Jason Maxiell will remain a Piston
October 31, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Detroit Pistons, Michael Curry, NBA Basketball
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Jason Maxiell taking it to the rack
Coach Michael Curry and the Detroit Pistons have their first victory on the books and Curry played a lot of the young guys. This is the new look Pistons.
Joe Dumars, the masterful GM, is mixing up a new brew for Halloween and many of the future Piston pieces are involved.
You will see Rodney Stuckey, Amir Johnson, and Arron Afflalo playing lots of minutes. It is a massive youth movement after failing to move any of the veteran players in the off season.
The Pistons will be the same, only different.
But Jason Maxiell remained a crucial piece of the pie and they were not sure he would be around.
Jason Maxiell will be a restricted free agent
Maxiell has a game that belongs down on the paint, but he is a couple of inches short, much like Ben Wallace was as a Piston. So how do you resign a guy that other teams want, but will probably never be a starter except under almost perfect team conditions?
In other words, Jason has the long arms, aggressiveness, and perfect shot blocking ability that you want, but the lack of pure size makes him more of a situational player. He can star, but not consistently star.
You don’t want to lose him, but you can’t over pay him. That is the key.
Well, unlike Ben Wallace, they did not lose Jason Maxiell.
Pistons power forward Jason Maxiell accepted a contract offer today and will not become a restricted free agent following the season. The deal is for $20 million over four years.
The deadline for him to reach an agreement was today.
Maxiell, 25, was a first-round pick out of Cincinnati in 2005 and has averaged six points and 3.7 rebounds per game in his career.
Jason Maxiell will remain a Piston for 4 more years.
Photo source Newscom
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