Pistons get back to business
by Matt W on Nov 23, 2008 4:51 PM CST
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We're sitting here, and this is supposed to be a Pistons blog, and we're talking about weekend open threads? I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about weekend open threads, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we're talking about weekend open threads? Not the game that we go out there and watch and talk about like it's our last but we're talking about weekend open threads, man. How silly is that?
As promised, the weekend open thread has been zapped. Let's get back to positivity, good karma and watching the good guys win.
I think we'll beat Minny tonight.
I like slam dunk shots.
Ball tips at 6 PM on FSN -- leave your thoughts in the comments.
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in baseball there is the brushback. the pistons need their version. remember dyess taking varejao down in game five two years ago? shaq would know what to do.
by andyfrombrooklyn on Nov 23, 2008 4:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Lost in the wailing, there was actually some interesting comments in the open thread — I almost felt bad about zapping it. Almost.
by Matt Watson on Nov 23, 2008 5:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Fearless leader (aka MW): deleted like all the pain and suffering from Thursday – Saturday!
by Forty on Nov 23, 2008 5:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
anyone have an internet feed for the game?
by jbstork on Nov 23, 2008 5:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
http://atdhe.net/live-tv-760.html
low in quality tho
by blo on Nov 23, 2008 5:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The biggest thing we need to focus on right now is controlling turnovers over front court scoring i.e. replacing Dice.
by Restructer_It on Nov 23, 2008 5:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
i think if the pistons really focus they might be able to squeak out a win tonight.
by andyfrombrooklyn on Nov 23, 2008 5:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Irrelevant to the game thread, but I was poking around on the internet and found this:
http://soundboard.com/sb/Detroit_Pistons_Sounds.aspx
It appears to be kind of old, but there’s some good stuff there.
by Other Matt on Nov 23, 2008 5:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This is a good feed
Watch live video from D E T R O I T – S P O R T S – T V on Justin.tv
by that_Gin_will_make_u_sin on Nov 23, 2008 5:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
All-world PF Ryan Gomes in da house! At least that’s what the Pistons are making him look like.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 5:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I am looking forward to getting Dice back. I like having one big who can hit the j from the outside on the floor at all times.
by Forty on Nov 23, 2008 5:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
How did the T-wolves manage to get Kevin Ollie, Mark Madsen, and Brian Cardinal all on one roster? It’s the Bizarro Big Three.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 5:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
That shoulda been a tech on maxiell.
by Restructer_It on Nov 23, 2008 5:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
teams around the league fear us now!
i mean we shouldnt panick… we all know minni is a great defensive team, we’re trying our best
plus, adding a new pg to the system is a growing process, just look at denver and billups…
by Mannie32 on Nov 23, 2008 5:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
lol@Blaha shutting up K about the Maxiell dunk
Turrible pass, good looks Rip remedying that
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 5:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
AI= putting in the Answer in Canswer…..
I kid of course (a little..). That was a bad shot
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 5:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I also think that when we put Stuckey on the floor with only one other offensive player, it is setting him up for failure
by Forty on Nov 23, 2008 5:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Guys just stand there in the interior…
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 5:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Good, get aggressive in the interior, if the’re not gonna gaurd the interior make em pay too
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
We got the one of the greatest driving scorers in the league’s history, a forward with a great offensive skill set and one of the league’s best mid range shooters all against a lotto team not playing interior D and all we could manage was 34 first half points?
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I was just going to say — 34 points at the half vs. the T-Wolves? But P_P beat me to it.
by Toledo Joe on Nov 23, 2008 6:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
PP – the unit with Stuckey, Rip, Afflalo, Maxiell, and Amir couldn’t score…shockingly. The non-Rip starters all kept it pretty close (not that hanging with a lottery team is the goal, but the problem was clearly not with them).
That second unit misses McDyess…and Herrmann’s shooting.
by Forty on Nov 23, 2008 6:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
So I missed most of the first half. Is this a “the Pistons are missing wide open shots” game or a “the Timberwolves have actually played pretty good defense” game?
Also, are the Pistons showing any effort on defense?
by Michael on Nov 23, 2008 6:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Its really starting to look like this trade was a mistake and the Cleveland and Laker games were off nights for those teams…..
