Pistons. Pacers. The Season Begins…

Thanks in advance to anyone who can post a video link for us unlucky out-of-state fans.

Free league pass preview tonight for comcast michael.

Can you believe we get to watch 82 games of Pistons basketball now? I love this game.

Video link PLEASE. My satellite receiver went dead today, plus i am stuck at work.

The usual suspects don’t have a link for this game. Apparantly, Detroit vs. Indiana doesn’t rate. There are audio links at NBA.com usually, though I had problems last time.

Good luck. Go Stones!

Man amir in the starting lineup. I’m just giddy.

After a slow start, this is looking awesome.

Amir with an early block, some nice rebounds, and a steal that should have drawn a clear path!

So I’m still living in DC for the next couple weeks. I call my girlfriend back at home and tell her to order League Pass and then email me the account number so I can activate the complimentary League Pass Broadband that comes with the TV subscription. Turns out you have to wait 5 business days to active the online component. Needless to say I’m now pissed and following the box score with Phoenix-San Antonio on as background noise. ARGH.

i’ve been looking for some video but i’m new that this…. not having much luck

Amir’s athleticism has now drawn three fouls

Kwame!

Boney, did you know he’s a former number 1 draft pick?

Stuck at my girlfriends, no cable, no audio, just a box score and you guys! I’m new round here, but i’ll be here all year! Go Pistons!

That Stuckey Halloween thing was hilarious

Forty,

Did you know that Joe Dumars once drafted Darko Milicic with the #2 overall pick in the draft?

video link??

If anyone knows a good audio or vid link that would be cool.

On a side note, its weird seeing the Suns not light up the scoreboard.

Yeah both those guys must be awesome!

If you go through NBA.com, you can sign up for the free trial preview of League Pass Broadband. I’m not going to bother because for some reason I NEVER sign up for these free preview things. You stop paying attention and BAM they charge your credit card. Yeah, I’m kinda paranoid.

Not to jinx anything but so far so good, and that was a beautiful shot by Prince at the quarter…

Is it too early to talk about getting out of the Eastern Conference Finals?

J/K don’t throw things at me.

@PG4L:
No, but I am counting down to HB coming here with “trade everyone11”

Things looking smoother than a fresh shave but I mean what else is new. This is the most apathetic Ive been to a start of a season. Maybe’s its the opponent or the fact that concerns for this team dont begin till May or maybe its because I feel the window is shut and Im just watching the young guys develop. Whatever the reason, Im not as pumped for this. Im a terrible fan :(

Stones calmly rotating 11

Hey, judging by the early box, the whole “involve Tay in the offense” thing is working out.

Unfortunately, the pistons game is also blacked out through NBA league free pass. Some free service… sigh

I’m surprised prophecy_projectz isn’t telling us how Detroit isn’t going to make it out of the first round of the playoffs this season yet!

/in midseason form already

Geoff Jenkins with a lead-off double for the Phils in the 6th. Rollins with a sac bunt. Jenkins on 3rd, 1 out, Werth, Utley, Howard due up. Philly waits with baited breath.

…for those of you who care about these kinds of things.

Lotto baby.

I’ve got it on League Pass…

http://www.andromedanet.com/tvtuner_justin_ps8.html

Is Geoff Jenkins the new coach in Dallas?

@chandgragupta: that sucks.

@ Boney and MP: DON’T FEED THE NAYSAYERS. Next thing you know Brad and HB will be showing up. And then FRED W. CAPEL WILL TYPE IN ALL CAPS WITH NO PUNCTUATION UNTIL YOUR EYES BLEED. I could wait until April to have to deal with that.

Werth with a bloop single. Jenkins scores. Philly burns. I’m done with the baseball play-by-play unless people without TV and radio care.

that’s the only link i can find, its choppy as heck but its better than nothing

Got the game on now. How’d the Pacers catch up so quick? Ah no matter.

