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The Detroit Pistons recently parted ways with former general manager Troy Weaver. It was recently discovered that the Piston had a typo in their press release about the move.
Towards the end of the statement, the statement reads: “His notable trade and free agent acquisitions included Simone Fontecchio and Quentin Grimes at the past season's trade deadline along with Jeremy Grant (2020 sign-and-trade), Kelly Olynyk (2021) and Cory Joseph (trade with Sacramento).”
This is of course a misspelling of Jerami Grant's name. It is surprising that something as simple as a player's name was misspelled in a team statement that likely had several pairs of eyes on it.
They were predictably roasted on social media for the mistake.
I’ve never even heard of Jeremy Grant https://t.co/2zoxIUVKZB
— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) June 1, 2024
Team owner Tom Gores spoke respectfully about Weaver in the statement in question.
“I very much appreciate all the dedication Troy displayed to our Pistons franchise. As much as we have struggled lately, we will look back and see Troy as an important person in the remaking of the Pistons,” Gores explained. “He took the pain of rebuilding head on and he did the hard work to get us the flexibility we have today.”
The move came shortly after the Pistons agreed to add Trajan Langdon as their new President of Basketball Operations.
“I have committed to building a front office in Detroit that brings together the most advanced capabilities and creative basketball minds,” Gores said. “Trajan is an accomplished front office executive with an impressive track record. He’s worked his way up and seen it all as a player, scout, and executive. He’s been successful at every level. I’m confident he will very swiftly get us to the standard of excellence I expect from every business.”
Draymond Green fires back at Rasheed Wallace's take on '04 Pistons vs. '17 Warriors claim
That isn't the only piece of Michigan-related basketball news that is taking place off the court.
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Former MSU star Draymond Green and former Pistons power forward Rasheed Wallace are in the middle of a back-and-forth over a hypothetical basketball game.
Wallace was recently asked if he thought the 2004 Detroit Pistons, a team Wallace was a part of and that won the NBA Finals, could beat the 2017 Golden State Warriors.
Wallace was confident that his squad would come out on top, as evidenced by his answer in the below tweet.
"We would've beat the sh*t out of [the 2017 Warriors] because for the simple fact that they couldn't match up with us at any position… Steph [Curry] not a defender… Draymond [Green] is too little."
— Rasheed Wallace 🤔
(via @UnderDogSheed)pic.twitter.com/ryTC8TGm1y
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) May 31, 2024
Wallace's rationale was that Warriors team “couldn't match up with us at any position,” Stephen Curry is “not a defender” and Draymond Green is “too little.”
Green has since fired back with a response of his own.
“Sheed we would’ve smacked yall,” Green posted Sunday morning. “Yall was scoring 72 points per game. That’s not winning a half. And we putting you and them big ass forces in every pick and roll. Let’s see you move them feet. That one ring was great though big bro. We all appreciated it!”
It is always difficult to control for different eras in these thought experiments. While the two teams aren't separated by that many years, the NBA changed a lot between 2004 and 2017.
Who do you think would win in a fictional seven-game series between those two teams?