/Prophecy’d gun jumping.
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
they’re lucky to be down only by 10 after shooting 20%.
by Rob G on Nov 23, 2008 6:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Did you know the Pistons payroll is only $2.3M more than Minnesota? I learned that just now on ESPN Trade Machine trying to trade anyone and everyone on our team for some of the key pieces on the Minnesota juggernaut.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 6:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I’d say the Wolves aren’t playing transcendent D; the Pistons just cannot hit a lot of very good looks.
by Rob G on Nov 23, 2008 6:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
SHEED needs to get his ass on the block
by that_Gin_will_make_u_sin on Nov 23, 2008 6:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Randy Foye and Ryan Gomes probably both had their best halves of the year. I kind of follow Foye because I dropped him from my fantasy team and Gomes has always been a favorite as he was one of the only Celtics not to quit like a dog when they were a bad team at the start of the Danny Ainge/GM era.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 6:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I remember during his rookie Randy Foye had a great game against us as well. In the Palace no less, kids got potential.
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
rip needs therapy. he is in mourning. uh oh. mourning supposedly takes a year
by andyfrombrooklyn on Nov 23, 2008 6:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Foye’s never going to be a great shooter but an 8-to-1 assist/TO ratio in the first half is as good as you can ask from your PG. For the year it’s 2.5-to-1 for Foye.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 6:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Alonzo Mourning takes a year? To do what — ditch a current team and become a ring chaser?
by Toledo Joe on Nov 23, 2008 6:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Rip has become how he was in Washington. Which begs the question, was he ever shit without Chauncey?
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Well I may have been a bit harsh.
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This is like a classic case of Detroit complacency. Passing around, passing around, settle for jump shot.
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Detroit has no inside game on offense. I mean, they barely had an inside game when they were really good. Now the “points in the paint” come from slashing guards, but when the guards ain’t slashing and the jump shots ain’t fallin’, it’s ugly. Which it is now.
Having said that, Detroit is perfectly capable of coming back and winning this game. They just need to figure out what they want to do on offense.
by Toledo Joe on Nov 23, 2008 6:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
they are going to lose this game. and i won’t enjoy the crow if i am wrong because i almost don’t care if they lose trhe way they asre playing. it is just depressing.
by andyfrombrooklyn on Nov 23, 2008 6:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Just you watch, once Minnesota gets the lead to 20, Kevin Love is gonna pull out his youtube shot selection on us.
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hey pistons fans, don’t look now, but Jason Hanson is putting on a uniform.
by wolf blitzer on Nov 23, 2008 6:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
@ Toledo Joe:
Its amazing how all this time we’ve had Rasheed and yet one of our flaws as you said was the inside game.
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Maybe if Rip’s only task tonight is to feed the ball to Prince…
by b23 on Nov 23, 2008 6:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Now thats what the hell Im squwaking about!
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hitting a few jumpers may have opened up the paint for the Pistons.
by Michael on Nov 23, 2008 6:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Too bad they cant play D on the other end.
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
the team is so disjointed it is sad. were they really four and o before iverson?
by andyfrombrooklyn on Nov 23, 2008 6:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
prince is all alone on the floor.
by andyfrombrooklyn on Nov 23, 2008 6:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
That just sucks but if your gonna get back that late while your teamate (an All-star) just stands there, its probably justified
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
pistons are just plain awful tonight
by detroitblue on Nov 23, 2008 6:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Amir gets at least one call against him per game that I’m convinced wouldn’t get called against any other player in the league
by Forty on Nov 23, 2008 6:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
For us to get back in this game, the rest of these guys need to be professionals like TayTay and his team at Wallside Windows.
by wolf blitzer on Nov 23, 2008 6:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think this game is going to help Amir’s average on the season of 7.6 fouls/36 minutes going into tonight.
by LawyerBoy on Nov 23, 2008 6:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Oy. How about Rip & Amir for Andrei Kirilenko? Then maybe Rip can turn that frown (and FG%) upside down by playing with a true PG again and the Pistons solve their “our PFs are green bananas” problems.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 6:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
what’s the opposite of magic?
so i would think that his inability to screen correctly is one of the things amir can’t do that you can coach. while his ability to goaltend is one of the things amir can do that you can’t coach.
i would trade rip, sheed and your mom for al jefferson.
by JackDutch on Nov 23, 2008 6:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
How did the Iverson trade make our bench 5 times worse?!?@! I just can’t figure it out. Anyone have any thoughts?
by Restructer_It on Nov 23, 2008 6:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Its gonna be hilarous when the Knicks drop 120 on us on Wednesday. Im calling it right now.
