Pistons to sign Maurice Evans to offer sheet

[loopymitch]

You're missing the sarcasm inherent in Piksi's post -- the fact is that Corliss DID play some C for us last year, which was the ultimate smallballing joke. He doesn't really have a position, but SF would have to be it if anything. He's also not 6'7" any more than I am BTW.

piksi sarcastic??? Never!

 

[Rowdyone]

So consensus is that Mo is gone. In a way, sorry to see his attitude/enthusiasm, athleticism and defense go but then again the guy is about as good as he's going to get and still can't dribble, create his own shot or consistantly knock down the J. I loved what he brought to our team last year and he was a real pleasant surprise but we now have guys that need to get the chance to play and develop their games so, see 'ya Mo...good luck, you're a great guy.

 

[Bibby_10]

Pistons Sign Mo Evans To $4.5 Million Offer Sheet

24th August, 2005 - 6:54 pm

WANE-TV - The Detroit Pistons have signed Sacramento's Maurice Evans to a three-year $4.5 million-dollar offer.

The Kings have seven days to match the offer to retain Evans, a restricted free agent.

Detroit wants to add the six-foot-five, 220-pound Evans because he would provide depth behind starting small forward Tayshaun Prince and shooting guard Richard Hamilton.

He would compete with Carlos Delfino and Ronald Dupree for playing time, if Sacramento doesn't match the offer. [READ]

Link: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/37121/20050824/pistons_sign_mo_evans_to_$45_million_offer_sheet/

 

[Kings113]

Already a thread about it.

 

[Bibby_10]

Already a thread about it.

As far as I know the other thread doesnt confirm the length of the contract.

 

[Kings113]

So you should of posted it in that thread then.

This'll get merged or locked anyways.

 

[Bibby_10]

So you should of posted it in that thread then.

This'll get merged or locked anyways.

hmm good point. merge time

 

[hrdboild]

Here's the pertinent info from this Salary Cap FAQ:

It may also have been that the original team was incapable of matching the offer sheet. The NBA has a limited right of first refusal for restricted free agents. A team gets an exception big enough to make a qualifying offer, but the team must use its cap room (if it has any) or a different exception to match another team's offer. If a new team signs the player to a very large offer sheet, the player's original team may not be able to match it. If this happens, the original team has no choice but to lose the free agent. This is how Chicago was able to sign Brad Miller in 2000 -- Miller was Charlotte's restricted free agent, but the most Charlotte could give him was $3.9 million (using the Early Bird exception). Chicago signed Miller to an offer sheet with a first-year salary just over Charlotte's limit, and Charlotte was unable to match.

This is why I was hoping that we could somehow get SAR in a sign-and-trade because $1.5 million is a steal for Mo Evans. We're paying Garcia about a million this season anyway. $1.5 million is not a very big contract. And it's only three years too. But then I guess we want the rookies to play. I think Garcia is a better backup for Peja, and Mo is an ideal backup for Bonzi, but we'd like to get Martin some playing time too. I just wish it wasn't Detroit. The rich get richer once again. At least Larry Brown left. And they're going to have to re-sign Prince to a big contract next year to keep him so they'll be in cap trouble soon too.

 

[mazzystar]

http://www.sacbee.com/content/sports/basketball/kings/story/13465730p-14306656c.html

Former King Maurice Evans to sign with Detroit
By Sam Amick -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:48 pm PDT Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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Mo-Town it is.

Maurice "Mo" Evans is headed out of Sacramento and on to Detroit, where the city's namesake will match perfectly with its new player and the second-year guard will move closer to becoming the rising star he so wants to be.

The Pistons have offered Evans a three-year deal that starts at $1.5 million next season, hoping to fill the void of a quality backup for Tayshaun Prince on the team that has been in the NBA Finals two straight seasons. And despite Evans' status as a restricted free agent of the Kings, team president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie said the lack of any more salary cap exceptions means they are unable to match any offer above the approximately $895,000 they offered the 26-year-old in late June. Translation: No mo' Mo. The Pistons' offer is believed to be guaranteed for the first two years, with a team option for the third.

"We don't have any rights of any kind," said Petrie, who had not yet received the offer sheet but knew it was on its way. "It's unlikely that we would do it anyway at this point with the way our roster is. It's unlikely that we'll match, and I told (Kings co-owner) Joe (Maloof) we'd give (Evans and the Pistons) a quick turnaround."

Evans' NBA initiation came back in the 2001-02 campaign, when he played in 10 games for Minnesota after going undrafted out of the University of Texas in 2001. But he didn't stay in the league on the first try, playing overseas in Italy, Greece, and Russia before signing with the Kings in 2004. Evans was a solid backup to shooting guard Doug Christie early on, then to Cuttino Mobley after Christie was traded to Orlando. He tallied 6.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game while averaging 19 minutes, shooting 44.2 percent from the field.

Evans and his agent, Roger Montgomery, did not return calls for comment. Evans, however, had said before that he wanted to remain a King.

