Ahhh, from 3:37 to 7:53.... one brief shining moment.

Really, if you were here, I'm singing songs from Camelot.

I could-of swore I saw Delfino "duck" rather than taking a charge from LBJ last night. I do recall the play-by-play guys commentin on it. Was that a "flash" of something? Surely it wouldn't escape notice in these parts.

Maybe I'm the only one who seen it.

Are you saying Fino played smart? MH Good position is good position.

Lee we both like Amir but as long as Nazz and Davis are getting the job done his must wait his turn.
There's only so much bench FlipS can handle. He's in way over his head now, what with rotating 9 guys. You gotta be happy.

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Nazz is not getting the job done. Despite 4 all star type players in our starting unit, we are just barely over 50% so far in win / loss for that unit. In other words, this unit is just mediocre. Last year, our starting unit rocked, outscoring the opponent well over 2/3 the time.

The main thing lacking with our starting unit is help out D when someone drives the lane on us. Its just not there. JMAX or Dale Davis should start to make this problem go away. And no, our second unit does not need the problem either. Mohammed should not be in the rotation. He was not good enough to stick in the rotation for SA, and he is not good enough for Detroit.

Delfino= overated on most boards... maybe he'll actually make a real difference in a game (both sides of the ball)... it's time to quit finding minor bright points... if he's truly good then he'll show more than the other teams reserves.
The PT excuse is long gone.

I agree Merc, and maybe I`m a fool, but I believe he will make a difference on both sides of the ball.

Also, I believe Joe D (not Flip) has given Delfino this season to put up or shut up. If he doesn`t put up, after this year he may be shipped off!

its something that kevin martin is now figuring out, reference his little slump a couple of weeks ago when he was being double teamed. if it comes to the point of j-max being double teamed that can only be a good thing for us.

well he was trying not to foul the guy, i think it might have been hughes, can't remember but it did look pretty funny. he wasn't in position to try and draw the charge.


pretty good game by the pistons. sheed got booed quite a lot, and didnt really have a good game. the thing i noticed about this game is that it got quite physical and the refs let a lot of stuff go. it was like a time warp to 2004. good to see. the more they let that stuff go the more it helps us.
brahma was nasty. got kerr backtracking on his barkley comparison a little. (kerr = loser)
delfino is playing ok, but nothing stands out about the guy. at least it looks like he's trying to fit in and play within the flow and help out on the little things, unlike mr. murray who totally disrupts any offensive set with his 1 track mind (shoot first). i can see his minutes spiralling if he keeps up that kind of thinking. he just doesnt look like a piston out there, like joe smith when he was here. someone you know will be gone in a year, not showing any heart or desire to 'become' a true piston.
glad to see dice have a nice game, he was really going for those boards, one-handed even. he even passed up a jumper to pump fake Z and go to the basket. i like that. he needs to mix it up more often. (note to sheed)

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That would be great if we actually had a frontcourt bench player drawing double teams. Open things up for everyone else.

I agree. Wish he was never signed here. Now that he is, can you just bench him given that huge contract? Maybe they are playing him to keep his trade value up.

Amir not playing would also be one of my main gripes at this time. Just had essentially 3 new players integrated since Davis and Maxiel did not play last season so perhaps a 4th like Johnson would be too much all at once. Hopefully Amir will start getting some PT around mid-Jan or so, we will see.

That situation is already addressed on page 3,586 of FlipS's playbook. Just ask him.