A Big Deal: A late-summer stunner swapped out Stackhouse for Hamilton
https://www.nba.com/pistons/features/big-deal-late-summer-stunner-swapped-out-stackhouse-hamilton Keith Langlois●@keith_langlois Web Editor July 7, 20209:33 AM EDT (EDITOR’S NOTE: Pistons.com continues its periodic look at some of the most significant personnel moves – trades, free-agent signings, draft picks – in Pistons history. Next up: The September 2002 trade, on the eve of training camp, that sent leading scorer Jerry Stackhouse to Washington for Rip Hamilton.) No matter when news had come that the Pistons traded their leading scorer, it would have been a “whoa” moment. But the timing of the Jerry Stackhouse-for-Rip Hamilton trade – a few weeks before the start of training camp, Sept. 11, 2002 – made it especially stunning across the NBA. September, after all, is typically the slowest month on the NBA calendar . If there’s anything done, it’s adding a veteran free agent to a minimum deal or inviting the last few NBA hopeful to training camp on non-guaranteed contracts . Tra...