My boy Will Blalock again!!!!!! Some of you guys will over look what he did with ease, but this kid will allow Chauncey to get the rest he needs. Some of you will overlook the fact that Earl Watson pressured him big time and could not rip the kid, but I won't because I know Earl is a ballhawk just like lindsey. Some of you will overlook how we have a pg that can handle the rock with ease w/out over dribbling, can get into the paint, can feed the post, can actually run the pick and roll- not the dreaded pick and pop, will actually swing the ball weakside making the defense scramble, not think about swinging it and let the D get back into position, and can start the offense. This kid was a STEAL!!!!!! The shot will get respectable in time, a la Avery Johnson.

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Play hard, Play smart, Play together, share the ball, have fun....Play the right way!!!!!!

I think the point to remember here is that it is entirely possible to develop talented bench players without sacrificing W's. If you don't shake things up, you get those listless performances from the usual starters and we lose to sub .500 teams.

What a blessing in disguise it was for Sheed to miss a few games. It forced Flip Saunders outside of his comfort zone.

Also, for all of you that have been baffled by the interest in the Orlando Magic from several of us here on the forum, I think it is because they have been managing their rotations like the Pistons did for the past 2 games. I originally started watching to see how Darko, Arroyo, and Hill were doing, but then after a while, I noticed that they were playing with a lot more passion than the Pistons. The reason for that was that everyone was getting a chance to contribute. You got the feeling watching them that all each player wanted was to win because they all felt like it was their team.

After a while, it started to become frustrating because the Pistons seemed to wasting that same opportunity. Such a simple change in philosophy was needed, but was not happening.

Let's hope that Flip can keep this train rolling and not balk at the first loss.

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"I’ll just say this: We’re not talking to teams about their second- or third-best players." Joe Dumars talking about his plan to get other teams' 4th best players.

Oh, and great game from Glynnysaurus tonight. Almost had 1 of everything.

Min 11
FTM 1
Reb 1
TO 1
PF 1
Pts 1

(the rest were zeros of course)

That looks like one of my lines from high school. The infamous "multiple-single".

Don't laugh. It's hard to do only one of a bunch of things. A lot of games, I had 6 fouls in under 15 minutes.

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

Thats amazing. And our team is supposed to have problems in that area.

I saw the game live at the Palace which meant that I was not aware of what was going on statistically. That is something, something very encouraging.

You can hear this on the audio (posted in the thread)

Goon Squad gives Pistons big boost against Sonics

PopcornMachine's GameFlow - Seattle @ Detroit

This is the biggest disparity between 1 player and the rest of them on the Pistons that I can ever remember seeing on a +/- scale.

Dice showed a horrendous # mainly because he was sucking horribly AND he wasn't on the court with JMax too often.

The Goon Squad is the name we have been looking for. You can't give them a nickname until they earn it.

Alright, I'm pickin' up whatcha layin' down... however the young fella will have to start to get his own (remember when they started playing Arroyo to pass) and Blalock will need to stick it from outside sometimes... the scouting reports don't lie...
funny story... in the D we were delivering the paper (after pulling an all nighter)... and we decided to take a rest next to a tree... this old fella come out and said "Yo layin' on Lye"... and we were like huh???
"yo layin on lye"... he meant we were laying on the poison he put on his grass to kill bugs. lol
Moral to the story?... let's not be layin' on lye when talkin' bout the rooks.

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With politicians the future lies ahead

Goon Squad. I love it. Finally, the bench has a name, and it's an awesome name! Thanks Rich.

Michael Curry numbers... the binary man 10101010101