Pistons to meet with Andre Iguodala later today

Pistons to meet with Andre Iguodala later today by Dan Feldman

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports:

Detroit Pistons general manager Joe Dumars met with Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith at 12:01 a.m. ET with a plan to make the free agent forward a substantial four-year offer, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Along with re-signing point guard Jose Calderon, Smith is the Pistons’ top priority on the market, league sources told Y! Sports. The Pistons planned to make a preemptive strike on Smith, understanding that he’s a secondary priority for several teams awaiting the resolution of the Dwight Howard derby, sources said.

Oh boy. Earlier, I explained why this could happen, and now it’s happening. Oh boy.

Smith is a huge talent upgrade, but he comes with all types of attitude and fit questions that we’ll continue to get into as the night progresses.

Update: Vincent Goodwill of The Detroit News:

Just asked a source if the #Pistons will offer Josh Smith the max, the answer: "Absolutely not."

There’s still a huge gap between a reasonable offer to Smith and a max contract, but I guess this an encouraging update.

Update 2: I wrote more about Smith at ProBasketballTalk.