Coupla things looking around league. Anyone suprised Orlando is down to the hawks and that Toronto was able to come in and beat Philly?

@chandgragupta – if that’s the game it needs an Access Code.

Other Matt,

I enjoy the naysayers, which is why I miss quite a few people who thought they were better GMs than Joe Dumars who were telling us all how we needed to acquire guys like Chris Kaman and a no name center to compete with Kendrick Perkins.

lol nevermind, I see at the bottom.

diablo,

follow the instructions on the screen :)

type “andromedanet.com” and then hit enter

@OTHER MATT:
I lol’d. :)

yeah it got me too at first haha

How they caught up is simple… Dyess checked into the game and threw up a couple clangers and the ref keeps sending anyone in a Pacers jersey who crosses half court to the foul line…

Oden’s out 2-4 weeks? This dude got the glass legs. And wrist. Maybe Jaw, possible spine too….

I don’t mean to take pot-shots at LB when he’s not here to defend himself, but I about fell out of my chair when I first read that he thought we should trade Rasheed for Dalembert. That was outrageous.

I like it too Boney

Stuckey having a rough night, looks like.

We’ve been missing a few bunnies

Fabio and Three Point Line Make a Porno

Boney, thanks, I found it.

Snowflake!

Nice Afflalo.

Great sequence from Afflalo there. @Chand, thanks for the link to the video.

mannnn wathcing the pistons is some much more fun when reserves are beating up on their starters

Jesus the Magic really didnt show up tonight.

I fell out of my chair laughing at the thought of acquiring Chris Kaman and his horrible contract… as if Rasheed’s expiring deal is only good enough to get a big white stiff?

ha

Man, substituting Hunter and Hayes’ minutes for Afflalo and Herrmann is going to be great

Nice foot work J-Max

Herrmann might be, like, good. Who knew?

/sarcasm

World Series tied at 3 in the 7th on a Baldelli HR.

Blatche and Stevenson for the Wiz are wearing totally bad ass fades. I felt like you guys needed to know that.

Baldelli with a BOMB! GO RAYS!

Pre-game concert with Blues Traveller?

They’re still around?!

We might have Baseball in November….has that ever happened?

2001, after the season was delayed for 9/11. Jeter became Mr. November.

umm I meant to ask this last night… Did Phil Jackson get hairplugs or something? He looks different without his goatee or beard thing

Second quarter not as impressive as the first for sure…. watching Brandon Rush cut inside on back to backs wasn’t funny either…

Thanks for the link!

I’d love to see the Pistons push their lead to 10+ by the half.

@ p_p, the 2001 World Series. Gogol is right, Jeter became “Mr. November”. That was such a great series. Those 3 games at Yankee Stadium were ridiculous. I’ve never seen so much emotion during a sporting event. There’s a great documentary by HBO called “9 Innings From Ground Zero” that’s usually on around 9/11. Really worth a watch if you catch it.

Stop feeding Tay, he’s gone ice cold all of a sudden.

What the hell do we have to do to draw a foul

Chauncey missing a freethrow?!?

TRADE HIM RIGHT THIS MINUTE!

So, is the game blacked out locally?? I live in Metro Detroit area and have basic cabeland cannot find the game. Help!

nice to see Popovich is still a douchebag and intentionally fouling Shaq at the end of the 1st half!

I thought you couldn’t intentionally foul within the last 2 minutes of a quarter or half?

It’s on FSND for me, Lance

I’m pretty happy with the Curry offense so far. Granted it’s Indiana, small sample, etc. But I was concerned about turnover creep in the post-Flip era. Nice to see us get off to a good start.

Avery Johnson on ESPN=Comedy

I’m scouting Detroit’s opponent for Saturday right now…

Dee Brown is currently on the floor for the Wizards… Nick Young just substituted in for him…

If Detroit wins tonight, they’ll be 2-0 after Saturday.

