Pistons guard Alex Acker has agreed to a one-year contract to play in Greece next season. He will replace another former NBA player, Tyus Edney, on the Olympiakos team.

Acker, who saw action in five games for the Pistons last season and spent half the season with the team's developmental league affiliate, will be paid one million Euros (about $1.27 million U.S.). He would have made $664,000 with the Pistons and again spent the bulk of the season in the developmental league.

According to the Detroit News, the Pistons still retain rights to Acker and could bring him back for the 2007-08 season.

Chauncey Billups cut his first USA Basketball experience short because he has committed to spend most of his offseason with his newborn daughter in Denver.

As a result, the Detroit Pistons guard will not play in the world championship next month in Japan. However, Billups will remain on the national team and hopes to make the Olympic team for the 2008 Beijing Games.

"It's a great honor to wear those three letters (USA) on my chest every day, because it's something so huge," Billups said.

The Bulls ultimately won out, but Charley Walters reports that the Wolves attempted to execute a sign-and-trade deal for Ben Wallace.

No word on which pieces Minnesota were prepared to pass to the Pistons for the Defensive Player of the Year.

The Pistons reportedly are not putting much stock in an interview that Carlos Delfino had with La Nacion.  Delfino told the Spanish-language media outlet that he would like out of Detroit but that the club is refusing to trade him away.

"In our face-to-face meetings, he has given us every indication that he wants to play in Detroit, that he doesn't want to be traded, and that he wants to be the best NBA player he can be," John Hammond, Detroit's vice president of basketball operations, said on Monday. "We fully expect him to come in and be a player that will contribute this season."

The Pistons signed second-round draft pick Will Blalock to a multiyear contract on Monday.

"We are pleased," said Joe Dumars, the Pistons' president of basketball operations. "Will had a good showing at the Vegas summer league and we are excited about his potential and ability to give us depth at the point guard position."

The Pistons selected Blalock out of Iowa State with the 60th and final pick of last month's NBA draft.

Carlos Delfino told LaNacion.com in an exclusive interview that he wants out of Detroit.

"I want to leave Detroit, but they don't let me go," said Delfino.

"I had a pretty good offer from Washington and others from the Lakers and the Nuggets, but Detroit will only let me go to play in Europe. The FC Barcelona interest is true, but I would rather play in Italy", said Delfino.

The Ronald Dupree signing by the Pistons on Monday has fueled talk that the club could be in on a sign-and-trade deal for Al Harrington.

Dupree may give the Pistons another athletic player off the bench in case they deal Carlos Delfino.

Ronald Dupree was traded to Minnesota by the Pistons shortly before the 2005-2006 season, but on Monday he is back in Detroit after signing a two-year deal with the club.

The 6-foot-7 forward scored 6.2 points in 19 minutes per game as a rookie with Chicago in the 2003-04 season after nearly making Detroit's team as an undrafted free agent.

The Detroit Pistons have come to terms with free agent scorer Ronald 'Flip' Murray, according to ESPN, with the Pistons landing the explosive scorer at a bargain price.

The Pistons originally offered the majority of their mid-level exception to Murray, but Murray hesitated to take it, hoping to get a more lucrative deal elsewhere.  He later accepted a two-year, $3.6 million deal, a league source told ESPN.com.

The Chicago Bulls announced this afternoon the team has signed free agent forward Ben Wallace to a contract. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.

"We are thrilled that Ben is now officially a Bull.  His track record speaks for itself and he brings us a tremendous presence on the basketball floor,? said Bulls Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations John Paxson.  ?We believe that Ben fits with our young players and that he will have a tremendous impact on and off the court, providing toughness and leadership.?  

The 6-9, 240-pound Wallace started all 82 games last year for Detroit, as well as all 18 playoff games.  On the year, he averaged 7.3 ppg, 11.3 rpg (4th in the NBA), 3.7 orpg (1st), 2.21 bpg (9th), a career-best 1.78 spg (10th) and 1.9 apg in 35.2 mpg.  He led the Pistons in rebounds in 59 games (50-9), recorded more blocked shots than the opposing team in 22 games (19-3) and posted 17 double-doubles (16-1).  In recognition of his play, he was named an NBA All-Star for the fourth consecutive year and he earned the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award for the second year in a row and fourth time in five seasons (2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006).

?He continues to be one of the best defenders and rebounders in the game today, and his work ethic fits that of our coach, Scott Skiles,? added Paxson.  ?He knows what it takes to win and we're confident that he will come in and make an immediate impact on the Bulls organization.  We feel very fortunate to be able to add Ben Wallace today."

A First Team member of the NBA All-Defensive Team fives years running, Wallace has earned All-NBA Second Team honors in 2003, 2004 and 2006 and All-NBA Third Team honors in 2002 and 2005.  In his 10 years in the NBA, he has appeared in 698 regular season games (583 starts), and yielded career averages of 6.6 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 3.3 orpg, 2.29 bpg (17th in the NBA all-time), 1.34 spg and 1.3 apg in 31.1 mpg.

Wallace, 31, helped lead his team to the postseason each of the last five years, and reached the Eastern Conference Finals the last four years, including back-to-back trips to the NBA Finals in 2004 and 2005, culminated with Detroit winning the NBA Championship in 2004.  In that time, he has played in 93 playoff games, all starts, and averaged 8.5 ppg, 13.3 rpg, 4.1 orpg, 2.31 bpg, 1.85 spg and 1.5 apg in 39.5 mpg.

He went undrafted following his senior season at Virginia Union in 1996, before signing with the Washington Bullets on Oct. 2, 1996.  Following three seasons in Washington, on Aug. 11, 1999, Wallace was traded with forward/center Terry Davis, guard Tim Legler and guard Jeff McInnis to Orlando in exchange for center Isaac Austin.  He spent one year with the Magic, before he and guard Chucky Atkins were sent to Detroit on Aug. 3, 2000, for forward Grant Hill.