Hollinger's take on the upcoming season for the Pistons - Detroit Pistons Fan Community

MJO77 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-28-2009, 06:44 PM

Copied from ESPN Insider
Sorry if it is formated a little weird.

2008-09 Recap
In any profession, even
the best performers make mistakes. And once in a blue moon, they make
such a profusion of mistakes you wonder if or when they'll recover.
It was that kind of year for Joe Dumars.
Previously the dean of the league's general managers, he could do
virtually no wrong from 2000 to 2007. With one glaring exception
(coughDarkocough), every decision he made worked out spectacularly
well, resulting in an NBA title in 2004 and an amazing six consecutive
trips to the Eastern Conference finals.
Since then Dumars has had
his version of U2's "Pop," Brett Favre's 2005 or the Lakers' 2004-05,
lumping a career's worth of bad decisions into one concise 12-month
stretch. Starting with his decision to ax Flip Saunders at the end of
the 2007-08 season, almost nothing he tried worked, and the result was
a shocking U-turn that saw the Pistons slump to just 39 wins last
season.

**trimmed by roscoe**

**max** · #2 (**permalink**) 09-28-2009, 07:29 PM

Interesting article but can you please post a link for it?

MJO77 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-28-2009, 07:54 PM

Sure thing.
Detroit Pistons: John Hollinger's 2009-10 NBA forecast - ESPN

roscoe36 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-28-2009, 08:17 PM

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MJO77 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-28-2009, 09:14 PM

Ohhh my bad. I just thought people would like to read it. You can delete this thread if you like.

roscoe36 · #6 (**permalink**) 09-28-2009, 09:24 PM

No worries. I know you meant good by it.

Latinoking90 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-28-2009, 09:56 PM

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Prediction: 39-43, 2nd in Central Division, 8th in Eastern Conference

Wow, the Central is going to suck.

coynejeremy · #8 (**permalink**) 09-28-2009, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Latinoking90

Wow, the Central is going to suck.

Hollinger the prophet.

Nemo · #9 (**permalink**) 09-28-2009, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by coynejeremy

Hollinger the prophet.

Look for the Bulls to win about 50 games.

**max** · #10 (**permalink**) 09-28-2009, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Nemo

Look for the Bulls to win about 50 games.

The only team in the league that can lose their best player, not add anyone significant and actually improve.

Ben Gordon gets no respect.

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