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Report: Pistons turned down Davis-for-Maxiell trade
POSTED BY JAMES JAHNKE • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • July 21, 2009
Not sure that this is valid, but it seems feasible.
Yahoo! Sports reports that Boston offered the Detroit Pistons power forward Glen (Big Baby) Davis and guards J.R. Giddens and Gabe Pruitt for forward Jason Maxiell and a first-round pick. The Pistons supposedly turned down the trade "quickly."
The report also states that the Pistons, Trail Blazers and Hornets have tried to work a sign-and-trade deal for Davis.
It's no secret that the Pistons were interested in Big Baby to fill out their frontcourt, but that window seems to have closed with Detroit's signing of Chris Wilcox.
For what it's worth, even though this deal is past its prime, here are the 2008-09 scoring averages of the players involved: Davis (7.0), Pruitt (2.0), Giddens (0.7) and Maxiell (5.8).
From Yahoo Sports:
Nets express interest in Davis
By Marc J. Spears
Jul 21, 12:00 am EDT
The New Jersey Nets are among the teams who have expressed interest in Boston Celtics restricted free-agent forward Glen Davis(notes), a league source said Monday.
The Nets still have their $5.8 million mid-level exception to spend as they search through their options from a pool of free-agent power forwards that also includes Lamar Odom(notes) and Drew Gooden(notes). The Nets also are interested in Carlos Boozer(notes), whom the Utah Jazz are trying to trade.
The Celtics have said they would match any reasonable offer for Davis. The Detroit Pistons, New Orleans Hornets and Portland Trail Blazers, league sources said, tried to work a sign-and-trade deal for Davis only to be rebuffed by the Celtics. Boston did offer Davis and guards J.R. Giddens(notes) and Gabe Pruitt(notes) to the Pistons for forward Jason Maxiell(notes) and a first-round pick, but was quickly turned down.