"I'm excited about the opportunity of coming back, because I love the fans, the city, the atmosphere," Evans told The Bee in late-May. "Hopefully (the Kings) feel the same way."

Evidently not.

 

[Gtronic]

off point - I’ve never seen a message board that gets more bent out of shape for somebody posting out of place or creating a new topic when it's already been covered. This guy is new, and of course he’s going to catch hell for not reading the 1700 posts in the trade topic.

Just find it kind of amusing

 

[loopymitch]

^^^ It is kind of funny but when you have 5 threads about the same thing, it gets very confusing.

 

[Folsom Al]

That's just the way it is ....


Take it from someone who's done it several times and will probably do it many more times ... heck, I just got done doing it .... I'm ready to do it again !!!

 

[SacTownKid]

Luckily hoopsworld is about as unreliable as they come. The thought of a Ben Wallace/Chandler frontline is just frightening.

And not necessarily in a good way for the Pistons. The Pistons are in a situation of needing more offensive firepower, adding Chandler, and subtracting Sheed would set them back big time. I don't know if Mo is going to fill that need for them but either way its a good pickup.

 

[bibbyweb]

With a new coach, that's not certain. I think they'll be a lot better than last year though.

If they are even just one game better, they win the Championship


Well great pick by the Pistons!!!

 

[SacTownKid]

Personally I rather that a new thread be created for the official news posts. That way I don't have back track through 50 pages of senseless agruments and KG talk.

 

[Bricklayer]

And not necessarily in a good way for the Pistons. The Pistons are in a situation of needing more offensive firepower, adding Chandler, and subtracting Sheed would set them back big time. I don't know if Mo is going to fill that need for them but either way its a good pickup.

With that duo up front, you'd get over it. You'd grab every board, smother every drive. And while Sheed is certainly the more talented offensive player, he's hardly prolific anymore and might be 2 or 3 pts better than Chandler if Tyson took over as a starter. Averaged all of 10.9pts in the Finals this year. Meanwhile, McDyess and Darko lurk.

 

[Kings113]

If they are even just one game better, they win the Championship


Well great pick by the Pistons!!!

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With a new coach, that's not certain. I think they'll be a lot better than last year though.

Quote:
Originally Posted by ONEZERO
A lot better than game 7 of the finals would mean destroying the league right?
I do agree with u about the saunders thing though.

I meant in the regular season, yeah. Playoffs is what I mean in the question mark.

Missed that ^.

 

[jacobdrj]

Corliss is a center??? He's 6' 7". He's a center if you have no one else to play center. He can play SF or PF. He played SF last year for the Kings.

Actually, he is the second best Shaq Stopper I have ever seen ( I never actually saw the 95 finals.) The other being Elden Campbell.

 

[VF21]

If Mo had to go to another team, I'm much happier to see him in Detroit than San Antonio.

I wish him well... he left it all out there on the court and he's earned the right to a decent paycheck.

 

[Kings113]

Yeah, now the Spurs/T'Wolves won't get him (Sonics rumors was so weak to begin with), he won't be on a conference rival, and not much jealously from me. Though I'll like the Pistons a bit more now.

 

[bye_bye_bjax24]

WHy is everyone of the attitude Mo Evans is gone for good? If GP feels he has a commodity, and obviously Mo Evans has talent, and the contract he signed seems to be at a VERY modest price tag, keeping him around is not out of the question. After watching the Cat walk for nothing, and considering the modest size of the contract (something like 3 years for around 5 million, I guess?), I'd put the odds at better than 50-50 GP will not let him walk for free.

Too much is made out of slotting players into your rotation, IMHO. Keeping him, Garcia and K-Mart is only counterproductive if their skills are redundant, which I think they are not. I am of the attitude that you put together the best roster of talent you can, hopefully complementary, roll the ball out there, and let the players' performances dictate who gets to play the most minutes. And besides, with the expanded roster to 15 players, there is more room for all.

In fact, think about it....if all players are healthy, and none happen to be in the NBDL league, there can now officially be what you could call a 5 man third string unit. (Welcome to the Kings, Ronnie Price.)

This may have been noted already in this thread, since I skimmed it, but Chancey Billups probably played a big role in the Pistons interest in Mo Evans. Chancey and Mo are buds from back in the day, and I am sure Chancey told Joe Dumars "this guy can play."

 

[Kings113]

As well as Flip Saunders, who coached him in his rookie season, despite only playing in 10 games.

A lot of people are acting like Mo is just about gone, or is gone because:

WANE-TV - The Detroit Pistons have signed Sacramento's Maurice Evans to a three-year $4.5 million-dollar offer.

The Kings have seven days to match the offer to retain Evans, a restricted free agent.

Detroit wants to add the six-foot-five, 220-pound Evans because he would provide depth behind starting small forward Tayshaun Prince and shooting guard Richard Hamilton.

