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mikhail1973 · Aug 10, 2007

roscoe36 said: ↑

Sometimes, you just wish CB would shutup.

It's alright. Maybe when everyone calls Boston the favorite to win East the Pistons will find that chip on their sholders again.
:nerd2:

dba · Aug 10, 2007

It's Chauncey's world. We're all just lucky to be allowed to hang out in it.

We'll see what KG thinks when he's been stuck in traffic getting downtown for about two hours.

Two hours driving in Minnesota and you could be in... Iowa or somewhere.

Slippy · Aug 10, 2007

PISTONS: Draft Do-Over

Here’s an interesting question: Would you trade Rodney Stuckey and Amir Johnson for Al Horford and Acie Law? I’m not sure which way the Hawks would answer that question, but I’m pretty certain I know which way Joe Dumars and his staff would answer it: Thanks, we’ll keep our guys.

mikhail1973 · Aug 10, 2007

Luke Slippywalker said: ↑

PISTONS: Draft Do-Over

I think it is a bit too early to talk about their future in the NBA. Only a few years from now we could say which duo is better.

mikhail1973 · Aug 10, 2007

Gatorsports.com

Dwyane Wade is excited about seeing Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway together again.

And if it improves the Miami Heat, even better.

"What's there to lose? It's simple," Wade said Friday. "I think both sides win."

mikhail1973 · Aug 10, 2007

Police charge four in robbery of NBA star Walker :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State

mikhail1973 · Aug 10, 2007

Police charge four in robbery of NBA star Walker :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State

"And for someone else who asked about why I hate the Lakers, just stop it. I can't help that your team is in a bad way. When I was proclaiming that the Lakers were better than the Kings back when Sac mattered, then I was a Lakers' homer. I don't have personal interests in any team, in part because I grew up in Cincinnati without a team, in greater part because I'm just not wired like that as a journalist. But this is probably a topic for my next podcast with Simmons."

Ric Bucher typed that, in a chat from earlier this month, and it deserves a discussion. His chat response has been bugging me since I read it live, and the issue is worth going over: the image of sportswriters and the teams that readers perceive them to either loathe, or lust over.

DeetroitDynasty-e · Aug 12, 2007

Pistons: Getting Younger in a Hurry | HOOPSWORLD.com | NBA News and Information | powered by Basketball News Services

The Pistons are known around the league as being a veteran team, and for good reason. At the start of the 2006-07 season, NBA.com reported the average age of the roster to be 28.28 years, third-oldest in the league behind the San Antonio Spurs (30.37) and Phoenix Suns (28.98).

One year later you’d imagine the roster would continue to get older, but instead it’s gotten much, much younger. Not re-signing 38-year-old Dale Davis helped, as did signing all three of this year’s draft picks (Rodney Stuckey, Arron Afflalo and Sammy Mejia), as well as a second-round pick from a year ago (Cheik Samb). Detroit’s roster now has an average age of 26.5 years, which should rank among the middle of the pack once rosters are settled.

buddahfan · Aug 13, 2007

dba said: ↑

Two hours driving in Minnesota and you could be in... Iowa or somewhere.

More likely, two hours driving in Minn and you could be nowhere.

himat · Aug 14, 2007

Detroit Pistons, Antonio McDyess, Chauncey Billups, Chris Bosh, National Basketball Association - CBS SportsLine.com

mikhail1973 · Aug 14, 2007

buddahfan said: ↑

More likely, two hours driving in Minn and you could be nowhere.

That is really really cold.

mikhail1973 · Aug 14, 2007

Cleveland Cavaliers hire assistant coach - Cleveland Sports News â€“ The Latest Breaking News, Game Recaps and Scores from The Plain Dealer

Kuester, 52, worked as an assistant with the Orlando Magic last season, his 17th season in the NBA. He was a Pistons assistant under Larry Brown when Detroit won the 2004 NBA title.
He also served as an assistant in Philadelphia (1997-2003 and 2005-06), New Jersey (2004-05) and Boston (1995-97).

