http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lu81z2E6pE

I wish Joe D. would just call him out instead of “sugar coding” the situation.

@Sean W.:
+100

I bet AI goes to Europe or abroad next year. I bet $20 Million! He would steal the show anywhere in the world but the NBA and he’s popular enough worldwide that someplace like China would probably drop a fuffillion dollars to land him. I can’t imagine any team that would be blowing his phone up atm.

YESSSSSS!

this is like the best news all season.

Wow. I’m actually glad that Joe isn’t calling him out. It’s a much classier way of doing things.

LMAO!!! I knew AI was selfish, but wow…I thought he was smart enough not to do this to his image. He loves the limelight. Guess he can show his lime oversea’s. Or for a bottow dwelling NBA Team. And I agree if i was Joe D…I would of just said. Due to AI’s Pride, he will no longer be logging any minutes the rest of the Year as a Detroit Piston. and Diablo. That’s gonna be " Coating " Sugar Coating. Smile.

I’ve long said that the woes of this season were not all, or even really mostly, AI’s fault. Having said that, has a big-name acquisition ever worked out WORSE for an NBA team than this? When an established star came to a good team? I mean, I used to think Detroit getting Sean Elliot turned out to be shockingly bad.

The silver lining, of course, is this was never only about this year, and probably wasn’t even mostly about this year.

Wow. I’m a lot more shocked than I probably should be. It’s amazing how clearly AI’s true colors have shone through the last couple days. I could see how reasonable people could defend him for being frustrated and saying some stupid things a few days ago, but that just isn’t possible anymore- he’s a quitter and a completely selfish idiot.

Is there another level to the silver lining? Someone’s going to offer AI a starting job next year, and while it may not be above the MLE, it’s still money that can’t be thrown at Boozer/Chandler/Whoever.

So, who out there can we quickly sign for the playoff roster? Anyone in the D-League? White Chocolate? And to think the Thunder just signed Livingston. Day late, dollar short there.

You gotta believe AI isn’t showing his face the rest of the season, and if he’s outta shape now, needs the rest for his back, don’t see how he can be on the playoff roster.

I also find it interesting that Joe D. is doing this and not MC. Would Mitch Kupchak and not PJ make this kind of announcement? Buford / Pop? Walsh / D’Antoni?

I can see MC now. “Man, this is going to change my rotations again!!”

Gabe, I have no problem with him being upset about coming off the bench and I don’t think you do either. But, as you pointed out, if he had said, “I feel like I can help my team most, by playing starter’s minutes” this wouldn’t be a problem.

Instead, he talked about how it hurt him mentally and so on. All of his quotes are about him.

I used to really like the guy and respect how he played. And I really thought he’d fit in here. I thought he was unfairly maligned on this site. But, I was wrong. What a douche.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlzPFm44Wac

The sound you hear is a shotgun blast, muffled only by Petey’s mouth. Oh well, he can always root for Baron Davis.

F Y A I

i was a huge fan of ai’s game before this year. I now chalk that up to not living in a city where he played. I loved his quickness and his “heart” and how he played relentlessly every game, throwing his body around the court and taking a lot of punishment for a guy his size. Now i just see that he is a lil bratty whiner who doesn’t give a damn about winning and only wants to prove that he still is the “man”. Iverson is oblivious to fact that he has had a terrible year, whether you want to blame the pistons style or his eroding skills, and that he is quickly becoming an old man without that great first step. I was happy when he came here, now i can’t wait for him to back his bags and become the star of the Prague Panthers or the Hungarian Hornets.

You know what I don’t understand? How can a guy like Iverson, clearly the epitome of the Me-first mentality, actually have legitimately loyal fans? How can they not see how he systematically destroys teams? Surely they can’t believe that the ability to break down a defense cancels out his ability to break down a locker room, can they? I just don’t get it. What’s so likable about Allen Iverson?

Was his last shot a brick? If so, then that’s fitting.

Gogol, America, and in large part, humanity, is the epitome of “me first.”

Co-sign with QD. I’m honestly surprised he came back at all. This is a mutual break-up and I’m glad that Joe D is handling the situation with more class and grace than AI did.

So now that he’s gone, we’re going to win, right?

I don’t think this one is going on his “resume”…

@Quick Darshan:
Completely agree. It’s funny how transparent AI is about the fact that he could not care less about his teammates. Also, he basically admitted that he’s completely healthy after complaining about just getting 18 minutes of PT, what a wimp to let Joe make an excuse for him so he doesn’t have to come off the bench for as few as 7 more games.

The best part of a bad season will be no more Jumbotron pics of AI. And as a bonuse, watching him whine about not receiving more than an MLE offer this summer.

And don’t the Euor leagues have something about having only a specific number of American players on their roster?

AI: Buh Bye

It’ll be interesting to see how we close out the regular season after this.

In order to regain his status, Allen will have to either say, “I was wrong, and I know this now” (regardless of truth), or … he’ll have to scapegoat the Pistons.

