The Detroit Pistons have Lorenzo Brown to a second 10-day contract. 

Brown, a 6-5, 189-pound guard holds NBA averages of 3.3 points, 2.3 assists, 1.7 rebounds and 13.2 minutes in 63 career games with the Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns. He was signed to two 10-day contracts with the Phoenix Suns this season and averaged 2.5 points, 1.4 assists, 0.9 rebounds and 7.6 minutes in eight games.

A second-round selection (52nd overall) by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2013 NBA Draft, Brown most recently played for the Detroit Pistons NBA Developmental League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Drive. In 25 contests with the Drive, he averaged 18.3 points, 5.9 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 2.1 steals.

One of the NBA's most monumental what-if's is what would have happened if the Detroit Pistons selected Carmelo Anthony instead of Darko Milicic.

The Pistons went on to win the 2004 NBA Finals despite getting nothing from Milicic and had a streak of seven straight Eastern Conference Finals.

Anthony would have given the Pistons a longer window of contention and he has been at his best playing beside strong point guards and veteran leaders. Anthony eventually became teammates with Chauncey Billups as members of the Denver Nuggets.

"That's why I was a little bit disappointed," Anthony said, "because I really wanted to go to Detroit. You had Chauncey, you had all those guys over there...Detroit, they had something going over there."

Anthony would have been perfect for the Pistons as a truly great individual scorer to complement their defense.

"It would have been at a whole other level," LeBron James said of their rivalry.

"I was told that Detroit was going to take me," Anthony said. "Once Cleveland made the pick, I was like, 'Oh, I'm going to Detroit.'"

"That ball-stopping mentality that Carmelo has? He wouldn't have had that if he was a Piston," Billups said. "We wouldn't let him play like that. He would have been a much better player than he is now—and he's a great player now.

"This guy would have been," Billups said, pausing to chuckle for a moment, "he would have been an absolute icon, because winning takes you there."

Jodie Meeks is expected to miss the rest of the regular season with an undisclosed shoulder injury.

Stan Van Gundy said Monday he doesn't expect Meeks back in game-ready shape before the end of the season.

"No, I don't," Van Gundy said. "Unfortunately."

Meeks has been inactive since suffering an undisclosed shoulder injury in practice last Tuesday.

He was on the pathway to playing again after suffering a broken right foot in the second game of the regular season.

Meeks signed a three-year, $19.5 million deal in July 2014 with the Detroit Pistons, but has played in just 62 of 152 games.

The Detroit Pistons plan on signing Lorenzo Brown to a 10-day contract.

Brown played eight games earlier this season with the Phoenix Suns.

In 25 games this season in the D-League with Grand Rapids, Brown has averaged 18.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2.1 steals in 33.3 minutes per game.

The National Basketball Players Association is considering filing a grievance with the NBA after the Detroit Pistons voided a trade with the Houston Rockets due to concerns about the back of Donatas Motiejunas.

Sources close to Motiejunas believe the voided trade could damage his status as a restricted free agent next offseason.

Motiejunas had back surgery in April.

"Medical clearance was not given on all players and the trade is being rescinded," Pistons general manager Jeff Bower said in a statement four days after the deal.

Motiejunas has since questioned the validity of the Pistons' decision, telling Basketnews.Lt in his native Lithuania that he was "screwed."

"The team doctor simply says whether you pass or don't, although they may not do any checks," Motiejunas told the website. "Those 48 hours actually just let the team decide whether they want you or not. The Pistons announced I did not pass the medical, although I surely did pass it and played even before it. I just got screwed. The injury was a pretense to call of the trade. They changed their minds."

The Detroit Pistons have Justin Harper to a second 10-day contract. 

In three games with the Pistons this season, Harper is averaging 3.3 points and 0.3 rebounds in 7.5 minutes per game.

Harper, 6-10, 225, averaged 14.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 34 games with the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League this season. He shot 48.5% from the field, 40.3% from beyond the arc and 88.5% from the free-throw line.

Stan Van Gundy admires the way the San Antonio Spurs have built out their roster with players taking less than their open market value.

David West took an eight-figure pay cut to leave the Indiana Pacers and join the Spurs, while Tim Duncan is making just $5.25 million while Manu Ginobili is earning $2.8 million this season.

"There's no question when you don't have to pay guys market value it's pretty easy to build depth," Van Gundy said. "The salary cap is hard on most of us trying to build depth.

"But with them, when they've got (Tim) Duncan playing below market value, (Tony) Parker playing below market value, (Manu) Ginobili playing below market value, West playing below market value, when those guys all give up money, well then it's easy to add other people and allow you to go out and do what you need to do to build depth. They've done a great job of that."

Van Gundy is in his second season with the Detroit Pistons as head coach and chief decision maker.

"They've got a lot of guys willing to play for below their market value. So it's a little different situation than most of us have," Van Gundy said.