The FBI is investigating whether Pistons' guard Lindsay Hunter and business associates tricked a local boiler operator into buying a $1.25-million house that he couldn?t afford, according to Detroit Free Press.

Attorney Michael J. Smith said that his client Bruce McClellan of Waterford Township recently told the FBI that Hunter and Iron Johnson, Hunter?s business partner, promised to pay him $300,000 last year to buy the million-dollar house.

The deal called for McClellan to hold the house for one or two months until it could be purchased by someone else.

Hunter could not be reached for comment, but his lawyer said, "Lindsey Hunter hasn?t done anything wrong. He was misled by other people who were conducting transactions in the corporation. ... We?re still trying to figure out who did what."

Detroit executive Joe Dumars isn't disappointed by the fact that he hasn't been able to swing a sizable move this offseason despite his insistence in June that he planned to shake up the roster, according NBA.com.

"I?m not disappointed, and I?m not frustrated. I?m never disappointed or frustrated when there?s nothing on the table to pull the trigger on a good deal," Dumars told Pistons.com. "When there?s no good deal to be made, you can?t get frustrated and disappointed and force yourself to do something that?s not smart."

"I?ll reiterate what I said early on after the season was over. That we would be open to doing any deal, but I?m not going to give players away and make a bad deal. I understand the way the world works now," Dumars added. "I understand the way the media and fans hear and decipher what they want to. So when people ask me what about the big trade, my response is always the same: What big trade is that? What I said was I would go out and try to make a deal if there was one to be made but don?t look for me to give anybody away."

The Detroit Pistons re-signed forward Walter Herrmann on Monday.

"He is a player with tremendous work ethic and showed last year that he is a player that can contribute," Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars said in a statement.

Detroit President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced Wednesday that the team has signed second round draft choice Walter Sharpe.

"We are pleased to add Walter Sharpe to our roster," said Dumars. "Walter is a young athletic small forward with good size and intriguing skills. We look forward to seeing him grow and mature as a player in our system."

Sharpe was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the No. 32 pick in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft.

Pistons' guard Lindsay Hunter has yet to decide whether or not he will retire from the NBA, according The Detroit News.

Hunter is a free agent, and the Pistons currently have thirteen players under contract.

Newly signed Pistons' center Kwame Brown believes that he is one of the most under-rated defenders in the NBA today, according to MLive.com.

"I think I'm one of the most under-rated defenders in the league," he said while speaking to the press as a member of the Pistons for the first time on Tuesday.

"I've been through it all," he said about being traded numerous times during his short career. "This is the life of a professional athlete."

Pistons' Coach Michael Curry believes that the emergence of guard Rodney Stuckey could eliminate the need for the team to make a major move, according to The Detroit Free Press.

"You know, we see Rodney as a starter -- he's a sixth starter," Curry said Monday.

Curry is reportedly counting on the continued improvement of Stuckey, Arron Afflalo, Jason Maxiell, and Amir Johnson.

"We have a young group, and if we continue to develop them and add their playing time to our starters, I see us having a chance to be really good right now and on down the road, even if we keep the nucleus the way it is right now," Curry added.

Detroit Pistons' President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that the team exercised its team option on the contracts of guards Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo. Both contracts are now extended through the 2009-10 NBA season.

?We are pleased to have both Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo signed through the 2009-10 season,? said Dumars. ?Both players will continue to grow and mature within our system and we look forward to the contributions they will bring this season and beyond.?

Wizards' guard Gilbert Arenas wrote in his most recent blog that he believes former number one overall pick Kwame Brown will enjoy success in Detroit, according to NBA.com.

"I like that deal for Detroit and for Kwame. He?s in a quieter city now, he?s 26-years old, he?s on a veteran team, he?s growing up," Arenas wrote of the agreement.

Brown will make $4 million with the Pistons this season, with an option to earn the same the following season.

"In the past he had the spot light on him because he was a No. 1 pick and he was in these big markets, but now he can just go out and play hard and blend in. This is going to be his year," Arenas added.

Free agent center Kwame Brown, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft, officially signed his contract with the Pistons.

The team announced the signing on Monday. The agreement was first reported last week.