He would compete with Carlos Delfino and Ronald Dupree for playing time, if Sacramento doesn't match the offer.

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/37121/20050824/pistons_sign_mo_evans_to_$45_million_offer_sheet/

The Pistons have offered Evans a three-year deal that starts at $1.5 million next season, hoping to fill the void of a quality backup for Tayshaun Prince on the team that has been in the NBA Finals two straight seasons. And despite Evans' status as a restricted free agent of the Kings, team president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie said the lack of any more salary cap exceptions means they are unable to match any offer above the approximately $895,000 they offered the 26-year-old in late June. Translation: No mo' Mo. The Pistons' offer is believed to be guaranteed for the first two years, with a team option for the third.
"We don't have any rights of any kind," said Petrie, who had not yet received the offer sheet but knew it was on its way. "It's unlikely that we would do it anyway at this point with the way our roster is. It's unlikely that we'll match, and I told (Kings co-owner) Joe (Maloof) we'd give (Evans and the Pistons) a quick turnaround."

http://www.sacbee.com/content/sports/basketball/kings/story/13465730p-14306656c.html

The last few days-week have made me have little hope of Mo coming back.

 

[VF21]

bye bye bjax -

Why is everyone convinced Mo is gone for good?

Well, because the Kings cannot really afford to match the offer from the Pistons. At least one Sacramento news station has already reported that the Kings will not match it and that Mo is going to be in Detroit...

Your idea that Petrie is letting him walk for free is misguided. We had a one year contract with Mo. It expired. We made him a restricted free agent by tendering a qualifying offer to him. The Pistons trumped that offer big time. There's really not much we can do nor, IMHO, is there much we should do.

 

[sameolzeal]

I just wanna mention some fun facts. Brad is 6-11, and Shareef is 6-9, both 20 and 10 threats, assists aside. Bibby is 20 and X assists, Big Peja is 20 plus, and Bonzi speaks to jesus. Here's a question, how do we loose? I'm completely serious. I herd Bibby forgave peja for making webber leave...that touched me. This roster is organic about to bloom. Prometheus gave Petrie fire for finding talent, and chaos provided. The Gods have done thier deeds. Once again, I strongly sense this roster is about to become culturally significant. Claims need evidence, I have none to write, im no anthropologist. But I can tell you for sure that in this story; Prometheus is Gavin Maloof, and Fire is played by the roll of "money". Petrie is a profit. And when Jesus spoke to Bonzi Wells in his youth its amazing how well he listened after that. Optimistic or not this team has a dice roll if you will. No joke, with some ridiculously good odds. I call him Chef Petrie, he did it. pass the blunt

 

[VF21]

Um, what?

You might want to put down the blunt...

 

[sameolzeal]

are you calling me a laker fan?

 

[VF21]

No, as a matter of fact, I'm about to call you history.

 

[sameolzeal]

i understand

 

[VF21]

That makes one of us...

I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, although I have to admit to being completely puzzled as to why you chose a thread about Mo Evans to post in, when your comments have virtually NOTHING to do about him.

 

[hrdboild]

WHy is everyone of the attitude Mo Evans is gone for good? If GP feels he has a commodity, and obviously Mo Evans has talent, and the contract he signed seems to be at a VERY modest price tag, keeping him around is not out of the question. After watching the Cat walk for nothing, and considering the modest size of the contract (something like 3 years for around 5 million, I guess?), I'd put the odds at better than 50-50 GP will not let him walk for free.

Too much is made out of slotting players into your rotation, IMHO. Keeping him, Garcia and K-Mart is only counterproductive if their skills are redundant, which I think they are not. I am of the attitude that you put together the best roster of talent you can, hopefully complementary, roll the ball out there, and let the players' performances dictate who gets to play the most minutes. And besides, with the expanded roster to 15 players, there is more room for all.

In fact, think about it....if all players are healthy, and none happen to be in the NBDL league, there can now officially be what you could call a 5 man third string unit. (Welcome to the Kings, Ronnie Price.)

This may have been noted already in this thread, since I skimmed it, but Chancey Billups probably played a big role in the Pistons interest in Mo Evans. Chancey and Mo are buds from back in the day, and I am sure Chancey told Joe Dumars "this guy can play."

I agree with your comments about why we should keep Mo. In fact, it looks like I'm going to have to find a new favorite King for the second time in six months. However, as VF pointed out, the reality is that we cannot keep Mo because of the rules of the NBA salary cap. Well not unless there's some extra salary cap exception lying around that none of us know about. The disappointing thing is that there was maybe a chance to sign Mo to a smaller contract earlier if he really wanted to come back. But then could we have gotten SAR still? And don't we want Kevin to play? See, so there were reasons not to sign him too. His skills wouldn't have been redundant with those of Martin and Garcia but that would slice the "minutes pie" thinner for everybody. We'll just have to settle for seeing Mo play twice a year now instead of 3 or 4 times a week. We've got lots of other guys to watch though.