If he does the latter, expect him to permanently retire. Joe Dumars did him a favor by failing to smoke his pathetic ass in the press. If AI bites that hand, then he should expect all the inner-bullshit to get aired … and he’ll go from poisonous to radioactive.

I’m not expecting to hear the last of Allen, in relation to Pistons news.

@Sauce – There’s a 87.5 percent that yes, his last shot was indeed a brick.

MC F

It makes less sense without “AI”, but whatever

Dear Fox Sports Detroit, please cut out clips from the band in the “April in the D” marketing. The one doofus in that band is wearing a lousy jersey.

Michael Curry, FUCK! I like it.

And Rob G wins the thread

BOOM! HOLDING MY OWN! TAKING OVER! I CAN COMMENT ON A BLOG WITH A HUNDRED POUND WEIGHT ON MY BACK!

I think this photo accurately captures Iverson’s time as a Piston and the profound impact he had on the team’s direction.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2dhic5e&s=5

R.I.P. Iverson.

Oh, and while we’re posting celebratory YouTube vids, dig on this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN2hntZBIUQ

+100 – Bill Higgins – did you make that?

Well, technically I did make it, yes, but I like to think that it was the ghost of Cheikh Samb working through me.

I wish I could say something as creative as Rob G, but that one just about wins the season, not just the thread.

Add another one to the excited bunch.

More MFWB please and thank you.

Preface: this obviously won’t happen.

==

How sick would it be if we won the chip this year, and AI ended up with a ring?

Best move that Joe D. made since he acquired the midget.

Only one thing I want to say…

HAPPY~HAPPY~HAPPY~

@Bill Higgins:

+++10000000
That photo made me cry to keep from laughing and laugh to keep from crying, somehow at the same time.

and Rob G, with MC_F he has to be the people’s champ of the season.

“So now that he’s gone, we’re going to win, right?”

What’s the point of this comment? This thread isn’t about us being better off without him. IMO, it’s about him being a big douche. Do you disagree, or do you just want to restart the argument about why we suck? In terms of wins and losses, we didn’t play better w/o him. That being said, I’m glad he’s gone because he is a d-bag and I don’t like him.

One day before the Philadelphia homecoming. Great timing Joe Dumars. Now, THAT’s classy! Screw all these D-bags…

lol @ david stern:

YOU ACTUALLY THINK THIS WAS JOE DUMAR’S IDEA?

You’ve been a polite commenter here, and you’ve been upfront about your AI loyalty, but come on… THIS WAS AI QUITTING BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT TO COME OFF THE BENCH, NOT AN EVIL PLOT BY JOE. NOBODY IS A D-BAG IN THIS SITUATION EXCEPT FOR AI.

You know, when you boil it down, all we did was trade Loy Vaught for AI.

“How sick would it be if we won the chip this year, and AI ended up with a ring?”

I’m fine with it as long as he cut from playoff shares. Can you imagine him with his grandkids? “Gramps, what did you do when you won that ring”

“I hurt my back. . . so I didn’t play. . . much.. . In fact, I really wasn’t on the playoff roster, but we wouldn’t have been in the playoffs without me. But you should have seen me in the 01 Finals. . . "

I’m not saying Dumars intentionally did it today, but what would it have to hurt to have him for one more game, POSSIBLY his last NBA game in Philadelphia, the one I just bought a ton of tickets to. What would have one more game have hurt? They can beat Philly with AI anyway. They did about a week ago. Words can’t express how upset I am right now….

DStern: Sorry about your tickets. But I think this is Joe D’s way of saying I’m not going to rip you in the media, but you won’t be playing in Philly. . . in possibly your last NBA game.

Poetic justice if you ask me.

This is a great day! The Pistons finally got the monkey off their back.

“What would have one more game have hurt?”

A spot in the playoffs.

Maybe so… but, it’s not fair to all the fans who wanted to see him play one last time. The hell with whatever satisfaction he’d get out of it…

“Maybe so… but, it’s not fair to all the fans who wanted to see him play one last time. The hell with whatever satisfaction he’d get out of it…”

Sorry, brother. That’s a line o’ BS. AI didn’t play well, and then whined about being benched. THAT was the determinant in your not seeing him in Philly, not Joe D’s moves.

@david stern:

My apologies, that definitely sucks to have bought tickets to see maybe his last game in Philly, and then not get to see him play.

I’m actually surprised by this, even though it really should have happened long ago. Has this ever happened in the history of the league before? It seems pretty unprecedented that a team would shut down a future hall of famer like AI. Talk about cajones. I hope this lights a fire under our guys and we storm through the final games as a big FU to AI.

Also (and this is super petty), but it warms my heart to see that we “won” the standoff with AI, and that Detroit as a team is bigger than him and his ego.

This happy occasion calls for a Petrus Dubbel Bruin!

(I have started celebrating; feel free to join me.)

I’m drunk already.