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
What’s the opposite of magic?
Science. The Pistons are E=MCscrewed.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 6:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Forty: I know what you mean about Amir. Some players just seem to be held to a higher standard. Elden Campbell (at least from what I saw while he was in Detroit), and poor, poor Darko are some other Pistons examples that come to mind.
by Michael on Nov 23, 2008 6:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
think we could get Big Ben back? The interior defense is terrible.
by jbstork on Nov 23, 2008 6:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Deeeeeeeetrooooit Baaaaaasket….screw you.
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The opposite of magic is spotting a 2-8 team at 15+ point lead in the third quarter. The opposite is the brutal, sober reality that your team is not going to win.
by Rob G on Nov 23, 2008 6:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wow…watching this is continuation of the last 4 days: Michigan vs. Duke, Pistons vs. Celtics, Michigan vs. Ohio State, Detroit Lions vs. anybody
by wolf blitzer on Nov 23, 2008 6:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Where gonna lose by 30 to the T-Wolves arent we?
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 6:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Rob G, that’s a 2-9 team, or well, 3-9 after this. Gotta get that down for accuracy’s sake.
by LawyerBoy on Nov 23, 2008 6:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
i blame sarah brightman. i’m seeing her goddamn face at every basketball arena in the f-ing country. i wouldn’t want to show up at work either if she’s there tuning up.
by JackDutch on Nov 23, 2008 6:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This might be the lowest point of the season so far.
by Mr Monday on Nov 23, 2008 6:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Smack that dancing kid upside the head
by wolf blitzer on Nov 23, 2008 6:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
5-22 so far from the starting $30 million dollar backcourt against Randy Foye and Mike Miller at home. Ugh.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 6:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Who will keep it closer the Pistons or the Lions? Over/under is 18.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 6:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
It’s obviously unfair to single out players when you’re down 25, but I’m going to do it anyway. How many good games has Rodney Stuckey had this year? I think Toronto might be the only one…he has been (for me) the biggest disappointment of the season. 8 points per on 38% shooting with a 29:22 a/to is not going to cut it.
by Forty on Nov 23, 2008 6:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
am i ever glad i stopped watching after the first half, once i saw the lack of effort, i was done.
by Bananas on Nov 23, 2008 6:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Telfair really shot that pass in there. Just fired it
by wolf blitzer on Nov 23, 2008 6:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Deep thought. When your play makes the Detroit Lions look like gritty gamers you have issues.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 6:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
His lusciousness has a concussion from the boston game
by Forty on Nov 23, 2008 6:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Backup Pistons guards are 0-7. It’s not even fun being snarky tonight because everybody sucks but Prince.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 7:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Detroit right now has a bunch of good guards (Will Bynum’s play being the one happy surprise of the season so far), one good SF and one good big guy. That’s not enough. At least two of these three — Maxiell, Brown, and Johnson — have to play significantly better, or Detroit ain’t going anywhere in the playoffs. I don’t want to be negative — I’ve been a Pistons fan since the Kelly T. era. But that’s what I see.
by Toledo Joe on Nov 23, 2008 7:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
We are playing so one dimentional right now. What the hell ever happened to post play? Hey Sheed get on the block! I’d settle for Tay or even Rip when he has a mismatch.
Where are the adjustments when our shots are broke?
by Tim on Nov 23, 2008 7:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Why has Rip played 37 minutes??? Hes flat out sucking and taking terrible shots.
by Rban on Nov 23, 2008 7:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Sheed posted for the first time in the 4th quarter. Unacceptable.
We need Antonio back.
by Tim on Nov 23, 2008 7:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
it seems everytime detroit lose, it’s always a blowout.. no?
by detroitblue on Nov 23, 2008 7:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
We traded Chauncey but kept this chump no post Sheed?
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 7:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
So Hermann was ok to play but we just didnt play him.
