wingspan... Although he actually has shoulders.

And I guess Acker does have very long arms...


2005 NBA DRAFT CAMP MEASUREMENTS Name Height Height
(with shoes) Weight Wingspan Reach

Acker, Alex 6' 3¾" 6' 4¾" 183.0 7' 0" 8' 6½"

Maxiell, Jason 6' 5" 6' 6¼" 257.6 7' 3¼" 8' 11"

Alex Acker won’t be returning to his Greek team at Detroit Bad Boys