@ Gogol: My FSN program sched. says the game should be on, but there’s some crap college football game on instead. I’m super pissed

Up 10 at the half, just like I wanted. Next goal, up 20 at the end of the game.

Stuart Scott definitely needs to get that eye fixed… jesus christ

Seriously, I’m not trying to be mean or anything… he has a face made for radio

Lance: While looking for a game link I saw some chatter that FSN for those with WOW hasn’t yet come to an agreement to carry the Pistons games. Maybe someone else can explain what that means.

and Nick Young looks like a fucking rooster with his haircut

what a clown, thank god he’s not a Piston

“nice to see Popovich is still a douchebag and intentionally fouling Shaq at the end of the 1st half”

Did you see him intentionally foul Shaq 5 seconds into the game as a joke? Shaq looks over at Pop who’s just sitting on the bench with two thumbs up and a big grin. It was pretty funny stuff.

Check out Kevin Durant’s first half line: 0-4 FG 0-1 3pt. FG 0 points 0 rebounds 0 assists 0 steals 0 blocks 3 turnovers 3 fouls, 11 minutes. Not sure that’s what Oklahoma thought they were going to see. Oh yeah, and they’ve scored a whopping 35 in the 1st half.

Thanks Mike. If you’ll excuse me, I’m of to burn the nearest WOW facility to the ground now.

Shut up Jim, that did not happen. That’s awesome, I love Pop.

I’m a big fan of this motion offense we’ll use sometimes…it’ll probably take a bit for guys to get up to speed with it, but as long as we aren’t standing around for the 1st 15 seconds of the shot clock I’m happy.

Hahah, i just heard the announcer in the Nets/Wizards game say “Jarvis Hayes with the jumper again and he misses it” and had a nightmare-like flashback….

DO NOT MISS BULLETHEAD!

Too unselfish Amir, that was your lane, bad pass to Rip…

I thought he should have shot

If Amir can hit open jump shots like that, we’re going to like him a lot

Amir’s jumper didn’t look so bad there.

10:58 DET – Traveling on A. Johnson.
UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!

Hey Flip’s former assistant, how did those two j’s look?

Good timeout, this backdoor rasho pinch post bullshit ain’t gonna cut it

very tough call on granger

“Amir takes a jumpshot” is the best play in our new offense.

Amir = Ben with jump shot (i.e. God)?

Nice feed from Amir. The next Magic?

(I kid, I kid)

Yeah Magic couldn’t block shots, don’t be silly

biggups to mr. gupta for the video link

I also wasn’t smart enough to see that ALL CAPS INSTRUCTIONS either

MAYBE MR CAPEL HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT I DONT KNOW IM NOT SURE WHAT ABOUT THAT ODEN

Forty: i c what u did ther. lol

:O The Pacers copied The Pistons! How dare they!?

Tayshaun!

Nice take by Stucko.

Stuckey with 5 seconds left in the quarter takes it the length of the court for the foul and bucket. I expect to see a lot of this.

looks like stuckey has learned a few trick from chauncey

We all knew before the inbound that Stuckey was going to take it right to the basket. Nice!

bah bah bah bah bah….. im luvin it

Nice double by Max and Sheed to cause that turnover.

Stuckey looks like a tank next to ford

From the looks of the box score the Pistons are playing solid. Love the low turnover number. Seems like Indiana’s FT shooting is keeping them in it.

Not to diss Detroit, but The Pacers don’t have a lot of players who are . . . good . . . do they?

They’re getting bogus calls to be honest but whatever…

little worried about Stuckey’s ball movement, Ford was in his head for a stretch there…

Either way I think this is already over…

Or maybe not…. jeeze nice foul :(

Come on Stuck, the blown layups were cute when u were a rookie…gotta make the easy ones

Indiana has Ford and Granger. That’s something at least.

Can’t watch the game, but I dunno how Troy Murphy has 3 blocks. Didn’t think that dude could jump over a penny. Chances are one of those was on Stuckey, too.

Liking Herrmann’s scoring and Amir’s one foul.