Fuck you Curry. Flip is better than him
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 7:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Rban – who would you give Rip’s minutes to? The other guys who are sucking?
I forget who does this on DBB, but someone needs to nominate the T-Wolf who won the “Random Scrub Who Lit Us UP” award.
by Rob G on Nov 23, 2008 7:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
God this is fucking embarassing… really, as a pistons fan they embarass me… cuz everyone knows me as a pistons fan and im from toronto… they’re representing me, and they’re stinking… and BAD
wtf is this? this used to happen maybe once in a while to us… but within the last week, week and a half the celtics did this to us twice, the suns did this to us, cavs almost did this to us (but some ill advised shots on our part actually went in to save the day)… and now the t-wolves did this to us
yikes
well dumars said he was disgusted when we took the celtics to 6 games and had one really bad loss (that game 4 blowout) in an otherwise competitive series (more competitive than the finals)… i wonder how he feels now… disgusted would be an understatement i assume
well no matter what, at least it gave detroit cap space in the future… but NY has a bunch of cap space now, and it would probably be a more attractive place… the one thing detroit could offer is a winning atmoshphere, and if thing don’t change fast they won’t have even that to sell to the star they wanna sign
by Mannie32 on Nov 23, 2008 7:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
gomes and foye looked like pierce and allen
by Vivian on Nov 23, 2008 7:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if trading for AI was a mistake and Im an AI fan. I dont think chauncey was the guy you get rid off. Stuck clearly wasnt ready but what you get in AI you give up in organised team sets. Plus when he has an off-night it gets ugly. Now I know why a lot of my friends are Iverson fans but dont want him ont here team. Not that this is all his fault but there is the knock on effect.
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 7:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Rob G – that’d be me. And Randy Foye, please come and hoist the John Salmons-Willie Green-Kendrick Perkins-Tony Allen Cup!
by Forty on Nov 23, 2008 7:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty sure this only counts as one loss in the standings. I could get the wrong idea from the tenor of this thread.
by LawyerBoy on Nov 23, 2008 7:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
looks like rip had something to say to curry..
by detroitblue on Nov 23, 2008 7:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Detroit traded the jelly in a PBJ for the ham in a ham sandwich and now have a ham and peanut butter sandwich. It’s not delicious. Maybe find some fluffernutter on the bench to mix with peanut butter and put cheese in the starting lineup but something needs to change.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 7:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Forty – Hah. That comment was the best part of the game. Lift the cup!
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 7:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Thank you, Forty – that was like me tossing the ball up above the rim, and you rise up and throw it down. Keep it up, young fella.
by Rob G on Nov 23, 2008 7:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
yup, i think its clear now……a 26 point loss to minnesnowta is a sign that we have problems.
by joe6pack on Nov 23, 2008 7:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Im pretty sure it counts as back to back blowout losses LB. Plus Im pretty sure it counts as the 3rd loss in four games, all blowout losses too.
They need that practice time, that everyone is saying they havent had yet. We talking about practice….
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 7:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
JJJ – and the PB and Ham is on Pumpernickel. EEEEEEW!
by Rob G on Nov 23, 2008 7:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Rob G – I make some youthful mistakes in these threads, but I try to make up for it with a good motor and nonstop energy.
Let’s take it to the New York CapperSpacers, and then I’ll be making the journey to the Palace from Beantown for a date with John Hammond on Friday!
by Forty on Nov 23, 2008 7:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
If Cuttino Mobley lifts the cup on Friday then perhaps this is more than an unfortunate stretch for Detroit Basketball.
by joejoejoe on Nov 23, 2008 7:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The Wednesday game is gonna funny. For all the wrong reasons
by prophecy_projectz on Nov 23, 2008 7:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Amongst the devastation no one has mentioned how many babies Maxiell ate tonight. He really looked hungry.
by Restructer_It on Nov 23, 2008 7:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
For the record, the legend of the Cup, which is in the shape of a gatorade bottle, was started when Brian Scalabrine went crazy in triple overtime in that game 5 against NJ in 2004. When the Pistons asked for it back, he said Corliss Williamson would have to play him for it. Corliss promptly beat him 15-0 in one on one, reclaimed the cup, and banished him to the Boston bench. But after Corliss left the team, it’s become popular to steal it from the Pistons’ locker room.
