Scrubs is a term of endearment. Like calling your brother "booger head".

Sounds like I missed a fun game. It's a conspiracy to keep me from seeing Amir play.

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

Thats a good point. He is someone that we may actually need at some point in the playoffs.

At least we are giving the other teams a good look at Amir before he enters free agency this summer.

2 more games of this. At least the starters could give it full effort when they do play. Would not be that bad then.

POP, Dice was out there for 8-9 minutes all in the second qtr and Flip jr & scrubs refuse to pass the ball to him until right before the end of the half and he made the only shot he took.

If you are gonna play the bench for the long stretches, you might as well put in Nazr or Davis and even call up and dress Blaylock for some runtime and who knows as Lee stated, we could have got a W out of one of those last two games.

Again, not impressed with the young forward talent as of now--too raw--sorry Lee--that is my view. Jmax hit that one nice jumper but too often he misses (I haven't seen improvement that I expected from early in the year). He is good is certain defensive situations.

Amir certainly didn't help make the score better, seemed to be pushed around and seemed to miss defensive assignments. Does he have a shot? You can't dunk over people in the NBA unless you are Shaq. He can shoot free throws and I like shot blockers so that is a start and I love the way he can dribble up court.

But there are a lot of young guys in the league that can run, jump and block shots. Not many of them go to the next level. I like both Amir and JMax but they are not there yet.

Delfino can not change the game either. He is a good flow player with our top players. But he is no Ginobli. He rebounds well, can play some D and has at least improved his shot. But he is far from a go-to guy.

Like I said earlier, LApiston, our future stars don't seem to be developing properly, with the last successful guys being Tay & Memo from 2002. The Sixer second unit looked more aggressive and athletic than our bench even if their skills were not yet there.

If you think about it most our guys skills were groomed somewhere else but their talent didn't blossom until they got here (Ben, Billups and Rip). Sheed, Dice and now even Cwebb brought their already established skills to the Pistons, but all three could be considered on the down side of their careers.

He's not the type to take shot-after-shot, and dominate the ball like our other bench guards do (Which is part of the problem). So, he's not going to "take over" offensively very often. I'd like to see that from him ocassionaly, but if it doesn't work out right away it's a sure way to find a seat on the bench for him (not so much for Flip or Lindsey).

As for Amir... He looked good. Nervous, but active. A few more real-games and he'd get a better feel for scoring over nba big men in the paint. Yea, he gets pushed around a bit, but so does tyrus thomas, who still has a big impact. Most importantly, he injects some athleticism into an aging group. Hopefully it happens next season, and he isn't in another uniform.

Mohammed is ill. Both he and Billups were listed as questionable for the game.

Just realized that Nazr missed the practice on Saturday and did not play Sunday due to flu-like symptons. I hope to God he doesn't spread it to those who haven't had it yet!

this team thinks they can just go out and give a half%%%%% effort, so im just wondering if the organization charged half%%%%% prices on tickets and concessions!!!!No way Avery or POP or TERRY PORTER for that matter would allow his team to give an effort like that..SEE SPURS VS MAVS!!!
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I think the heavy naysayers need to take a look at the context of the game a little. First the 76ers "scrubs" have been playing together for a longtime - they traded their veterans away. Thus, there game looked better because the game plan was built with them in mind. Our team just threw in this mish mash of guys together - many who probably have not played extended minutes togther nor practiced. Think about it, Amir got of the plane a few days ago and now is playing over 25 minutes? Have to excpect A LOT of defensive breakdowns / bad rebounded due to not being in right position. Also, everyone probably noticed that the reserve people played zone almost the entire time. This was Flips way to try and cover people, but i think it backfired since the zone relies on people covering eachother / having the right rotation. On most of the O-rebounds and missed assignemnts it was due to Amir many times not knowing where ot go on that 3-2.

Nevertheless, I do like how they played Amir. He started off as a 4, then switched to the 3 and back to the 4. The reason I like this is because Flip is not forcing him to only be a 4, but rather a player that can play both positions. This will be pivotal next year because Tay an get a lot more rest being backed up by two legitiate 3s in Amir and Delfino and also Amir can get some more playin time against certain fours. Nevertheless, the boy is defintily not ready right now and should soothe peoples minds whom thought he had a rightful place here getting minutes. Im not saying who wouldn't have improved, but the D-league was perfect for him and I am glad he was sent there.

Also, as for the starters not producing, if you watched the game the vetrans were defering to the youngin's almost to a fault. I can count many many times Billups passed to the bench guy instead of running a regular play / shootinh. Also, Mcdyess chilled or passed a lot as well instead of really getting involved. All in all, I believe the players played bout as well as they allowed themselves to play -- for better or worse. If the game needed to be won, it would have been won.