How and Why.

[SunsetBengal]

(08-20-2017, 09:42 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: It's simple.

They had no Plan B on Whitworth in free agency. They thought Whitworth was coming back. They were telling people at the combine that he was. Then he left...and Ced became Plan B.

Then, they knew Zeitler would leave. Good Guards got around $8.5 million. They weren't spending that.

So they scrambled and signed Andre Smith after they lost both.

I'm not so sure of that.  I really think that they were planning on Ogbuehi taking over for Whit, at the end of Whit's contract, no matter what.  However, after seeing how Ogbuehi floundered last season, they were likely hoping, if not counting on Whitworth to come back on a team friendly deal.  From how I see it, they gambled and lost.  Now, they are stuck in a position that in order to get someone better, it's going to cost them.  And we all know how they feel about making "costly" deals.