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.

27-year old power forward Chris Wilcox has exercised his player option for the 2010-11 season. He played in 34 games (10 starts) for the Pistons last year and he averaged 13.0 minutes, 4.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. Wilcox has now played in 482 games (221 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 21.1 minutes, 9.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. The Pistons probably would have liked Wilcox to leave as a free agent but at the same time he’ll likely get more P.T. than he got last season.

The Pistons have released veteran Maceo Baston. This comes to no surprise as the Pistons are pretty loaded at both forward slots for this season. Baston should be able to hook on with another team but the Pistons won’t miss him one bit.

35-year old PG/SG Chucky Atkins is coming to training camp with the Pistons. He could make the team as he can handle either guard spot. Atkins played in 32 games (0 starts) with the Thunder and Nuggets last season in which he averaged 12.9 minutes, 3.1 points, 0.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. He has now played in 655 games (314 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 25.4 minutes, 10.2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. Atkins has always been a decent player off the bench so he might be able to help the Pistons in limited minutes if he makes the team.