The rumors were barely a day old. The Denver Nuggets traded Allen Iverson to the Detroit Pistons for Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess, and Cheik Samb.
Samb is a throw in and it is rumored that McDyess is unhappy and might be bought out. Denver is saying they definitely want McDyess to come and play for them.
On Celtic message boards, visions of McDyess are dancing in Celtic fans' heads already. He played for Ainge in Phoenix in 1997-98, and Danny has tried to acquire him for Boston before. He would be a perfect fit in Boston, if a rumored Denver buy out occurred.
At first glance, the Pistons traded away Mr. Big Shot for Stephon Marbury Lite.
But wait. The ramifications are deeper than the immediate transfer of existing talent.
There is the immediate impact...and there is the future.
Detroit comes out $17 mil to the good in reduced contract commitments as Allen Iverson has one year left at $21,937,500. They traded away $25,250,000(4th year team option not included) in guaranteed money to Billups and $13,826,100
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