The sad part of this AI thing is that it overshadows the extremely important story of the day: that is, that Rick Mahorn cares about my bung-hole.

So the Pistons chance of making the Playoff or even winning it all for the Championship is as likely as Flip coaching the replacing Curry for the rest of the season?

Aww poor David stern..

Karmas a bitch isn’t it? Douche

Tell the rest of the fanbois to blow my hog

i think the hope of going all the way this year left a while ago. this is more of an attempt to salvage a little of our own self respect. in tolerating this brat we went against everything that detroit basketball stood for, this is the first step towards recovery.

the exposure of allen iverson is complete. and he is what we always thought he was.

Teepical Boney. Insalting thee fan boys. BWAHAHAHAHA

I would like to see if “the distraction” will still have to sit courtside for the remaining games. Personally I just want this season to leave already ushered out by a 7’3" lottery cowboy.

Haha rob g

In the words of the once wise dave chappelle

“it’s a celebration bitches!”

Oh this is like a christ-mass and stuff I am gonna open a present: what is it? it is joy.

People will celebrate this. But they’re idiots for doing so.

Basically Joe Dumars has designed this team in a way that no superstar can really come and play for this team and be the first option. Granted AI was in the decline and he did have the stigma of being a ballhog, but if you really looked at the season and the games, he did adhere to his teammates and really didnt get the adequate playing in key streches thanks to MCIAFI. On top of that there just seem to be a willingness by the core to help AI (Because they cant quit Chauncey like the Brokeback boys). You also have to question Dumars’wisdom to pull this trade during the first week of he regular season after training camp rather than in the offseason. It was alway a suprising trade that I dont think the Pistons every recovered from dealing with the unexpected shock. You cannot elimante a franchise player in Billups at the start of the season and expect the tram to b comfortable with it.

As far as the back and forth in recent days? Well its suprised me a lot at how blown out of proportion it has become. Easily the worse PR/miscommunication between player, team and press since Penny Hardaway and the Orlando Magic in 1999.

I wonder though, given AI’s popularity and respect amongst his fellow players in the league (and he does have plenty) will any big time player even want to come to the Pistons in 2010 as a free agent? Probably not. Given the depressing area the D has become and the Pistons tendancy to play a style that’s been given the perception of being the “most boring brand of basketball” that only sometimes wins championships (once in 6 ecf trips with 3 coaches), would anyone want to come?

And what of AI? My guess is he will have to understand his best days are behind him and he’s taking a major cut. But at the same time I think any situation will be better for him than Detroit. Being an acquisition after training camp and the team’s refusal to work him in(or the coach’s incapability), I think joining a team in the offseason thats expecting him and wants him will work much better than just being salary cap filler for a year on the Pistons. Best of luck to AI wherever he lands, ultimatlely its sad for both parties how badly this dindt work out depsite these two needing a rejuvination.

i am no eeediot

I > Allen Iverson

Well I’m happy to close this chapter. But I will still remember AI’s overall nba career fondly. A lot of consensus hall of famers are arrogant. Hell, rip publicly bitched about sitting and then told the media he was done with it. Just b/c we agreed with rip that he should be starting doesn’t mean that wasn’t also a very selfish thing to say.

I’m not saying AI doesn’t deserve some heat – this is weak sauce. But I guess I’m just not that shocked and don’t view him that differently than I do many other “superstars” in the league (who I expect would react similarly.)

blah blah blah

Typical prophecy_projektz rubbish

NBA players are after that $$$. If rashard lewis didn’t prove it already, I don’t know who else can. Joe Dumars is highly respected in the league as well.

Good riddance AI

In the wise words of tupac

“break out the champagne bottles and condoms”

In the wise words of Tupac

“Break out the champagne bottles and condoms”

Oops that tupac quote was so nice I had to say it twice

Boney
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 8:49 pm

blah blah blah

Typical prophecy_projektz rubbish

NBA players are after that $$$. If rashard lewis didn’t prove it already, I don’t know who else can. Joe Dumars is highly respected in the league as well.

Good riddance AI

In the wise words of tupac

"break out the champagne bottles and condoms"

In the wise words of Tupac

"Break out the champagne bottles and condoms"
^^^^^^

1) Quoting a rapper who had one testicle, really isnt a good look.

2) Celebrating the epic failure of your team, REALLY isnt a good look

3) Thinking players will flock to Detroit like they do Florida definetly isnt a good look and thinking there’s $$$ out there like there use to be certaintly aint a good look.

No ones wants to play for Michael Curry or these malcontent fuckers whose core still think its 2004.

You must try harder

On to more obnoxious things, where is our man petey? Am I allowed to cheer for the nuggets and billups yet? Or is it all about the name on the front of the jersey (if and only if one of those jerseys has a particular name on the back)?

I don’t have a link to that thread. But petey’s chastising us for wishing billups well, even against detroit, will go down as perhaps the most hilariously hypocritical thing I’ve read here.

