Blalock knocked down 9-14 in his last game. And in the preseason, before Flip iced him for a good long, long time on the bench, there was no problem with Blalock's shot. Nine for 14. Seems open minded posters here could change their opinions. Me, first I watched Murray fall out of the rotation after never giving any effort on defense, save against Minny when he thought he might get traded there. Then I saw him get another chance and do well the first four games. Then I saw a big dropoff in effort, continuing to this game today. Some of this was going thru the flu, but I belive most of it is just Flip Murray being Flip Murray, whenever he can get away with it. And the Flip Murray he wants to be, I don't like. PS, open minded or not, I watch every game a 2nd time to check my observations. This one, I have already watched twice. Murray does not belong playing point for us.

As for this going to a different thread, I strongly disagree. In this game, we saw no bench in the 2nd half, and a non-functional one in the first half. I say its Flip's choice in who he uses as backup point. Lessons learned from a game certainly belong in that games thread.

It's nice to see two of my old compadres debating in such a civil manner.

Just goes to show that we can all get along.

This was a good win. The kind the Pistons can build momentum on.

I'm concerned about tired starters and injuries though.

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Hey, we have to get along or you would ban us. lol. As for this game building momentum, I see it as the opposite. But I will withhold judgement until I see how Flip Saunders uses his bench on the tail end of this back to back set tomorro night vs. NY.

Yes Blaylock had his first good shooting game against D-Leage defenders (he's almost up to 37% now lol)... how many of those shots were from the perimeter?
But thank you for your expert player analysis...
BTW how is Pepe Sanchez & RW doing on their teams in the NBA?... CBA?...YMCA?

Wrong thread for that for sure. As for Blalock, like I said, he had no problem with his shot in preseason, against NBA players. How many were outside shots, I did not see the game. But I do know he hit a clutch jumper in the last minute to tie the game in the one Skyforce game I watched from about a week ago. In that game, Blalock was taking shots, though missing them, cause he needs the practice, and that is what he is down there for. I would be more than willing to bet you an I told you so that several of those makes were outside shots. And if they were not, getting to the basket for 9 layups in itself would be pretty impressive.

Yessir one "I told ya so" at high noon (cue the good, bad & ugly)... I'll meet ya at the corner of Broken Dreams and Brickshot.

Hopefully Blaylock will get a decent opportunity next year... I'll be pullin' for the kid.

To answer your earlier question "who would you rather have".... Barbosa... this is the guy I was hoping we would draft instead of Delfino.
Heck even Frank Williams is doing ok with the Skyforce.

"Unlike the national announcers though, yes, I am concerned about what happened today, cause I know Flip is plotting somewhere in the back of his mind on how he can start his vacation quicker. I believe Flip is a loser, and this game just reinforced that notion quite a bit." ~Lee356(?)

Eh?

Lee has a very active imagination.

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Spoken like a true loser.

Hey team, why so down? We finished 2nd today. That ain't too shabby.

Slavemaster Bron only gets upset when his Nike check is late.

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They are the archetype for dominance. They are the gatekeepers of the conference. They are the Detroit Pistons.