We’ll give Cuttino a shot, JJJ, but just know that no one gives you something as steeped in history as the Cup. You have to take it.
by Forty on Nov 23, 2008 7:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I saw the score (which I had to read twice) and then came on here to read all the posts by the doomsayers.
I have to say that everyone’s taking the loss pretty well considering the Pistons just dropped their pants at home versus a lottery team. A lottery team they beat last year with just their bench, I might add.
by Quick Darshan on Nov 23, 2008 7:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Natalie at N4S started a petition to bring back McDyess. DBB should start a petition to fire Michael Curry. That, or a petition to creat a time machine so we can go back to November 3rd.
by TDP on Nov 23, 2008 7:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Natalie at N4S started a petition to bring back McDyess. DBB should start a petition to fire Michael Curry. That, or a petition to create a time machine so we can go back to November 3rd.
by TDP on Nov 23, 2008 7:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
i think its time to blow this whole team up, trade rip because he looks like the same rip when he played in washington, trade rasheed because he is lazy and doesnt play defense, and get rid of amir and stuckey for a veteran…..also give maxiell more playing time. i know its early in the season but we still have our seasoned veterans and they arent getting anything done and the bench doesnt seem to be improving either, also does anyone remember we started out 4-0 and 2 of those games were without chauncey??
by joe6pack on Nov 23, 2008 7:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Lol QD – just as you said people are taking the loss well…
by Forty on Nov 23, 2008 7:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
what time is the nuggets game? at least they look like they will make the playoffs.
by andyfrombrooklyn on Nov 23, 2008 8:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
joe6pack- did you not watch the Cavs Pistons game from the other night? NBA teams don’t play hard every night, there are 82 games, guys have off nights.
Guys miss shots, it happens- This team beat LA and Cleveland, it will be alright
by RyAN on Nov 23, 2008 9:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dyess will return to the Pistons on December 3rd.
by PS on Nov 23, 2008 9:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Not sure if this was posted yet: Dyess will officially be back. Front page of ESPN.
by Other Matt on Nov 23, 2008 9:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t watch the game but read the comments. It’s funny because before the game started I think someone left a comment (PG4L?) saying Al Fefferson was going to light us up. I was going to reply and say, “He might light us up, but you’ll be surprised when a random scrub like Craig Smith lights us up.” Sure enough, Smith came close to getting the Cup, but a solid performance by so-impossible-to-stop-you-can-only-contain-him Randy Foye gave him the edge. Feck.
by Garrett on Nov 23, 2008 9:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
okay… some good news people… some very good news… doesnt help our VERY weak perimeter defense… but at least adds a familiar face and stregthens our bench
by Mannie32 on Nov 23, 2008 9:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I am not sure what Curry’s problems are but one is his total misuse of Amir.
Watching what he has Amir do is totally painful.
Amir’s 20 minutes tonight was a mirror of what his whole season has been under Curry.
On Offense
-—————
1. Set Picks
2. Set Picks
3. Get out of the way
4. Set more Picks
5. Set even more Picks
6. Get out of the way
On Defense
-—————-
1. Hedge on Perimeter
2. Hedge somemore on the Perimeter
3. Follow his man around but remember to hedge on the Perimeter
4. Hedge somemore on teh Perimeter
Absolutely pathetic.
This has to be the worse misue of talent I have ever seen in all my years of watching basketball.
Pathetic.
I am sure Amir will never resign with the Pistons if he is not traded, hopefully he will be, before his contract is up after next season.
4 years of this garbarage coaching of a real talent. What a disgusting waste.
by Mike on Nov 23, 2008 9:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I’ve been very confident with Michael Curry but why am I starting to question him and his ability to coach?
Where’s the defense?
by Diablo on Nov 23, 2008 9:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
okay… some good news people… some very good news… doesnt help our VERY weak perimeter defense… but at least adds a familiar face and stregthens our bench
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3722067
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This is great news. This will send Amir to the end of the bench and hopefully his agent will demand a trade and Joe D. will accomodate him.
by Mike on Nov 23, 2008 9:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The news about McDyess is the proverbial silver lining. He’s not The Complete Solution To Everything, but the Pistons have gotten very little, or very little consistency, out of bigs not named Rasheed, so another solid big will help.
by Toledo Joe on Nov 23, 2008 9:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This team sucks! Trade everybody! Look, Boston wins games, lets go support them!