It would appear however that I’m going to lose my “ai signs for more than the mle” bet with petey. Well done – as a student of ai, you really did have a much better window into his inner-quitter than I could have.

@Joel:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Here’s to hoping you had asparagus for dinner. See man, this shit is why I called you out in the last game threat (you and PS, specifically) as being my favorite new commenters.

(oh, and PS, I’ll take a tripel!)

Prophecy

I’m not worried about it

Nba players are after $$$. Boozer in Utah, okur in Utah, lewis in Orlando, Davis as a clipper

Like I said “break out the champagne bottles and condoms”

@Prophecy_Projectz:
“Basically Joe Dumars has designed this team in a way that no superstar can really come and play for this team and be the first option.”

Allow me to fix that for you.

“Basically, having moved Chauncey Billups, Joe Dumars has designed this team in a way that a superstar big can come and play for this team and be the primary scoring option.”

“will any big time player even want to come to the Pistons in 2010 as a free agent?”

Allow me to fix that for you.

“Will any big time point guard even want to come to the Nuggets in 2010 as a free agent and replace Chauncey Billups?”

Joel wins this thread

MP, you’re welcome to that Petrus Tripel, but lay off the “game threats.” I ain’t scared of you motherfuckers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RviYo3WsqjU

God I love YouTube, the Pistons, and life

@PS:
I don’t even need to click on that video. I know precisely what it is you’re referencing.

Y’all don’t understand.

Boney
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:04 pm

Prophecy

I’m not worried about it

Nba players are after $$$. Boozer in Utah, okur in Utah, lewis in Orlando, Davis as a clipper

Like I said "break out the champagne bottles and condoms"

Like I said, in these economic times dont expect a lot of GM’s to throw the kinda money that those players got (who arent all the best examples of free agency when you think about it) especially Joe Dumars. I can see him spending a lot of money on various ensemble pieces but it would be pretty depressing if he breaks the bank on Chris “Rupaul” Bosh. I wonder what will happen with that, cause the Raps have a nice team on paper that havent got it done this season, a lot depends on what happens next year.

Trust you to want to say “break out the champange and condoms”in a thread full of men.

RE: Bernie Mac – I wish I had the cajones to wear jeans with my own face airbrushed on it

‘Trust you to want to say "break out the champange and condoms"in a thread full of men.’

So we’re going down the homophobe road? Really?

prophecy

Thanks for insinuating I’m homosexual

Don’t be scared, I won’t bite

And I hope now that AI is gone we’re not gonna be all men: bring back PG4Leleven

Mike Payne
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:05 pm

@Prophecy_Projectz:
"Basically Joe Dumars has designed this team in a way that no superstar can really come and play for this team and be the first option."

Allow me to fix that for you.

"Basically, having moved Chauncey Billups, Joe Dumars has designed this team in a way that a superstar big can come and play for this team and be the primary scoring option."
^^^^
lol@ this team letting anyone be the primary scoring option. Who are we gonna get Bosh thats the best we got? Boozer’s probably going to Miami or something.

"Will any big time point guard even want to come to the Nuggets in 2010 as a free agent and replace Chauncey Billups?"
^^^^^^
So we’re quitting Rodney “The Future”Stuckey?

I’ll bet against you 9 out of 10 when it comes to predicting about detroit basketball. You have proven that you know not a lot

Boney
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:14 pm

prophecy

Thanks for insinuating I’m homosexual

Don’t be scared, I won’t bite
^^^^^^
Obviously you wont, everyone know’s you gag and swallow. lol

MP – your editing gave me an idea.

You come to the arena? You see me complain? You see me complain don’t you? You see me complain like this year might be my last.

To be clear, AI has decided to miss “the game, the actual game…when it matters.”

“boozer is going to Miami or something”

Real strong evaluating right there.

@Rob G:
You and me both. I also love liquor and skinny brunettes with issues. And Rasheed’s 16th tech. And “yessir”. And two dribbles to the right, one to the middle, and exhale. And big shots. And the bells of big ben. And “The Block”. And ball don’t lie. And “I’m never scared”.

Whether we win more now or not, I also love that we’ll be watching DETROIT BASKETBALL for the rest of the season.

Boney
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:16 pm

I’ll bet against you 9 out of 10 when it comes to predicting about detroit basketball. You have proven that you know not a lot
^^^^
Meh, so I was wrong about them losing against Philly last year. I was right about Boston being better than us. That first round exit may come a year late but its on the cards sadly. sigh…

Prophecy – are you insinuating that Chris Bosh isn’t that good? Or that we have no chance of getting him?

@Prophecy_Projectzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz:
So we’re quitting Rodney "The Future"Stuckey?

Uh, when did I say that?

Boney
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:19 pm

"boozer is going to Miami or something"

Real strong evaluating right there.
^^^^

lol
RealGM status right there on my part. Recognize the analyst skills
I’m coming for your fucking job Ric Bucher nigga!!!!!