Ford and Granger are decent, but Indy is definitely not a playoff team. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to be one of those, “hey, they’re playing a weaker team, they should always win by 20” guys. In fact it’s fine to start out the new rotation against some of the less-than-elite teams.

Granger’s very good…and he’s torching us. 26 points on 13 shots is really efficient. I wouldn’t be shocked to see these guys sneak into the eighth seed. Not predicting it, but they’re decent. They were a 44% winning team last year, they don’t completely suck…

Prince with the Duncan face :)

B-B-B-Billups.

Nice 3 by Chauncey, we needed to get some seperation.

Yeah, I may have jinxed the Pistons by dissing the Pacers. Um, what I meant was, Granger for MVP!!!

Good D snowflake!

interesting that they have a game closing lineup of Billups, Hamilton, Afflalo, Prince, and Sheed. Flip went small to finish alot of games in the playoffs last year

OT: why is Donald Sutherland coaching the Spurs, and what did they do with Greg Pop?

So anyone think Curry is afraid to use an irregular rotation? 11 players early in the second quarter. Benching Dice for Afflalo in crunch time. Love it.

4 guard lineup!

Okay, Granger is good, but he ain’t this good.

So is Amir’s per 40 min 12 and 12 with 6 blocks and 2 PF good enough?

the Palace looks 9/10th empty on opening night?! its only a 5 points game

Game 1 down…. months to go!

I’ll take the win!

Nice win, still on pace to win 80+

Actually, Granger IS pretty damn good. I think he’ll have a breakout season.

Besides the rotation can anyone give me some insight into Curry’s coaching style. Didn’t see the game.

Does he stand or sit? Is he calling plays for every possession or does he let them read and react? Lots of pressing and trapping?

That’s an awfully good looking box score. Look at the contributions from everybody. A little concerning that the Pacers shot 50%, but it looks like we had good, solid contributions from everybody.

Good start to the season, everyone!

Did anyone else notice that George Blaha never said, “Drains a duece”? Someone must have told him it sounded like flushin a turd.

The Pistons continue to stink it up.

9th game and they haven’t played good yet even though most of the games including tonight have been at home

The Pacers are are probably in the bottom 10 of all teams in the league.

Bottom 10

Pistons shoot 40%
Until the foul athon in the last minutes the Pacers had over 3X as many free throws.

Simply an awful performance.

The next 4 games there is only one good team and that is Toronto. It is a road game.

Then we play Boston.

We are going to have to play a heck of a lot better than tonight against a terrible team if we are going even be able to stay on the court in Toronto or against Boston.

Simplyh Awful

Giving up 30 points in the 4th quarter at home against a lousy team like Indiana. You have to be kidding.

UN-de-FEAT-ed!!! UN-de-FEAT-ed!!!

I will personally apologize to Danny Granger next time I see him.

Good to see lots of contributions. Weird that Chauncey and Rip both shot 5-13, and I don’t love ’Sheed’s 4-11, but it’s amazing how many more shots Detroit had than Indy. And solid game by Hermann. If he is a consistently good backup SF, I will be SO HAPPY. . . !!!

I guess I’ll have a go at it:

1) It’s the first game of the season.
2) The Pacers aren’t very good, and sometimes teams play down to their competition.
3) They have a new coach and are learning a lot of new plays.
4) They are working a few new players into the lineup.

Have patience because this will probably be another fun season!

@Mike:
Want a tissue? You usually lead the chorus of boohoos after two losses in a row, not after an opening night win. You’re getting ahead of yourself.

Missed the game… nice to be back in the mix. Thankx for the thread!!!!

Mike, are you always negative?

Mike, you can’t be for Amir and also be a part of the negative pansy crowd. So either you’re with the Amir people or you’re getting lumped in with HB, Brad, P_P, and FRED W CAPEL. Your call. We all got what we wanted, Amir starting, an 11 man rotation, Herrmann at the 3, Afflalo in crunch time. This game literally had something that should please all of us internet lunatics.

