delfino gone from pistons

First of all there is no need to .With out Ben or with or without Delfino we are under 3,7-letter words Detroit...... Pistons...... Revenge....... And we all know revenge is a dish best served So get out the and get ready 4 the You see, this year we will reach the this year we will get the dance Then it will be what I like to call........ Peanut-Butter-Jelly-Time!!!!! Now let us that the Prophecy has been Revealed (But remember the absence of evidence is not necessarily the evidence of absence)

The article on the site that Roscoe linked me to when he asked for the translation was dated September 9, 2006. (And it's the same as the one posted earlier on Saturday in this same thread -- but new and completely different than an interview Delfino gave an Argentine newspaper way back when that was misquoted and badly translated in the US media. In the case of yesterday's article, the translation has been revised, though the revision really doesn't alter the basic meaning in this case, just makes it readable English.)

So that appears to be new, at least there on that site. Even so, it's possible it's just newly reporting older news, but then given the references to meetings during the FIBA games, it certainly seems like something new is going on.

It's important to note that what Delfino here says is that a) he's had offers from other NBA teams; b) he has a real offer from Barcelona; c) the Pistons will not release him to another NBA team but would release him to a European squad.

Nowhere does it say that Delfino has signed with another squad or that the Pistons have let him go, though it gives strong indications that such would be the most likely outcome of the way things are currently moving (at least visibly).

This is the part of the translation that scares me:

Savic was present in the Japanese city of Saitama, during the recently concluded World Championship, negotiating with the player’s agents and with representatives of the Detroit Pistons, the club with which Delfino still has one more year of contract and an option the club can exercise for the following year.

He can't sign without Detroit's permission, but if Detroit is negotiation, that means they are considering it. Even scarier, the only thing they could possibly negotiate is money, so it looks like Joe and company are willing to go with Super Dupe and Flip as our primary backups for an extra mil in the teams bank account.

These guys are worse than the Marlins. At least they reload after dumping everyone.

This was also my reading of the emphasis in the article, Slip. Though, like 16 and Roscoe, I was kind of struck that Pistons reps were willing to talk with Savic and thus perhaps help him get Delfino.

Amen to that. Memories of this squad will always be bittersweet.

its not about going to barcelona as much as getting out of the pistons dead end.

I really REALLY don't like the idea of losing Delfino, therefore if Joe finally wants to strongarm a guy into playing here then he should go ahead and put his foot down with CD. I thought after Dumars traded off evans for almost nothing Delfino would feel more accepted and have something to look forward to being here. In my eyes that was a clear indication that he's going to get quality playing time here this year, so what's his freckin problem now... DAMN!?! Bottom line just letting Delfino walk and not getting anything out of the deal would be a true mistake to say the least. I hope this is just a silly rumor and the foreign press has taken CD's words and ran with it once again, Carlos Delfino can help our squad if he shuts up and is also given the chance. Hopefully he is working hard on his suspect (at times) outside shot and overall game is ready to BRING IT this season!!!
By the way Flip better wake the F up and give the dude a shot with some quality pt for crying out loud.

I don't know numbers Max, and I'm not an expert on Euro League basketball... But I do agree with Roscoe on this one.

I have seen the same thing happen in Hockey in recent years. Now, the top of the top players in the NHL/NBA do make more money than they could playing in Europe. But the young guys and the role players... it's kind of a crap shoot as to where they'd make the most money. I am more familiar with hockey on this topic, but some of the contracts I hear about for Euro-players are even better than what they could get in the NHL.

The other factor is that in Europe, these foreign born players are playing the game, the way they learned it. If they come to the NBA/NHL, they have to learn the North American game, which while not all that different, in both the NBA/NHL seems to have less of a flow to it (which is because of overly involved management of the leagues, in my opinion).

I realize I'm going way off topic here, but it makes you wonder, as the European leagues catch up, financially (which is because the owners of our North American teams can't trust themselves with their own money and have salary caps in place) do we really "have" the very best players in the world? And are there players who could be stars in our leagues that we'll never even see?

And to answer your question, at least in hockey, there is no "max" salary overseas, and therein lies the problem.

joe also brought in flip murray right after he got rid of mo. that's just another person to share minutes with. murray is also more experienced than delfino so he probably thinks big flip will give lil flip more minutes just based on experience alone. in my eyes it was a clear indication that delfino won't get significantly more playing time.

his shot isn't suspect. he's a streak shooter. if he's allowed to put up the shots they will go in. in the world championships he hit 3's on a regular basis. you can't really judge a guys shots from 1 for 3 shooting every 6 games or so. delfino has major game and the pistons shouldn't let him go for nothing like they did my boy darko. anybody complaining he hasn't did it against nba talent didn't watch the world championships. he did very well against our own usa team.

Well, remember Dominique Wilkins? He had to go play in Europe to win a championship. And that's about the only example I can think of.

But what I am saying is that in a lot of these guys cases, I don't think they really care if they don't "star" in the NBA. THEY VANT TO PLAY.

Yeah, they could eventually make more money in the NBA, but not if they don't see any playing time. So if they go to, or stay in, Europe, they still make enough money that they never need a regular job again. And when you get to that point (never needing a regular job again) does it really matter where you play?