@Forty-

If you’re going through Petey withdrawal, don’t worry, here’s a thread that will bring all the awesome memories back:

http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/what_will_petey_do.php

:) I’ll quote one good example of how much the people on that site hated him:

“The answer is obvious to anyone who has paid attention to Petey; when his trolling no longer becomes tenable, he apes some half hearted rational for his months long trolljob, basically acknowledges that everything he wrote for the past few months was insincere, and says hey, let bygones be bygones
…then looks for a new angle for trolling.
Shockingly, that’s exactly what happened. The schadenfreude is enjoyable, but it’s flabbergasting that so many people don’t understand what a troll is.”

By the by, Jamal Mashburn just made an ass out of himself blaming the Pistons for having the audacity to play a hall of famer only 18 minutes. Ridiculous that a basketball team bringing a player back from a putative injury would ease him back into the flow. I mean, the nerve of some people who expect a professional athlete to do what his coach instructs him to do.

Forty
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:21 pm

Prophecy – are you insinuating that Chris Bosh isn’t that good? Or that we have no chance of getting him?
^^^
Would I wanna date Sophia Bush or Kristen Bell?

Take your pick Forty.

Prophecy – are you drunk?

Forty
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:24 pm

By the by, Jamal Mashburn just made an ass out of himself blaming the Pistons for having the audacity to play a hall of famer only 18 minutes. Ridiculous that a basketball team bringing a player back from a putative injury would ease him back into the flow. I mean, the nerve of some people who expect a professional athlete to do what his coach instructs him to do.
^^^^
Thats been the issue all season long, too many players at one positon, I mean its like I said to many people this season. Sure MCIAFI but I dont even know who could handle that gaurd rotation without forcing a trade or something…

@Gabe:
AI leaving the Pistons has made this season for my team. You finding that made the season for DBB.

As Boney said earlier, break out the champagne and condoms, bitches, but I’m going raw dog.

Forty
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:26 pm

Prophecy – are you drunk?
^^^^
If only. Although watching this leaked Wolverine movie makes me wonder if I should.

Im so going back to the Cavs-Magic game. Which reminds me. If we dont do anything in the playoffs, would you guys root for another team to make it out the east?

I don’t disagree that Bosh might have a few options higher on his list than playing in Detroit. But come on, he’s completely nasty. He has been a 20 and 10ish guy for years 3-6 of his NBA career, with 50ish% shooting. He gets to the line a ton and is one of the best driving 4’s in the game. And he’s just entering his early prime at 25, providing assurance that you’re getting what you pay for over the life of his next deal.

I grant you he’s not an amazing interior presence. But an average defender at his position with that type of offense is ridiculous value over a replacement player.

Forty
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:33 pm

I don’t disagree that Bosh might have a few options higher on his list than playing in Detroit. But come on, he’s completely nasty. He has been a 20 and 10ish guy for years 3-6 of his NBA career, with 50ish% shooting. He gets to the line a ton and is one of the best driving 4’s in the game. And he’s just entering his early prime at 25, providing assurance that you’re getting what you pay for over the life of his next deal.

I grant you he’s not an amazing interior presence. But an average defender at his position with that type of offense is ridiculous value over a replacement player.
^^^^

And those are all lovley stats for a young man who has only been to the playoffs only twice and lost in the first round each time as a franchise player for the Raps. But I dont know if I want to build the team around him. Heck, with Sheed gone and him in, I would garuntee the tables would turn between us and Orlando and we would spend years being Superman’s bitch (We’re not even gonna talk about Beantown’s frontcourt or Cleveland…yikes!)

PP,

Ummm….I didn’t think that anyone on here was more immature than boney – but your “gags and swallows” comment takes the cake. Wow. I’m going to resume taking you seriously, now.

Gabe,

That shit is awesome. My favorite part is that there are 112 comments on a post that essentially called Petey a douche. Also, if you read his comments he rags hard on Yglesias. At least he didn’t say he didn’t understand “the game of politics”.

Colin
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 pm

PP,

Ummm….I didn’t think that anyone on here was more immature than boney – but your "gags and swallows" comment takes the cake. Wow. I’m going to resume taking you seriously, now.
^^^^
Im like the Pistons, I play down to my opponents level.

Speaking of playing down, is anyone watching this Cavs-Magic game? lol@ Cavs being down by 40! lol

Now I kinda want Orlando to beat us just to see if they can win the East. I mean Id rather see them in the finals than Boston or Cleveland

Umm..yes, “sugar coating” not “sugar coding”.

:D

So is that seriously the same Petey over on Yglesias. I can’t believe that he would be the link between my favorite sports blog and favorite political blogs. Weird.

Michael,

Gabe outed him a couple of months ago.

Colin

I can’t believe you thought I was immature

“Would I wanna date Sophia Bush or Kristen Bell?”

Having seen Sophia Bush in person, I would have to Vote Bush. She’s impossibly beautiful in person.

