The Pistons are well set at guard heading into the 2010-11 season so look for them to target more big guys in tomorrow’s night’s NBA Draft. The Pistons hold the #7 and the #36 overall picks in the draft. The Pistons hope the DeMarcus Cousins falls to them in the first round and it could happen. But more than likely the Pistons will be deciding between C Cole Adrich and PF Ed Davis. I would think that the Pistons would take Aldrich over Davis because he is a legit center which is a big need of the Pistons. Whoever the Pistons get in the first round they hope he’s ready to play big minutes in 2010-11.

32-year old SG Richard Hamilton proved last season that he still has something left as he pushed Ben Gordon to the bench when he returned from injury. Hamilton played in 46 games (all starts) for the Pistons last season and he averaged 33.7 minutes, 18.1 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. He has now played 8 years with the Pistons appearing in 576 games (560 starts) in which he has averaged 35.0 minutes, 18.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. Hamilton is now #10 all-time in Pistons’ history in games played (576), #8 in assists (2,248) and #6 in points scored (10,805). The Pistons will be tempted to trade Hamilton this summer but they should resist unless they get a really good return for him.

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.

It will be interesting to see what the Pistons do with their four free agents this summer. Will Bynum is a restricted free agent and he might get a nice offer on the open market. It will be interesting to see if the Pistons ante up for Bynum or let him walk away. Personally I think they should keep him if the price is reasonable. Backup forward Chris Wilcox has a player option for 2010-11 and I tend to think he will pick it up because there are a lot of power forwards better than him in the free agent market. Ben Wallace will likely want to come back if the Pistons will have him and he appears to have something left in the gas tank based on how he played last year. The Pistons should just say no to Kwame Brown even if he offers to play for the league minimum.

It looked like 35-year old center Ben Wallace enjoyed his return to the Pistons last season which makes me think that he wouldn’t mind coming back for 2010-11 if they want him still. 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 which he is averaging 30.7 minutes, 6.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.1 blocked shots per game. It will be interesting to see if the Pistons want Wallace back next season as they might think about going into a major rebuilding project in which he wouldn’t fit.