The Pistons have signed 27-year old power forward Ike Diogu. Diogu did not play last year. He last played in 2008-09 with the Blazers & Kings. Diogu has now played in 187 games (18 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 12.4 minutes, 6.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. Diogu has shot 50.1% from the floor in his NBA career so he is a very talented guy but the Pistons have a lot of depth at power forward so it’s going to be hard for him to make the team.

UPDATE: (10/20/2010) - The Pistons have released Diogu.

The Pistons have signed 31-year old SG Tracy McGrady to a 1-year, $1.3 million dollar deal. T-Mac played in 30 games (24 starts) for the Rockets & Knicks last season in which he averaged 22.4 minutes, 8.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Tracy McGrady has now played in 814 games (664 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 34.6 minutes, 21.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game. I’m not too sure how McGrady will fit in with the Pistons who have Richard Hamilton and Ben Gordon ahead of him at shooting guard.

The Pistons have re-signed 27-year old SG/PG Will Bynum to a 3-year, $9.75 million dollar deal. Bynum played in 63 games (20 starts) for the Pistons last season and he averaged 26.5 minutes, 10.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. He has now played in 135 games (21 starts) in his three years in the NBA and he has averaged 19.5 minutes, 8.1 points, 1.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. Bynum is instant offense off the bench for the Pistons and it was smart of the Pistons to re-sign him.

The Pistons have re-signed 25-year old PF/C Ben Wallace to a new 2-year deal. Wallace played in 69 games (67 starts) for the Pistons last season and he averaged 28.6 minutes, 5.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.2 blocked shots per game. He has now played in 972 games (852 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 30.7 minutes, 6.2 points, 10.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.1 blocked shots per game. Wallace is #34 all-time in the NBA in rebounds (9,863), #59 in steals (1,268) and #16 in blocked shots (2,032) and he will likely move up quite a bit as long as he stays healthy. This was a good move for the Pistons as Big Ben proved last season that he still has something left.

The Pistons are hoarding young talent as Rodney Stuckey, Jonas Jerebko, Austin Daye, Greg Monroe and Terrico White form a good start to the future. The future could be at hand if the Pistons trade Tayshaun Prince and Richard Hamilton this summer. I don’t see the Pistons being players in free agency but they would likely want to re-sign restricted free agent Will Bynum who really played well for them last season. The Pistons are getting close to transitioning into a rebuilding mode but it can’t really start until Prince and Hamilton are playing for new teams.