By LARRY LAGE
AP Sports Writer

DETROIT(AP) -- Charlie Villanueva posted a message on his Twitter
account, informing his followers he will sign with the Detroit
Pistons.

"It's a clear summer day in LA. I got my workout this morning,"
Villanueva tweeted Monday. "Now I'm off to Motor City: the
process continues... physicals, signing on Wed."

He and Ben Gordon agreed to five-year contracts with the
Pistons, a person with the knowledge of the negotiations told
The Associated Press last week, for at least $35 million and
$50-plus million, respectively.

"Well I'm a Piston," Villanueva posted under his "CV31" screen
name on July 2. "Long day yesterday, but got it done, God is
good.

"Deeeeeeetrooooooiiiiittttttt basketballllllllllllll."

The Pistons were allowed to begin negotiations with free agents
on July 1, but the league prohibits its teams from announcing
deals until the moratorium period ends Wednesday.

Villanueva played for the Milwaukee Bucks last season and Gordon
was with the Chicago Bulls.

Both helped Connecticut with the national title in 2004.

"Last time I teamed up with BG we won a championship in 2004,"
Villanueva tweeted last week.

Villanueva created a stir last season when he posted a message
during halftime of a game with the Bucks on Twitter and got a
stern lecture from Bucks coach Scott Skiles, who thought it gave
the impression that Villanueva wasn't focused.

Thanks to the publicity, the list of followers who subscribed to
Villanueva's Twitter feed quadrupled in just over 24 hours,
going from about 1,600 subscribers to nearly 7,000. On Monday
night, he had nearly 40,000 followers.