Bah. Use some perspective people. Early in the season. New players. New coach. Shit happens. Love thy team!
by Laughton on Nov 23, 2008 10:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I’m watching SNF and San Diego just kicked a FG to tie it with 90 seconds left. The camera immediately panned to Norv Turner who had a look on his face like “son of a bitch, we’re going to lose because we left too much time on the clock”. Say what you will about Curry, but he’d never be caught on camera with that look on his face.
by Other Matt on Nov 23, 2008 10:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
As Iverson goes, we go. If you get a player with the idea of “raising the ceiling”, you have to deal with a leaky basement.
by kevin s. on Nov 23, 2008 10:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Mike, your last name wouldn’t be Johnson by any chance, would it?
by Quick Darshan on Nov 23, 2008 10:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
ugh. that was a very bad “good morning” i got when i saw the score…
well the sky isn’t falling yet, we’re not trading anybody else for now and dyess is coming back. i’m optimistic
by ohad on Nov 24, 2008 3:10 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Boy am I glad to miss this game. 26 point loss to the wolves?! Well let’s hope better times are ahead.
Just read an interesting note on yahoo sports:
“The Pistons are 0-3 on Sundays this season, having lost the games by an average of 18.7 points. They are 8-2 on the other six days of the week.”
by Primosh on Nov 24, 2008 3:53 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Look, I’m all for patience because lets be real now that we’ve resigned Rip for the next 3 years NOBODY is going to give us fair value of him (percieved weakness = real weakness in the NBA trading market)…
But we did just lose by 26, at home, to the Fing Timberwolves…. POST KG era…
You can say “have some faith” but busting on “Haters” and saying “Love Thy Team” is a bit much, that was ugly…
by PistonsGirl4Life on Nov 24, 2008 2:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The hating on the “haters” is to the extreme. It’s like the political equivalent of the people who say that if you don’t support everything the President does your unpatriotic.
Sometimes the best way to support your team isn’t to just have unadulterated faith in them but to question them and challenge the decisions that their making.
Granted, all teams have bad shooting nights, all teams lose games they shouldn’t. But mostly everyone on here that defends the Pistons sing the same refrain:
1.It’s early in the season.
2.We have new players.
3.Antonio McDyess.
4.Antonio McDyess.
Well,it’s early for everyone. Every team has new players. The new players and earliness of the season didn’t stop us from beating Cleveland or LA. It must be a surprise thing. One night were use to Iverson and the next he’s a complete stranger. And, oh my gosh, seriously get over the Antonio McDyess. We had him last year and we didn’t get as far as all fans thought we should have.
It could be that we can beat teams that aren’t physical, but teams that rebound, play the pick and roll game effectively, and play physical defense we can’t beat. The Pistons can’t play that game anymore and we get abused by any team that does. Minnesota and NJ aren’t good, but they play hard and they have guys crash the boards. We don’t. We lose to teams like that. We use to be a team like that. We were a team that could beat more talented teams because we played harder, smarter and tougher. Perhaps everyone forgot about that. I can’t imagine it because during 03-04 that was all the national media would say. Remember we didn’t have super stars like Shaq and Kobe but we beat them, not out of talent, but out of a team concept, defense and energy. After we won this team has played, hence the swagger and sense of complacency, as if they are the most talented. They forgot how they got to be a winning team in the first place. And instead of actually fully changing philosophies they’ve kind of half done so. I miss the old Pistons and when you have guys like Maxiel and Affalo, who fit the old mold, I’m frustrated because they’d be better suited trying to be who they were. As opposed to trying to out talent the Celtics and the rest of the league with Iverson.
With blogs relevance in today’s media the rants of fans are directly ripped off by press journalist and press journalist directly influence fans and the general opinion of a team. There is a point to the sharing of ideas beyond just being a “bad Piston fan.” If you think it’s pointless to complain about the Pistons how can you possibly think it’s worthwhile to defend them. Notice the lack of a question mark.
by Juicebox on Nov 24, 2008 3:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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