Boney,

I guess I should have said “immature poster” or “someone whose posts are frequently immature”. I don’t know you, so you could be plenty mature.

heheheh. he said “post”

Quick Darshan
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 10:05 pm

"Would I wanna date Sophia Bush or Kristen Bell?"

Having seen Sophia Bush in person, I would have to Vote Bush. She’s impossibly beautiful in person.
^^

and thats the only time one should vote bush.

oh, snap!

I haven’t said this in a long time, cuz I have had no reason to… but tonight warrants it:

Could this be a night of magic?

Kristen Bell is from the D though. How could we betray our hometown girl like that?

Kristen Bell is indeed a total smoke show, yowza.

Rob G – you may :)

Shit, this post blew up … I celebrated by going to see “Adventureland.” It was a nice nostalgic trip to 1987 Pittsburgh.

AI fans, do Joe Dumars a favor and snap up all the rest of the Iverson jerseys … they’ll be on discount.

prophecy, was this comment related to the 2nd part of this comment, questioning the spectrum of where Detroit is … in terms of “re-tool” vs. “re-build” ?

We trade Billups for AI: I drank the Kool-Aid
AI takes some time to fit in: I take another sip
We spend the season sucking: I decide to read the label
AI gets shutdown after whinging like a bitch: It says ‘urine’

Good riddance you cry-baby little bitch. I have no time for players that think they are bigger than the game or the team.
DEEEEETROIT BAAAASKETBALL!

I do worry that the AI thing gives Curry a free pass. He was simply atrocious this year and imo a bigger problem than AI. In fact, I think a lot of the “AI problem” is Curry-derived. Que sera sera, but I just hope this jackoff isn’t off the hot seat b/c of this.

That said, I will continue to mock AI for his role in the fiasco.

This is the greatest thread ever. I love all the youtubes.

Forty: I was thinking about it, you know who might be our most important expiring contract this offseason? Flip Saunders.

I was thinking about it, you know who might be our most important expiring contract this offseason? Flip Saunders LawyerBoy.

With that vet minimum, we’re going to sign a commenter that does more than mess up team chemistry (by doing nothing more than whining about how bad stuckey, bynum, amir, and herrmann are). Or, we’ll combine that with the two big expiring contracts (petey and david stern) for a star commenter to get us over the hump.

What star commenter? I suggest we put that money into CoachDP, but ask that he change his name to Barlos Coozer. Biss Crosh. Bebounds.

Free Amir!

“Good riddance you cry-baby little bitch. I have no time for players that think they are bigger than the game or the team.
DEEEEETROIT BAAAASKETBALL!”

The Aussie gets it… Why can’t AI fans?

Free Michael Noveck!

coachDP can contribute GOOD minutes off the BENCH, but more a ROLE player than legit STARTER. cannot DISGUISE true nature of coachDP with clever ANAGRAM like barlos coozer or biss crosh, should RESPECT unique commenting style of coachDP but do not OVERPAY. especially in CONTEXT of global FINANCIAL crisis. just epinion

That settles it. PS = coachDP. You dirty doppleganger! (no, I didn’t say dopplebock, you fellow drunk!)

Wrong again, Mike. I’m not Rihanna, and I’m certainly not coachDP—just a deceased French composer with an appreciation for DETROIT BASKETBALL and the rhetorical style of coachDP.

DBB EXCLUSIVE! LOCKER ROOM PICTURE FROM JOE D’S MEETING WITH AI!

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n188/boney24/2207207734_c46fb1a22e.jpg

I wish Michael Noveck would be my friend on Facebook.

Would he decline my friendship immediately or leave me hanging like all my exgirlfriends have?

That settles it. Boney = Classic Concentration

PS,

take note of the stink squigglys coming off of the pile

Duly noted.

Here’s the soundtrack for Boney’s latest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM4jmjhYH_I&NR=1

PS,

My bad for leaving you out of my earlier top 10.

I was so excited to make a top 10 that I started making it by remembering only 6 of my favorite commenters, the last 4 I just kind of threw in there to continue the shtick without coming up short.

@Boney:
fixed that for you.

(my take is not supposed to mean anything, btw LB. its just art)

very nice Mike Payne, very nice.

I’ve always pictured LawyerBoy as a one-ball wonder. You know, like Nene but with a lower PER.

PS,

I don’t see how a Clipper fan has lasted this long on a Piston board. He has to have at least 1 ball to be able to take the verbal abuse he takes when he trolls after losses.

Allen Iverson – Alienating fan bases and destroying his career, one team at a time.