mikhail1973 · Aug 14, 2007

SportingNews.com - NBA - Hudson is the most intriguing free agent

Hudson is one highlight in what is a pretty underwhelming remaining free agent group:
1. Anderson Varejao. He's going to stay in Cleveland, but the only question is whether he'll be staying there for this year, or for longer. He is a restricted free agent, and the Cavs can either sign him to a long-term deal or let him take the one-year qualifying offer. If he takes the qualifying offer, he's probably leaving Cleveland next year.
2. Earl Boykins. Like Hudson, Boykins is a high-energy bench scorer and will be a bargain for someone. He's a very good guy in the locker room. It seemed that the Cavs would be a natural fit -- Boykins is from Cleveland -- but there has been no interest from his hometown bunch.
3. Ruben Patterson. Patterson has had some pretty nasty off-court issues, but don't overlook the fact that he was a model soldier for the injury-wracked Bucks last year. He came off the bench, started at small forward, even played a fair amount of power forward. He averaged career highs in points (14.7), rebounds (5.4), assists (2.9) and shooting percentage (54.8).
4. Chris Webber. Webber is putting off retirement and is considering the Pistons and the Mavericks. Dallas is considering trades, as well as P.J. Brown, so Webber is in limbo on that. No one seems to be in much of a hurry to resolve this one, and it might not get done till early next month.
5. Sasha Pavlovic. Pavlovic is in the same boat as Varejao. Will the Cavs pay? Or will he take the qualifying offer and split next year? Both sides are pretty confident a deal will get done.
6. Mickael Pietrus. This one, too, is taking some time to work out. Teams have shown interest in Pietrus, and sign-and-trade possibilities involving Miami or Dallas have come up, but all that has the Warriors thinking they might be best off just signing him themselves and trading him sometime during the year.
7. James Posey. He seems locked in the same Dallas-Miami-Golden State triangle that Pietrus is in. 8. P.J. Brown. He doesn't move well, and he is not going to give you 12 points a night. But he's smart and he is a calming influence on the floor. The Bulls did all they could to bench Brown over the course of last season, but the fact was, they were just a much better team when he was a starter. He wants to latch on with a title contender like the Mavericks or Suns.

mikhail1973 · Aug 14, 2007

Macon brings NBA experience to Broadus' staff

Mark Macon, a guard who played six seasons in the NBA with the Denver Nuggets and the Detroit Pistons after setting the Atlantic-10 scoring record at Temple University, has joined the Bearcats as an assistant coach.

Anyone still remembers the guy?

mikhail1973 · Aug 14, 2007

"There are a lot of NBA players who love to bowl," Redd said. "Whenever Rasheed (Wallace) is in town, he usually calls me up and we go bowling. He's pretty good, too."

The NBA's Underground Bowling Society - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

mikhail1973 · Aug 22, 2007

OregonLive.com: Everything Oregon

Ruben Patterson remains confident he will play in the NBA this season, even though he's waiting to sign a contract.
Count Patterson, who finished last season with Milwaukee, among free agents who are trying to secure deals as teams finalize their rosters and money evaporates.
"No question it makes it harder," said John Hammond, the Detroit Pistons' vice president of player personnel. "You can count heads around the league right now, and many teams have (the maximum) 15 players, or more, in some circumstances."
This year's free agent class, with few superstars, was considered average at best. Many teams chose to wait for next year's class, with players such as Tim Duncan and Jermaine O'Neal possibly becoming available. That left some players -- such as Patterson, P.J. Brown, Anderson Varejao, Earl Boykins, Adonal Foyle, Troy Hudson, Chris Webber, James Posey and Mickael Pietrus -- waiting.

mikhail1973 · Aug 23, 2007

This is an interesting take on close games vs. blowouts:
ESPN Page 2 - Hruby: Blowouts aren't bad

Slippy · Aug 24, 2007

PISTONS: Much Ado

Oddly missing is Nazr's signing and subtly included is another blurb about how great Jarvis is. The hype machine rolls steadily along.

round · Aug 24, 2007

Luke Slippywalker said: ↑

PISTONS: Much Ado

Oddly missing is Nazr's signing and subtly included is another blurb about how great Jarvis is. The hype machine rolls steadily along.

I read the article talking about difference makers... I never thought for a sec that nazr was going to be a differene maker in detroit, I hoped for more then he gave... But he was never going to be confused with Ben.

The article was pretty on about the movement of players though, very few teams can get far enough below the salary cap to actually make hard pushes at getting star players to come to there team. If they are that far below there probably so bad why would the player want to go there.... unless your spree lol

mikhail1973 · Aug 27, 2007

Where Have You Gone, Big Nasty? - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

Corliss Williamson is five years removed from his Sixth Man award. He turns 34 in December. He's a free agent coming off a too-rich contract, and he most recently served as a bit player on a woeful team. It's understandable he's not on the tips of tongues, but he deserves another chance like yesterday. Instant scoring when he steps on the court, he averaged 18.5 points per 40 minutes last season in Sacramento. He has never impersonated a legit rebounding machine, and he's one-third the passer Chris Webber is. But he is a tremendous chemistry guy (he had the balls to bark down Ron Artest during a contentious timeout in a January game against Houston last year) and a coach on the floor (he runs his kid's AAU team in the summer). And he's a damn angry ram out there -- in said Houston game, Shane Battier left in overtime to get stitches from a particularly brutal Williamson charge. A team like Dallas -- someone who needs a guy to come in and be aggressive when the scoreboard slows -- would be perfect for Big Nasty.

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