Nov

3

Iverson Now A Piston

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under NBA Trades, SDC Breaking News 

Nothing like a major NBA trade to open up a Monday, is there?  Well folks, a big one went down today as Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the Denver Nuggets has traded guard Allen Iverson to the Detroit Pistons for guard Chauncey Billups, forward Antonio McDyess and center Cheick Samb; Samb was thrown into the deal to make the financials between the two teams equal out.

Iverson was traded to Denver in December 2006, but was not able to help the Nuggets get past the first round of the NBA playoffs during his two seasons there.  Billups had more successful path as he led the Pistons to the Eastern Conference finals during each of his previous 6 seasons with Detroit; interestingly enough, Billups played previously for the Nuggets in 58 games from 1998-2000.  McDyess also has a history with Denver as well as he has had 2 previous stints with the Nuggets, having began his career there in 1995.

The trade will afford the Pistons some salary cap flexibility as Iverson’s contract, worth $21.9 million, expires in July while Billups’ contract is worth $36.3 million over the next 3 seasons – and has an additional $14.2 million team option for 2011-12.  McDyess will earn $6.8 million each of the next 2 seasons.


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