Now to be known as Mr. “I”. Because “I” would no longer associate with “A”

My guess is that he is some kind of testicular camel, able to sustain verbal abuse for weeks before retreating to replenish his mighty ball reservoir.

mighty ball reservoir, ftw

Soundtrack for the mighty ball reservoir:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzMx8fGc0w0

It’s easy to sum it up if you’re just talking about playing. We’re sitting here, and I’m supposed to be the franchise player, and we’re talking about playing. I mean listen, we’re sitting here talking about playing, not an afterparty in Atlanta, not a trip to a Georgetown doctor, not even practice, but we’re talking about playing. Not the back that I go out there and tweak slightly and hobble around like the game I’m in is my last but we’re talking about playing man. How silly is that? … Now I know that I’m supposed to lead by example and all that but I’m not shoving that aside like it don’t mean anything. I know it’s important, I honestly do but we’re talking about playing. We’re talking about playing man. We’re talking about playing. We’re talking about playing. We’re not talking about my poor hurt back. We’re talking about playing. When you come to the arena and you see that I’m not there, you’ve seen me complaining about coming off the bench, you’ve seen me give everything I’ve got as long as I get my way exactly, but we’re talking about playing right now. … Hey I hear you, it’s funny to me too, hey it’s strange to me too but we’re talking about playing man, we’re not even talking about the my contract, which is what actually matters, we’re talking about playing … How the hell can I make my teammates better by playing?

Okay, I gotta get in this youtube action. I dedicate this to Allen Iverson, from one of Chicago’s finest and most unknown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDYtmGILRwU

Track 1 of the mixtape AI should send to the other teams General Managers this offseason:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Sp500ZVI0

///high fidelity’d
//DaVon Hardin is the best evar!
/Thaddeus Young as a throw-in was the best idea ever

This should be track 1 of the mixtape AI should be making for the other NBA General Managers this offseason:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Sp500ZVI0

//High Fidelity’d

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n188/boney24/2694258313_8764ec1c1f-1.jpg

…

Track 1 of the mixtape AI should send to the other teams General Managers this offseason:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Sp500ZVI0

here’s a dramatization of the mixtape playing…

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n188/boney24/2694258313_8764ec1c1f-1.jpg

/Say Anything’d

oops.. posted twice. first time said “waiting moderation”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_N1OjGhIFc

Just substitute “AI” for “Bears”.

What happened today exposed quite a bit. It exposed AI for a guy who can play only on bad teams and make them mediocre, say what you want about him, he may have the heart of a champion, but not the mindet. It also exposed this trade for what it was, it was really not so much for AI, but for his expiring contract, with the kicker being Dumars might be able to get some productivity out of AI (although I have doubted this from Day 1).

What Dumars gets for that $20M will decide whether this trade was a winner or a loser, and we won’t know for sure until the summer of 2010. Also, how much mileage gets out of Chauncey will determine how big a loser this was, if it is a loser.

I don’t think what happened will have a bearing yet on whether a FA decides to play in Detroit. I really don’t know what to think about MC as a coach. He communicates poorly with the media, maybe it’s different with the players. Maybe he needs time to develop as a coach, you can defend some of what he’s done as trying to find an answer to an impossible problem. The AI situation clouds that picture dramatically, although I’m tending to think his upside isn’t all that great.

The reality, and I’ve said this before, is that there are only a handful of elite coaches in the NBA-Phil, Sloan, Pop, LB; the rest range from marginally competent to claimer. I’d like to see Lam get a shot at it (see my comments in Alley Oops), but Dumars apparently has decided he wants to go to a different direction.

I think there’s a good chance MC returns next year, but the clock will be on him. You can only put so much of this season on him, and that’s what probably saves him.

Allen Iverson, you say you want to become a player for the Detroit Pistons, and yet your resume suggests you have no experience playing team basketball whatsoever…good day Mr. Iverson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ5vaUVXRto

Iverson’s career in Detroit ends at 1:19.

What happened today exposed quite a bit. It exposed AI for a guy who can play only on bad teams and make them mediocre . . .

AI = regression to the mean

“AI = regression to the mean”

That is precisely what he is: an average efficiency scorer who can do so at extraordinarily high usage rates – i.e. a one-man average offense. That’s a valuable skill on a team like the 2001 76ers. It is a useless skill on the 2009 Pistons.

piston fans ai limited 24% to shoot by joe dumars, michael curry coaching slow the whole game now you bench ai because he can t help piston,, thats good for ai,, if you have a career like allen iverson whet do you think,,, good for him to finish this shit, go find a new team, mcuury you loose to being agood coach,,

@rey:
the mystery multiplies… welcome, your language is spoken fluently here.

god damnit… is that english?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDAq5tyfk9E

0:27 – 0:30 = DBB’s thoughts on AI and his fanbois

I guess I should join in

@ rey

HA HA HA HA HA @

“My guess is that he is some kind of testicular camel, able to sustain verbal abuse for weeks before retreating to replenish his mighty ball reservoir.”

PSlicious!!!

very nice entries Laughton and Sauce… a little late to the party but…

someone put an APB out on david stern and Petey… they’re both on suicide watch

Very nice Weekend Dime entry by Marc Stein:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-090404-05

“I don’t think AI has much of a market … if any,” said one Western Conference executive. “Maybe some team that wants to get a ticket-sale bump. But a serious club, no way. His act is tired and even in his best years, I don’t think he was great enough to put up with all the BS he put teams through.”

