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Rip on his second half performance and the plans for the year:

Rip Hamilton speaks out on second-half slumps, being more aggressive

Hamilton steps on the gas
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The Spurs enter the season as deservedly heavy favorites.

Looking past San Antonio, the league seems pretty wide open for five or six teams with the capability to win it all:

The Celtics, Suns, Pistons, Mavs, and Cavs.

Your 2008 NBA Champion will come from that group.

The Rockets aren't as good as people think and won't stay healthy. The Bulls could conceivably win the East but would never get past any of the West's powerhouses. And the Jazz, Warriors and Raptors are at least a year away from being contenders.

Seriously, if you could lay down even money on any the Spurs, Celtics, Suns, Pistons, Mavs or Cavs winning the title, how much would you bet?

Maybe your mortgage or your college fund?

The NBA is the anti-partity league. When was the last time we saw an NBA Champ that wasn't ranked in the top 5 or 6 in the preseason?

Don't get me wrong, I love the NBA more than I love any other league—and it will be a fantastic and fun season—but we won't be seeing any 2000 Rams or '03 Angels anytime soon.
NBA Camps Open, Playoff Predictions, and Those Amazin' Losers - Bleacher Report
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PISTONS: Prince Gets to the Point

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An apparent problem in the 2007 Playoffs: Worn down by playing nearly 100 games for the fifth straight year and 3,000 minutes in 2006-07 alone (11th most in the NBA), Tayshaun Prince ran out of gas in the Eastern Conference finals, contributing to the Pistons’ demise against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The apparent solution for 2007-08: The Pistons signed fifth-year vet Jarvis Hayes, a solid shooter who Pistons head coach Flip Saunders also said Thursday “moves pretty good defensively,” giving him a solid two-way backup who could give Prince the rest he needs to enter the postseason with fresher legs. Could it be that simple? Apparently not.
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The Decline In Great NBA Nicknames - Wizards Insider

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But Rivers' complaint about using "The Big Three" got me thinking about the decline of sports nicknames - especially for NBA players and teams.
Back in the 80s and 90s, we had stars named Dr. J (Julius Erving), Magic (Earvin Johnson), Air (Michael Jordan), Clyde the Glyde (Drexler), The Human Highlight Film (Dominique Wilkins), Dream (Hakeem Olajuwon), The Admiral (David Robinson), Penny (Anfernee Hardaway) and Muggsy (Tyrone Bogues). Now we have no creativity whatsoever when it comes to naming our stars.
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List of basketball nicknames - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Truth for Paul Pierce

The Big Ticket for KG

Shuttlesworth for Ray Allen ("He got game" character)
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Flip just doesn't get it. Let's get one fact straight: Tayshaun has broken down late in the playoffs ever since the championship run because of high minutes.

If Tay plays more PG, then you cut his minutes at SF because of the statement above. Flip S. is making it sound like he just figured out that Tayshaun can pass well, and he also makes it sound like he will give him more minutes than last year.

He is really irritating because he never learns. The thing that Flip will do is play Tayshaun at PG and SF and it will win the Pistons more regular season games, but the Pistons will burn out in the playoffs again. History repeats itself, but usually people will remember their mistakes for some time and then they will make that mistake again after a long time instead of messing up 3 times in a row.
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Flip just doesn't get it. Let's get one fact straight: Tayshaun has broken down late in the playoffs ever since the championship run because of high minutes.

If Tay plays more PG, then you cut his minutes at SF because of the statement above. Flip S. is making it sound like he just figured out that Tayshaun can pass well, and he also makes it sound like he will give him more minutes than last year.

He is really irritating because he never learns. The thing that Flip will do is play Tayshaun at PG and SF and it will win the Pistons more regular season games, but the Pistons will burn out in the playoffs again. History repeats itself, but usually people will remember their mistakes for some time and then they will make that mistake again after a long time instead of messing up 3 times in a row.
Lets not jump to any conclusions until the games begin. People talk a lot but quite often don't follow through on what they were saying.
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Chris McCosky / The Detroit News

AUBURN HILLS -- Chauncey Billups couldn't believe it.
"For real?" he asked, incredulous, when he was told the Pistons were one of the worst teams in the league at converting layups and tip-ins last season.

"In losing four straight to the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals last season, the Pistons missed 40 layups or tip-ins. In Game 3, they missed seven layups and lost by six points; Game 4, they missed 11 layups and lost by four; Game 5, they missed 12 layups and lost by two; Game 6, they missed 10 layups and lost by 16."



Pistons turn focus to finishing shots


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AUBURN HILLS -- Chauncey Billups couldn't believe it.
"For real?" he asked, incredulous, when he was told the Pistons were one of the worst teams in the league at converting layups and tip-ins last season.

"In losing four straight to the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals last season, the Pistons missed 40 layups or tip-ins. In Game 3, they missed seven layups and lost by six points; Game 4, they missed 11 layups and lost by four; Game 5, they missed 12 layups and lost by two; Game 6, they missed 10 layups and lost by 16."



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Pretty interesting.

Hot Rod, AJ and JMax will help remedy that problem.

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Why are these stats being revealed to the team now? Doesn't Flip have somebody on staff who does a technical analysis?
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