Welcome everyone. Holding this presser as I'm on the road so this will be far less fancy than the rest of the pressers.
We would like to welcome back Yao Ming, Chris Wilcox, and Drew Gooden who elected to sign back in the first wave of free agency. We are very glad to see most of our offense from last year return. Yao and Chris have signed with us long term for six and four years respectively. Drew will be with us for this season and be more of a role player this season.
In the draft, we added Renaldo Balkman and David Noel. Both players had great camps and will be able to fill in as needed at the 2, 3, and 4. Neither will make appearances on the Depth Chart unless needed.
New members of the team added in free agency were center Tony Battie and shooting guards, Derek Anderson, Jonah Duer, and Ryan Bowen. Tony and Derek have the biggest opportunity to contribute right away. Tony is an A- defender and may get the nod to backup Yao in the beginning of the year over Drew Gooden. This'll be up to the gameplan we execute per sim. Derek Anderson fills a need at backup 2 but Jonah Duer and Ryan Bowen will be more likely to get the depth chart spot when defense is key.
We were sad to see Jason Richardson go but he will be joining our old backup Jarrett Jack in the Nets starting lineup. We wish both the best of luck in an opportunity that we just weren't able to offer them.
Below are our Training Camp Results and Projected Depth Chart. I'll open the floor to you guys now for any questions you may have about the 2006 Detroit Pistons.
Training Camp Results:
(Green increased, Red decreased):
Starters:
Yao Ming - DF decreased from B+ to B, POT decreased from B to C
Ersan Ilyasova - OUT increased from B- to B, POT increased from B to A
Gerald Wallace - IN decreased from B+ to B
Kevin Martin - Same
Steve Nash - POT increased from D to C
Bench:
Tony Battie - POT increased from D to C
Chris Wilcox - POT increased from D to C
Drew Gooden - HN increased from D+ to C-
Renaldo Balkman - OUT increased D+ to C-
Travis Outlaw - DF increased B+ to A-, POT increased C to B
David Noel - OUT increased C to C+, DF increased C+ to B-
Derek Anderson - OUT increased B to B+, HN increased B to B+
Jonah Duer - DF increased B to B+
Ryan Bowen - OUT decreased C to C-
Jose Calderon - OUT increased C to C+, HN decreased B- to C+, DF increased B- to B, REB increased D+ to C-
Projected Depth Chart:
C: Yao - Battie - Yao
PF: Ilyasova - Wilcox - Gooden
SF: Wallace - Outlaw - Ilyasova
SG: Martin - Anderson - Martin
PG: Nash - Calderon - Nash
Scoring Options
1. Martin
2. Yao
3. Ilyasova