Pistons win, Pacers lose. Everyone’s happy except HB.

I wonder if Curry will stick with his minutes distribution with the Amir McMax PF monster (roughly equal time for all three). They collectively got 21 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks. I’m sure that one of them will begin to grab more minutes as the season goes along, but it’ll be interesting to see how that tandem plays out.

Yes and its good to know were still one of those teams that can play bad at still get the W, i was mostly happy with what i saw.

Paul, I like that, Amir McMax PF monster. I may use that from now on.

@QD:
My main take-away about Curry— he KNOWS how to use this roster. He managed it brilliantly tonight. He showed confidence in the full squad, starting the second quarter with Maxiell, Herrmann, Afflalo, Dyess and Stuckey. That’s a lineup we wouldn’t have seen from Flip unless we were way up or way down in the 4th.

Amir played most of the first, until Indiana brought in Roy Hibbert— how is 7’2 280lbs. After one play, Curry subbed Amir for Brown. Unfortunately, Brown failed offensively and defensively, so he was exchanged for Maxiell in a few minutes of play.

From one game, I am truly pumped to see what Curry does with this team this season. Tonight wasn’t perfect, our players were playing at about 75% of their full speed (save for Amir, who played brilliantly). Once they get in the rhythm of the game, they’re going to be NASTY.

My two biggest take-aways after Curry’s style:
1. Amir has a deadly 20’ jumper. He looked even more automatic than McDyess inside the 3 point line, hitting three of his own shots in a row from around 18-20 feet. It was beautiful.

2. Herrmann. I talked him up a lot last season, he didn’t dissappoint tonight. The best play— he shot a three, realized he was short and beat the crowd of Indiana defenders to his own rebound, then made the layup. It was fabio-tastic.

Paul M.: I love “Amir McMax PF monster” too. Technically, though, three people can’t be a “tandem.”

Mike, thanks for being a good example of what I meant in an earlier post by the guy that thinks Detroit should always beat lesser teams by 20. Even in the first game of the season with a new rotation.

Mike is right on with that “Curry KNOWS how to use this roster.”

Did anybody mention Sheed on the post? Because that was nice to see.

Amir McMax ftw.

Arrey Stuckups

We didn’t play our best ball, but overall I liked what I saw tonight. We had more rebounds, assists, blocks, steals, and less turnovers. We know teams aren’t going to shoot 50% against us most of the time and our offensive execution should get better as we learn Curry’s system and integrate it with our old stuff.

We have a very deep and versitale team…if everyone is willing to accept their roles we have a very high ceiling this year.

Bah, technicalities. Knew I shouldn’t have asked Sheed about that one.

“Amir has a deadly 20′ jumper.”
This just makes me grin.

Don’t get caught up in Amir’s jump shot. He made them today, but it’s still an ugly shot, so don’t expect it every game.

To further show Amir’s range:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/shotchart?gameId=281029008

Select Amir from the Pistons pull down bar. The 20’ spot— he made two in a row there, with his other basket at 18’.

Beyond that, I’ve always hated this phrase: “he does stuff that doesn’t show up in the box score”. However, when Amir was on the floor, he was involved in every single play— on both ends of the floor. I’m floored.

Don’t talk about Amir’s jumper! I don’t want him to shoot! DUNK IT, YOUNG FELLA! DUNK IT!

@restructer_it:
I think “ugly” is a misnomer. There’s more evidence FOR Amir’s outside shot than there is against it, both in the d-league and in the regular season, a la here:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore;ylt=ArPJwWZjiwdduE04r7VxmU9PaB4?gid=2006041715

Um…with all the negativity going around, I hate to add to it but I don’t like “Amir McMax”.

I like Amir and all, but it feels like this nickname kind of makes Mcdyess and definately, Maxiell inferior to him.

