Dude I noticed the same thing with Rip vs Bowen and the design by Flip. Last year, most of Rips curl play (his bread and butter) consisted of two screens--the baseline screen then the top. Bowen could close enough to jump the middle and force Rip way outside, thus is offense suffered. Flip is putting a third screener on the other side and bringing Rip across a longer distance. The result is the same and from a far look it looks the exact same, but that extra screen is just golden.

Lee.

3 paragraphs for Evans. Rip, Sheed, Dice, Ben, and Chauncey each get one.


If I didn't know better, I would think that you are playing favorites with Mo.

Flip is a smart 'on the court' coach...meaning - whover is in the game . Flip will run plays for. h is not a good "bench" coach- as far as showing confidence in resting his starters effectively....NOW I am still drunk, but I must say that I fear NO team in this league now and I see our guys getting very lakadaisaical this month, cuz maybe they'll be thinking it aint no big deal beating Spurs in The aAlamo!My bruddhas....i luv yall

To me, our bench is the biggest story right now. Our starters and Dyess have been performing at a very steady clip all season while our bench has been in a state of constant change. Other than Dyess, the only time the bench saw was 7 minutes for Delfino and 14 for Evans. Pretty much makes Evans the main story tonight.

THAT PASS and DUNK by Snow AND LeBron at the half , was the second best pas sand dunk I have EVER seen!!!!...what's the first?

The reason for this is flip is new to the team he knows the starters 1-6 because he use to coach against them he knows Evans because he coached him. Imo it is easier for flip to coach mo now because he has prior experience with him. If he were to give other players a chance and got to know their tendencies he might be better off rather than lying solely on prior experience. tonight’s game only solidifies 1 thing for me flip is scared to try out his bench Acker could have played he could have helped in this game but flip is so worried about wins at this point he would rather use Tay at point over Acker. It would have been a good test to see where our rook was and now we know on the bench. Hell it could have been his only pt all year. Forgive a drunken fan but flip is pulling an lb trusting only 1-7 how much different will we be when hunter comes back??? I think if we don’t use player 7-12 we should try to find better players for that role or cut them so we have more cap room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ok Joe it's time to prove it!!!!!!

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hey brother hq i LUV the new avatar but i want to point out your link does not work

Ok, we know where we are at. Wow! We play on both sides of the ball now and SA doesn't have an answer for that. Sheed inside, Sheed outside. Wow! Yes, Lee, have to watch the film on how we got Rip open on Bowen. I am not going to complain one bit. Flip for coach of the year???

I mentioned in chat that Doug Collins said something ive been saying for awhile (and I am paraphrasing here so don’t jump down my throaght if it is not word for word)
Chauncey came down and nailed a jumper on the break and Collins says" that is something the pistons are trying to do this year get off quicker shots because their is no sense banging for 82 games it is long season and it puts a lot of strain on your body to play that kind of basketball"

Now it could just be me but it is not this guy coached mj grant hill in his prime and other all-star players. His point and mine is if we can win games without standing toe to toe punch for punch with other teams then why should we. We can win games with our execution and with shots not just with our brawn. The pistons may not play the same game that many of you guys fell in love with but they are still winning games. Yes the truest of tests will come in the post season but this team is doing it the easy way right now.

I don’t agree with everything flip has done so far but I cant argue with wins right now flip has him team playing record breaking basketball for the franchise best start ever by a pistons team so yes we can sit here and nit pick about how much burn the bench is getting but how do you discredit the results.

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" Either you play with a sense of urgency, or you will be leaving. It's that simple." Joe Dumars
Ok Joe it's time to prove it!!!!!!