Sometimes in the game chat, when our excellent team is putting "a beatdown" on a pretender team like the Heat guys will wander to general Pistons talk and informal polls.

Last night I asked, "If you could have dinner with any Piston, who would it be?".

So let's open it up.

Past or present, coaches, players or front office staff,

Who would you want to have dinner with?
Why?
Where or what would you eat?

I would have to say Rip because he is a healthy eater and really watches what goes into his body, therefore, I won't have to worry about wine after dinner because neither one of us drink alcohol.

I could see myself with a nice Seafod dish, maybe grilled ginger salmon and shrimp kabob with a nice green salad and wild rice.

My second choice would be Rasheed, he seems to be the type who would be the laugh of the party.

Nice one army. I knew my pal would bail out my thread!

I'd have to say my first choice would be Lindsey. We'd be laughing it up, he's a big time clown, and I have a sneaking suspicion he's the kind of guy to cheat, order a big ol' rack of ribs, and worry about working it off the next day.

Plus, I would be dying to ask him about Joe and Zeke from his perspective.

If we're going older school, I definitely wanna eat with 'Horn. We'd both have bibs on, as course after course was brought to the table. Then Ricky and I would hit the town and look for a bar fight or maybe just start one of our own!

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Who's ever buying!

Chuck Daly.

He is the most knowledgeable analysis you will find and probably the most approachable.

The stories he must have!!

Also knows a lot about the current Pistons

I would let Chuck pick the place.

Bison Dele ... by all accounts a very interesting guy, and one whose strange fate continues to fascinate.

I would love to have sat in on the dinner shared by Zeke, Laimbeer, and Mark Agguire shortly after Mark became a Piston.
What better than to expierence first hand how Lamb and Zeke layed down the law to a guy entering with a selfish and shoot-first reputation.

I'd have to say Joe Dumars. Obviously he is extremely smart and he has alot of wisdom that I could definitely tap into. Plus I would enjoy talking about two generations of Pistons. Isaiah is a very close second. I would enjoy reminiscing about the good ol days beating Bird, MJ, etc.

Interesting choice. Of the current bunch I think I'd have to go with one of the Southern kids - Ben, Lindsey, or Dice. That's after talking my wife out of dinner with Sheed - that Tar Heel thing can get really annoying after a while. (Remember, Sheed is a yankee in powder blue drag.) Of the three, especially given that Dice only reads fashion magazines according to an article I read (link posted here, thank you), I might have to go with Ben. Us Virginia guys need to stick together.

I'm not sure where we would eat, but there would be pork involved, and most likely a mess of greens. And a lot of cornbread.

With an option for any Piston player or coach of all time, I might have to forgo the greens and listen to Chuck Daly talk about anything he wanted.

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Jimi

i'm not sure if he even eats food, but i think my number one choice would have to be worm. i expect that if we didn't wind up arrested or in the papers (or even if we did) that would be truly unforgettable experience. plus, if i was strictly forced to choose just one, he's probably my favorite nba player of all time.

second choice: sheed.

both of 'em seem to me to have a kind of secret strange sort of intelligence that i expect i'd find fascinating.

I might choose Mike Abdenour - someone who's been around and seen a lot of players and coaches come and go. It'd be interesting to get his take on the people he's met in his years in the business.