Two years ago, Antonio McDyess said he'd retire before reporting elsewhere when his agent tested the water to see how McDyess would react to a potential trade sitting on Joe Dumars' desk. Last year, he told me the same thing - that he wanted to win a championship here, or go down trying.
The Pistons had plenty of reasons to sweat these last three weeks since McDyess was included in the Allen Iverson-Chauncey Billups trade to make it work under salary-cap parameters, but in the end McDyess - according to Andy Miller, his agent, in an ESPN.com report - will re-sign with the Pistons next week.
That should brighten the mood after Sunday's deflating 106-80 home loss to the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves.
Here's what Miller told ESPN.com: "It was a very difficult decision for him. He was weighing good offers financially, along with other variables he thought were important. But going into the year he had a team goal set, and to not finish up with it, he didn't want to do that. He wants to finish the year, finish what he started in Detroit, then re-evaluate after the season is over."
Check back later today for reaction to the news that McDyess will be joining the Pistons again.
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Award-winning journalist Keith Langlois, most recently lead sports columnist at The Oakland Press, joined Pistons.com as the web site editor on October 2, 2006. Langlois, who brings over 27 years of professional sports journalism experience to Palace Sports & Entertainment, serves as Pistons.com's official beat writer and covers the team on a daily basis.