General Manager Joe Dumars said Wednesday night the team had reached a "verbal agreement" and the buyout will happen in the future. 33-year-old Hamilton spent the last nine seasons with the Pistons, leading them to the 2004 NBA title.
"We had a verbal agreement," said Dumars. "When the official, so I can get more details about why buyout instead of amnesty."
League's new amnesty clause allows the team to drop a player without pay shall count against the salary cap and luxury tax, but it seems that the Pistons will use it during cutting, Hamilton.
Hamilton was about to fall into last season with coach John Kuesten and sits on the bench most of the seven-week stretch. Both factors seem to be better at the end of the season, but Hamilton, on average only 14.1 points in 2010-11.
"It's hard to look like a boy to go," said center Ben Wallace, another member in 2004. Pistons. "I have won many battles with him, had a lot of fun with him. ... You hate to see him not being here, but I'm pretty sure the UP, he would return, he will land on his feet . "
Later Friday evening, a message popped up in Hamilton Twitter account: "Thank U to all my fans of Detroit. Love is all U. U is always a special place in my heart: Yessssssirrrrr"
Kuesten was dismissed after last season and replaced by Lawrence Frank, while the Pistons have a new owner: Tom Gores has acquired the team late last season.
Detroit now has to figure out how to reshape the roster and cut ties with Hamilton is an important step. Hamilton was one of several players who missed a shoot-around before a game in Philadelphia last season in one of the defining moments of the season. The coaching staff used only six players in a loss that night, but with those who were full shoot-around.
Now Hamilton will have a fresh start, and the Pistons will not have to keep him in the last two seasons of his contract. Tracy McGrady has also signed with the Atlanta Hawks.
Detroit is not moving all links to the past, though. The pistons again signed Tayshaun Prince.
"We feel he is the kind of guy who will take the lead in the right circumstances," said Dumars. "You can not just get rid of all ... You always have the right to have a veteran."
Prince was still a solid player for Detroit last season, starting 78 games.
"It was a commitment, and Tayshaun organization is that despite some problems that have arisen over the last two years that he still wanted a stamp," says Frank. "We felt that Tayshaun is still very high-level performer in the small forward position, and plus, it can now take a more global level, and some of our boys."
Detroit also signed the bill must be signed before Jonas Jerebko from Brandon Knight and Vernon Macklin and signed Jake Voskuhl, Kareem Rush Walker Russell Jr., and Brian Hamilton is a list of training camp.
It is less clear whether it will come back with Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey. The restricted free agent.
"He made his first speeches," said Dumars, who noted that Stuckey agent resume negotiations late Friday night.
Wallace returned after contemplating retirement late last season.
"I do not want to leave the game very late, I do not want to be too long," said 37-year-old Wallace said. "If it works out, it works: If not, I can live knowing that I gave it my best effort."
"We had a verbal agreement," said Dumars. "When the official, so I can get more details about why buyout instead of amnesty."
League's new amnesty clause allows the team to drop a player without pay shall count against the salary cap and luxury tax, but it seems that the Pistons will use it during cutting, Hamilton.
Hamilton was about to fall into last season with coach John Kuesten and sits on the bench most of the seven-week stretch. Both factors seem to be better at the end of the season, but Hamilton, on average only 14.1 points in 2010-11.
"It's hard to look like a boy to go," said center Ben Wallace, another member in 2004. Pistons. "I have won many battles with him, had a lot of fun with him. ... You hate to see him not being here, but I'm pretty sure the UP, he would return, he will land on his feet . "
Later Friday evening, a message popped up in Hamilton Twitter account: "Thank U to all my fans of Detroit. Love is all U. U is always a special place in my heart: Yessssssirrrrr"
Kuesten was dismissed after last season and replaced by Lawrence Frank, while the Pistons have a new owner: Tom Gores has acquired the team late last season.
Detroit now has to figure out how to reshape the roster and cut ties with Hamilton is an important step. Hamilton was one of several players who missed a shoot-around before a game in Philadelphia last season in one of the defining moments of the season. The coaching staff used only six players in a loss that night, but with those who were full shoot-around.
Now Hamilton will have a fresh start, and the Pistons will not have to keep him in the last two seasons of his contract. Tracy McGrady has also signed with the Atlanta Hawks.
Detroit is not moving all links to the past, though. The pistons again signed Tayshaun Prince.
"We feel he is the kind of guy who will take the lead in the right circumstances," said Dumars. "You can not just get rid of all ... You always have the right to have a veteran."
Prince was still a solid player for Detroit last season, starting 78 games.
"It was a commitment, and Tayshaun organization is that despite some problems that have arisen over the last two years that he still wanted a stamp," says Frank. "We felt that Tayshaun is still very high-level performer in the small forward position, and plus, it can now take a more global level, and some of our boys."
Detroit also signed the bill must be signed before Jonas Jerebko from Brandon Knight and Vernon Macklin and signed Jake Voskuhl, Kareem Rush Walker Russell Jr., and Brian Hamilton is a list of training camp.
It is less clear whether it will come back with Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey. The restricted free agent.
"He made his first speeches," said Dumars, who noted that Stuckey agent resume negotiations late Friday night.
Wallace returned after contemplating retirement late last season.
"I do not want to leave the game very late, I do not want to be too long," said 37-year-old Wallace said. "If it works out, it works: If not, I can live knowing that I gave it my best effort."
