Nicely said.


Interesting. So if Flip stays around (any possibility he steps down this summer?) you think Dumars & Hammond should continue to surround him with defensive, gritty players? IOW, you'd rather see "Piston-type" players continue to flounder in Flip's system, as opposed to seeing less conventional players for a Piston team *cough* flashy/offensive *cough* possibly win it all?

Very interesting. This might deserve its own thread. Something like, "What should the Pistons look like in the New NBA?"

I don't think you need a "good big man" a la Shaq or Duncan, in order to develop a solid inside game. There are other ways to create inside scoring.

For instance, the current Piston offense doesn't have the guards driving and dishing. Watch when Miami runs JWill into the paint. Either you stop him and he dishes to Shaq, or he scores. I watch other teams do this all the time - I watch college teams do this ALL THE TIME - so why can't we do stuff like this? This would cut Miami/formerly Cleveland's defense in half. But no. Instead, Chauncey makes his first pass from the perimeter, leaving the onus on someone else to move it inside, which is a problem because, often times, they can't move it inside. So they settle for a jumper.

But that's not all. LB always had at least two guys going for tip-ins, which also accounts for inside scoring. I just don't see that happening in Flip's system.

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Nov 13 LW Milan Lucic had an active night. He scored his first goal in eight games since his Oct. 25 hat trick and also pounded Michael Komisarek in a third-period fight. Lucic cut his hand in a fight with Michael Komisarek. "I'll be fine," he said. "(X-rays are) negative, but there's so many broken bones in there from before you can't really tell."

When we went down 2-3 against the Cavs, I was very depressed. That was a bad 2-3. This one is different--it's a good 2-3. Still breathing, still more basketball on the schedule. Now it's the other guys who are on a losing streak.

Is what happened tonight just fool's gold, or is it the resurrection of Detroit Basketball?