SB Nation Detroit - Pistons Reportedly Not Interested In Richard Hamilton To Cavs Dealhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48919/detroit-fave.png2011-05-28T20:29:59-04:00http://detroit.sbnation.com/rss/stream/19590802011-05-28T20:29:59-04:002011-05-28T20:29:59-04:00Pistons Not Interested In Richard Hamilton Trade To Cavs
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<p>Multiple people shot down Chris Broussard's report about the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.detroitbadboys.com/">Detroit Pistons</a> being in talks with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fearthesword.com/">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.canishoopus.com/">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> about a three-team trade that would send <span>Richard Hamilton</span> to Cleveland. A few hours later, Broussard himself <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Chris_Broussard/status/74593527266414592">said the Pistons aren't interested</a> in making the deal as it's currently proposed.</p>
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<p>Detroit won't do 3-team deal as proposed. Would need to get players back in return for Rip and 8th pick...stay tuned</p>
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<p>David Aldridge <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/daldridgetnt/status/74596649393065984">said on Twitter</a> that there is "absolutely no chance" of this "supposed" deal happening. As Aldridge pondered, why would the Pistons give up a first-round pick to get rid of Hamilton? It doesn't make a ton of sense from their perspective, as they would be giving up an awful lot just to move Hamilton.</p>
<p>The Detroit Free Press' Vincent Ellis, who was one of the first people to deny the Pistons were in talks, <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20110528/SPORTS03/110528023/1051/rss16">wrote an article</a> about why the move "makes no sense" for the Pistons. While they would get some freed up cap room, it's not a good deal at all for the Pistons, which explains why they aren't apparently as interested as Broussard initially thought.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/detroit-pistons/2011/5/28/2195455/richard-hamilton-trade-cavs-pistonsSean Yuille2011-05-28T15:09:18-04:002011-05-28T15:09:18-04:00Pistons Trade Rumors: Richard Hamilton To The Cavaliers?
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<p>ESPN's Chris Broussard <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Chris_Broussard/status/74534555146657792">reported on Twitter</a> that the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.detroitbadboys.com/">Detroit Pistons</a>, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fearthesword.com/">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.canishoopus.com/">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> are discussing a three-team trade. If completed, the trade would <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Chris_Broussard/status/74535106957688832">give Cleveland the top two picks</a> in the 2011 NBA Draft and Detroit's <span>Richard Hamilton</span>. Here is how:</p>
<p>-Detroit trades Hamilton and the eighth overall pick to Cleveland</p>
<p>-Cleveland sends the fourth and eighth overall picks to Minnesota</p>
<p>-Minnesota sends the second overall pick to Cleveland</p>
<p>The Cavaliers would get a $14.6 million trade exception for taking on Hamilton from the Pistons, who would move him to free up cap space if this deal plays out.</p>
<p>The reason this trade is filed as a rumor is because both Vincent Goodwill of The Detroit News and Vincent Ellis of the Detroit Free Press posted tweets contradicting Broussard's report. Goodwill says the Pistons <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/vgoodwill/status/74537421659832320">wouldn't trade Hamilton</a> since he's "almost becoming an expiring contract with the lockout coming," and they especially wouldn't give up a high pick in the process. <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/vgoodwill/status/74538854203396096">Goodwill concedes</a> that the Pistons could revisit this trade "in some form," but <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Vee_Ellis4Freep/status/74538254036238336">Ellis flat out said</a> the Pistons aren't in discussions with Cleveland and Minnesota.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/2011/5/28/2335837/pistons-trade-rumors-richard-hamilton-to-the-cavaliersSean Yuille