-Um, I still feel like Maxiell should be starting. But I’m not mad at Amir getting the gig, I just wish Maxiell would of got more of a chance.

MP, that’s the Milwuakee game from his rookie year. The one where he went for like 18-20 points, perfect from the floor, line, and 2-2 from 3 point range? I don’t even need to click the link to know what game it was. I remember watching it at school with my roomates and everybody going, “who the hell is this guy and why hasn’t he been playing?” That was the moment I became an Amir believer.

April 17, 2006? You’ve been holding that one in for a while. I’m not tryin to rip on him. I think he’s great for the starting line up. I actually think he has the possibility to even get a lot better with his intangibles by the end of the season… But… He shoots with his elbow out and he pushes it.

Side note, something all of us DBBers should be pretty damn proud of. The Pistons opened the 2007-08 season with a game against the Miami Heat last November. On that game thread, there were 32 comments.

At time of posting this comment, there were 158 comments. Here’s to a much bigger, stronger and active community this season. Three cheers for Detroit Motherfucking Bad Boys Dot Com.

Detroit Bad Boys Blog: The Book is on my 2009 Christmas wishlist!

Yes! I’m one of those 32 comments!

Still waiting on the hazing about the negative Amir comments

@restructer_it:
“He shoots with his elbow out and he pushes it.”

Maybe, but so does this guy.

Seriously, the name “Amir McMax” diminishes McDyess and Maxiell? I don’t mean to be inflammatory, but that’s some weak ass bullshit. What freaking city are we from? Detroit is not a soft place, I’m sorry we hurt McDyess and Maxiell’s feelings. Good grief.

Diablo: Me too! Although I’m not proud of my observation:

“Bullet-head looked really good out there. He LOOKS like an athlete, the way he’s all up on people on D, and he has long limbs or something. He looks like he’ll be a dangerous athletic guy once he gets going and the minutes/rotation become consistent.”

Moral of the story: don’t listen to me.

I thought the Amir McMax name actually made sense in a chronological way. Amir starts, Dyess comes off the bench next, and Max is third. Although it could be Max before Dyess, but whatever.

Mike,

Take that noise to BlogABull if you want to be negative after a loss. We’re true blind homers who think that every win means this team played their best!

Weaknesses after 1 game:
- Still kinda soft in the middle, although Amir did his best to try and be Ben for a night.
- Still a jump shooting team although watching Herrmann stroke a few wasn’t too bad.
- The nursery is safe, hopefully on Saturday it will not be.
- Stuckey appeared to force the plays instead of playing with what the defense gave him.

Strengths after 1 game:
- If Prince can fill it up with 18 a night and over 50%? Like I said in an earlier post, he’s an All Star.
- Amir showed what we’ve all been raving about. I joked about him coming into that Boston series last year and giving us 7 points and 7 boards in 15-20 minutes, well he hauled in 6 and 6 in 20 minutes tonight. I think 10 and 8 is easily attainable for this young man. Just think if he had a mean streak in him, jesus…

@Mike Payne

I knew that was gonna be Tay before I clicked on it. He has a little more rotation though… Speaking of Tay. I would rather talk about how Tay is stepping up to Curry’s challenge to become an all-star. They got the ball in his hands a lot more often early in the shot clock and he made good of it. I think 19 points will be routine for him.

Gotta say, I don’t like the Amir McMax either.

Garrett: I also predicted Tayshaun to be an All-star in that post, (and I did it again this year). Shows you what I know. :-P

“Seriously, the name "Amir McMax" diminishes McDyess and Maxiell? I don’t mean to be inflammatory, but that’s some weak ass bullshit. What freaking city are we from? Detroit is not a soft place, I’m sorry we hurt McDyess and Maxiell’s feelings. Good grief.”

Wow, wasn’t expecting someone to get that butt-hurt over the comment.

Boney, that made me laugh out loud.

If we use Amir Maxdyess, we get the name all three are referred to as most commonly, so everybody’s happy.

