The Detroit Pistons Richard Hamilton talks at the team's media day.

The Detroit Pistons Tracy McGrady talks at the team's media day.

Detroit Pistons coach John Kuester talks at the team's media day.

The Detroit Pistons Charlie Villanueva talks at the team's media day.

Detroit Pistons Ben Gordon talks at the team's media day.

The Detroit Pistons Jonas Jerebko talks at the team's media day.

The Pistons Tayshaun Prince talks at the team's media day.

The Pistons add guard Vernon Hamilton to their training camp roster Monday. Hamilton has played overseas and in the NBA Development League the last three seasons. Hamilton was an All-ACC Defensive selection at Clemson and is the school's all-time and single-season leader in steals.

The NBA’s plan to crack down on “overt” gestures or whining was a topic of discussion at Pistons media day. Richard Hamilton is worried he might rack up some technicals.

“I do a lot of that,” Hamilton said with a smile.

“One of my good friends told me that the other night. He’s like, ‘Hey man, they’re going to start to call whining technicals.’ And I was like, ‘That puts me at 15 before midseason.’ Just got to do a better job.”



What constitutes a technical under the new crack down is unclear, there are some guidelines that were sent out, but the final decision will be up to the referee.

“It’s going to be tough, it’s going to be hard,” Hamilton said. “That’s really tough to call. Every play down court guys are whining. I don’t know how they are going to figure out what is whining and what is not.

“Any player that plays with emotion, it’s going to be tough. Somebody like Tayshaun, he’ll be cool. You never know what he’s thinking, but somebody like me, I might get a gang of them”

What will Hamilton do to try and avoid the technicals?

“I don’t know, put some tape over your mouth or something,” Hamilton said. “Whining can be emotions. You don’t even have to say something to whine. It’s going to be very tricky.”

Should be interesting to see how this plays out over the season.

The Detroit Pistons will start training camp with 16 players after signing big man Ike Diogu Monday.

The 6-foot-9, 250-pound Diogu’s contract is not guaranteed. Diogu was the ninth overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft and has averaged 6.1 points and 3.1 rebounds in 187 career games with Golden State, Indiana, Portland and Sacramento.

Diogu missed all of last season with a knee injury.