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Bulls Could Take Serious Run At Big Ben In The Summer

Next July, the Bulls take $20 million in cap space they will have and start wooing free agent Ben Wallace.

The Bulls were a playoff team with Eddy Curry in the middle. With Wallace, they could be a title contender.

The Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks, the franchise closest to Wallace's home in Alabama, will be the two teams that come after Wallace the hardest.

But rest easy for now. The Pistons aren't going to let their foundation, the face of their organization, simply walk out of the door.

The Pistons have been prudently preparing for Wallace's eventual free agency the past few years. They should be in a position to reward him with the most lucrative contract offer in Pistons history.

Via Detroit News


Prince Gets $47 Million Deal

Tayshaun Prince and the Detroit Pistons agreed in principle on a five-year contract worth $47 million, a person close to the negotiations said Sunday night.

Prince is expected to sign the deal Monday, before a deadline that would've made him a restricted free agent next summer, said the basketball source, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Prince has been a starter the last two seasons, helping Detroit win the 2004 NBA title and come within a quarter of repeating in June.

As a rookie, Prince went from being a seldom-used reserve to a key contributor as the Pistons advanced to the Eastern Conference finals in 2003.

Via AP


Pistons Waive Veteran Guard Todd Day

The Detroit Pistons waived guard Todd Day ahead of Sunday's exhibition game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Day scored four points, had one rebound and one assist in 6 minutes during the Pistons' 95-88 win over Milwaukee on Thursday.

Day played for five teams from 1992 to 2001 and has averaged 12.3 points in his NBA career. Milwaukee selected Day out of Arkansas in the first round of the 1992 draft.

Via USA Today


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