Nice job on the Podcast Low. Here is some feedback for ya!

I'm sorry but I think the days you are hankering for are over. The NBA changed the rules so we couldn't hold teams to 70 points anymore.
You have to adjust for inflation if you will.
Despite the fact we only hold teams to 90.1 points per game now, that was still good enough for BEST in the league. Imagine living life as the Warriors or Nuggets who give up 107-108 PPG. Imagine our team trying to come up with that many points every night just to have a chance at winning.

I don't think you're alone in the fact you aren't a big believer in Flip. haha.

I do agree with the points in the paint thing. I've seen it a bit this season where the Pistons have been getting a favourable whistle at times, and the fact these guys are playoff veterans I expect they will get the whistle more often than other teams if they went to the basket, especially when playing against teams with little playoff experience. ie. Sixers, Magic, etc.
When it comes to playing team like Celtics, Spurs, etc, these favourable calls will probably go away but they just have to stick with it.

I wouldn't take too much stock in Krista's articles. She is is just there for the feel good stories, or the useless stats stories. She is not a real reporter.

I also think it's too easy to say we only lost in playoffs past because we shot too many jumpers. It was definitely a contributing factor, maybe the biggest one, but it wasn't the only one. There are a lot of jump-shooting teams out there, not just us. And I think this all comes back to the 'Pistons not having a superstar' thing. If you were to describe which teams score points in the paint you would probably describe teams like the Spurs, Suns, Cavs, Lakers, Celtics, Magic...
And what do they all have in common? Superstars. Superstars who are excellent at scoring in the paint, who get superstar calls, all that stuff...
We don't have one guy who will do that for you. And that's where we will always be fighting uphill when it comes to that area. Most Pistons fans will say we do have superstars, but in 90% of NBA fans, the officials, the league and Stern's eyes, we don't. Nobody wants us to win. We're boring. We aren't sexy, we aren't billboard material. At least the Spurs who are also boring have 1 superstar in Tim Duncan.

Anyway, good work, I'll be checking out the new ones when they come out. Peace.

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