Mm, Prince had a huge game in the opening last year against Miami, and I remember thinking that he was primed for an All-Star season. After that, he had a pretty normal Prince season.

But if Curry is serious about running more plays for Prince (and it seems like he is so far), we could easily see more nights like tonight, where he leads the team in shots and points.

2 things:

1) I was only partially serious.

2) I just saw the highlights of Pop giving Shaq the thumbs up after the intentional foul. Brilliant. Pop for President.

I think Pop is outta control with the intentional fouling. Don’t like it at all.

Feels good to be back guys! Hey, did anyone happen to see at the end of one of the quarters where one of the Pacers threw the ball into the Palace crowd almost up into the upper level way after the horn!? Whats up with that? I thought for sure we’d get a tech free throw for that…

When I read things like “we looked awful, we stink, blow it up” I’m left wondering what the expectations are for a team one supports. I don’t think anyone thinks we’ll win fewer than 50 games…or miss the playoffs…or lose before the second round. That puts us worst case as one of the 8 best teams in the league. We’ve been to six consecutive Eastern Conference Finals. We had the second best record and scoring differential in the league last year. I hardly think that’s awful or worth incessantly complaining about. I wish we’d win the title every year. But it doesn’t mean that when we don’t, or even when I don’t think we’re one of the two or three most likely teams to do so that I act like we’re improperly managed or not worth cheering for. That’s just silly.

The Pistons front office has done a great job. We have a consistently excellent team, and our players are generally good guys. All I ask for is a little perspective – if this team is horrendous and worthy of immediate dissolution, I think there are a few other organizations in need of some serious soul-searching (read: every franchise other than the Spurs in the last 10 years).

Amir can shoot those shots underhanded, if he makes ‘em.
oh, what the hell…
TRADE HIM!!!! TRADE HIM NOW BEFORE HE’S A CANCER!!!!

Nice team effort, and a fun game to watch. This is gonna be a bumpy-ass, fun season to watch.

I’d add that our organization has been so successful that it’s been poached by other teams. We’ve had two assistant coaches recently get promoted to head coach (Woodson and Porter). And our former assistant GM is now running Milwaukee.

Another stellar Clips season getting underway. I got the pleasure of watching that at the bar after the Pistons game.
Be grateful for what we have. VERY grateful.

Amir MaxDyess was awesome tonight. Pistons look good. I’m happy to have games again.

So, have I missed the game or what?

nice thread…

amir looked a little nervous on those first few balls clanking off his hands, but then with the block, steal and a couple o-rebounds, he settled. i’ve been waiting for that jump shot since his d-league days where he aced 3s on a regular basis. he’s taking the next step.

and based on one game, i’d say so is spellcheck and tay. loved arron’s game tonight. and i’m with boney that prince makes the allstar game. i think being on the olympic team was the best thing that could have happened to tay. you have to think the “i belong” switch finally clicked.

i think this pacers team isn’t that bad. granger’s legit. they’ve got good depth. i think o’brien’s a smart coach. they were only a game out of the playoffs last year without jermaine o’neal.

gotta love the minute distribution. it’ll be interesting to see if it remains this consistent.

I am in LA on business so I havent gotten to watch the game yet, but my roommate recorded it for me so I will be watching it on friday for sheezy. Nice to see all the comments and am really looking forward to seeing the game.

Did hermann have any of his signature ballmanship on the way to the lane?

james: Indeed he did. He had a slick fast break where he kind of had to twist around at the last second — only someone with his gangly long arms could have made the play. (Sadly, I can’t remember when in the game this was, just sometime in the second half …)

Everyone: um, wow. Nice turn out with the comments, everyone!

Matt, change your font color. Or are you posting in secret, and I need special glasses to read what you post?

Re the number of comments, and this community, I’ll just say I’ve rooting for the Pistons since the Kelly T. era; I just discovered this site in the middle of last season; and it’s great. Thanks to the folks that created and maintain it!