Exactly. Although, if we haven't already he would probably be more inclined to the teams that have offered from the start. I hear the Spurs are the front-runners.

I'd like him here as well in the D.

Joe D, get it done!!

Cavs have made an offer

Cavaliers court Clippers guard- cleveland.com

Offer him the full MLE and the starting small foward. Tay can come of the bench or be traded. If this didn't work trade one of them at the trade deadline.


Billups/Stuckey/Hunter
Rip/AA
Maggette/Prince/Sharpe
Max/Amir/Dice
Sheed/Samb/Ratliff

if our to chief competitors in the Cavs and Celtics are willing to offer Magette a full MLE, seems like Joe should be able to do the same for would be possibly an impact guy instead of some maybe guys similar to Hayes/ Mo Evans who turn out to be playoff scrubs,

I mean James Jones, CJ Miles?? These guys probably couldn't even beat out Fabio for a guaranteed dressing every night.

I say offer the MLE to Magette and Posey and who ever calls first sign and let the Celtics and Cavs fight it out for the remaining guy.

As someone mentioned, Magette can give Tay a run for his money as it relates to getting to the hoop and cashing in a the foul line. Magette has already said he would come off the bench for a contender so it is a no brainer?? After all, what are 2 of the 3 things everyone says we lack every year?? A slasher and someone to back of Tay.. well the guys who fits that bill has his significant other a Michigan native and that maybe plus in our factor....after all who wants to work and live in Boston or Cleveland???..can someone text this message to Joe so he can take care of business before he gets out to Vegas..

Maggette was in the top 3 in the league at getting to the foul line last season. He adds another wrinkle to our offense.

Its very tempting to go after Maggette if he is interested. Impressive 22 PPG scoring with nearly 6 boards a game.

Drawbacks are his injury history. I think one has to assume that he will miss 10-30 games in the regular season with questionable health for the playoffs but who knows. We have had luck with injuries.

Thing is at 6'6" he is really more of a combo 2/3 and we already have an all star calibur shooting guard. I would still take Rip over him. Plus if Prince moves to the bench where would that leave Stucky?

Everything being the same signing Corey would go along with the usual Piston trend of benching the young prospect in favor of your FA pickup.

But who knows. A guy like Maggette would be very hard to pass on.

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I've watched Maggette play a lot. I live in LA. He can score. He shoots too much, however. He will take it take it to the rack and get to the line. He is not a good defender. He wants to be "the Man", start, finish, and take all the big shots. His attitude is poor when he is not doing all of the things he wants.

I am not sure how this helps us, unless we are scared of him going to one of our Eastern conference rivals.

I doubt very highly that he is considering the Pistons. Too many unknowns as to the roster and role definition for a guy who is tired of not knowing his role.

Truth is, he doesn't help us. Everyone looks at the fact that he scores 22ppg, but do you see hom many mpg he plays and how many shots he takes per game. He hasn't shown he can be a complimentary player if neccessary, he has shown that he can be THE MAN on a bad team. Pietrus is amuch better fit, Posey's the most ideal, but he ain't leaving Boston.

Agree that his defense is not as good as Posey's, but I would take him over CJ Miles, James Jones and maybe even over Pietrus.

The problem with the Pistons is that sometimes the core players get to caught up in the jump shooting contest and appear to be to passive to drive the lane, but on the other hand they allowed Wade, LaBron, Pierce to drive that lane at will score in the paint from both the field and the FT line.

Rip and CB are among the league leaders in FT shooting %, yet they still don't get there enough unless we are holding on to a lead in crunch time. Nobody over 6"5 on this team averaged more that 3 trips a game to the line. We can get more than that with Magette even in 15-18 minutes of play. If Joe and Curry can define his role and convince him that he and one big man are the missing piece he may sign...

The worst case Piston scenario at the end of the Summer is that Magette and Posey sign with either Boston or Cleveland and all we get is another scrub who does not even contribute next spring.....at least give me a trade to chew on. The current team is great, but they are getting old and the window is closing or may have already done so on the current starting five.