Pistons waive Glyniadakis

October 25, 2005
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- The Detroit Pistons waived Greek center Andreas Glyniadakis on Tuesday. Glyniadakis, who played in four preseason games and averaged 0.5 rebounds in 3.3 minutes, was drafted by the Pistons in the second round in 2003.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns

We were just posting on Glynny two minutes ago Super. Good timing.
No surprise on this one.

YAHOO posted that at 3:20

Well, the good thing is that this limits somewhat the number of permutations for Lee's rotations.

ASB just posted something the other day regarding AG-said he didn't ever see anything in practice that would lead one to believe that Glyniadakis would be an NBA player. He said if he made a squad it would be a really bad one.

T-Bird "Well, the good thing is that this limits somewhat the number of permutations for Lee's rotations."

Hear ya bird, that cuts it down to something close to 16,432,651.077 versions! There is a God..

In a news clip, t was said that theam mates really liked him...as a mascot. Just joking. We all did feel this would be inevitable.

So much for the theory that Joe was talking him up to increase his trade value (not that I believed that anyway).

Its more likely Joe was just trying to talk him up, knowing full well that he was going to release him, so that another club might give him a tryout.

I think it was just Joe trying to do a nice thing for the kid before sending him packing.

I'm not sure about that either.

Joe can do more with a personal phone call than the media drivel we are fed. I seriously doubt that other GMs scan the headlines to capture Joe's impression of players.

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Nov 13 LW Milan Lucic had an active night. He scored his first goal in eight games since his Oct. 25 hat trick and also pounded Michael Komisarek in a third-period fight. Lucic cut his hand in a fight with Michael Komisarek. "I'll be fine," he said. "(X-rays are) negative, but there's so many broken bones in there from before you can't really tell."

Why would Joe be talking him up so much one day and then cutting him the next? If you're going to cut the guy, wouldn't you want to stay quiet about him until you actually do release him? It would seem to contridict your previous statement to do so.

I'm not saying I'm right, it was just a thought, but I don't understand why he would go through the trouble to talk him up just to cut him right after.

Sounds like Joe is set on his future frontcourt. I think Joe's biggest fear is having another rebuilding time after the starters fade, which is why he spends so much time on guys who never play. But with Darko stepping up, Jmax showing promise, and over the hill veterern 5's a dime a dozen, there doesnt seem to be any reason to keep a center in progress on the team.

Going out on a limb Pistons 5 years from now: Delfino, Amir Johnson, Tay, Jmax, and Darko.
Joe D aint just making this shot, he's setting up the next.