Said another decision-maker in the West: “If he only wants to start, his career may be over.”

i feel AI is murdered in this site…u know, all AI haters.. all i can say is fuck u all.. ur a madd ass detroit fans..just respect the man (AI)..u hate him coz u may think AI is the one who blamed why pistons are not doing good this sesson..damn u…detroit is a team why u blamed him solely why psitons are down this season…..detroit will never2achieve again the status for the past 6 years…promise u all…

hoping the best for AI next year…bye bye detroit basketball…im happy with it…all we blamed is not AI, its the coaching staff and the organization for letting this happen.. hey..detroit fans wake up for some instance this season AI is helping a lot for the pistons even though he is not welcomed in the team…i feel that..coz most of the players in detroit are self proclaimed that they are all star… why is AI not an all star? 9 all atsr apppearance, 2 all star MVP and league MVP and 4 scoring champions and future hall of famer… can they match that to the players of detroit?

Sauce1977
Apr 3rd, 2009 at 11:07 pm
prophecy, was this comment related to the 2nd part of this comment, questioning the spectrum of where Detroit is … in terms of "re-tool" vs. "re-build" ?
^^^
No, I didnt even see that comment but there is something to be said about Joe D’s perception that all-star scorers are disposable. It makes me wonder. Remember back in the 06 playoffs when the Pistons ran out of gas and most people were saying “Well if the Pistons had a franchise player/go-to-guy who could just dominate and take it to the hole, they would be ok”, granted it was flimsy thinking on some people’s part and probably a reaction to D-Wade and Lebron dominating us and wishing we had an equal type of player.
But I really start to wonder: Had we drafted say a Carmelo or D Wade, someone of that ilk, would we be better or would we struggle? Would it Probably hurt there careers too? (Granted there’s more to be said about AI ’s liabilities compared to say D-Wade, and Chauncey seems to be working well with Melo, but neither are in a system as rooted in teamball/unwillingness to change as Detroit)
Course on the other hand, Rick Carlise, Larry Brown and even Flip Saunders would have handled it better than Curry but ulitmatley I wonder if Dumars doesnt want to look at changing his perception on how team should be built.
Dont really have point to all that, just thinking outloud…

WHY DID THEY TRADE CHAUNCY ALL WE NEEDED WAS A BIG MAN WATCHIN THIS SEASON I CRIED A LOT OF TIMES. THE ONLY WAY THE PSITONS IS GOING TO WIN THE PLAYOFFS IS IF AI COME BACK AND COMMEtS{ PLAY HIS ROLE} THE REST OF THE TEAM IS TRYIN AND ITS NOT FEAR THAT THE ARE NOT GUNNA MAKE IT BECAUSE OF HIS PRIDE. ONLY TIME WILL TELL WAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT

It’s only once we’ve lost Allen Iverson, that we’re free to do anything.

On a large enough time line the survival rate of Allen Iverson will drop to zero.

@AI:

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.

finally the nightmare that is AI in a detroit uniform is done…. for good! we dont have to worry about him coming back seeing dumars decided to make the (albeit politically correct) press release saying he’s done!!

Joe D: On April 3rd, your ass goes down. Say it.
Butch: On April 3rd, my ass goes down

ahhh.. repeat

ahhh.. repeatJoe D: On April 3rd, your ass goes down. Say it.
AI: On April 3rd, my ass goes down

i hate a.i. he is responsible for everything bad. particularly the refereeing in the heat game a couple weekends ago. and i am really disgusted with the way he made wade leave his wife and young children. it is his fault dyess had to play such long minutes.

i am really, really mad that a.i. hurt himself with his self destructive comments. i want to punish him for that.

i liked that tear drop shot he made way back when in the first laker game though.

How will we replace Iverson’s production? Stuckey really has to step it up in the brick laying and unforced turnover department to make up for “The Cancer’s” absence.

Sean W > Tyler Durden

Tyler Durden > AI + Petey + ….. AIFanboy

I invite AI to get the funk out.

I still like AI’s expiring contract.

Stuckey really has to step it up>>

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This argument is too logical

Age age 22
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Billups
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Games 45
PPG 13.9
APG 3.8
TPG 2.2
FG% .386
3P% .362 (The following Year at age 23 Billups 3P% dropped to .171)
FT% .913

Stuckey (#s are through 04/03)
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Games 72
PPG 13.4
APG 4.8
TPG 2.2
FG% .443
3P% .292
FT% .783

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Very similar numbers. Billups was already a great FT shooter but other than than that the numbers are very similar execpt that Stuckey has a far better assist to turnover ratio.

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AI better stop frontin’. Pistons got more flavors than Baskin Robbins.

DBB – leading the league in marginally English-type posts of hilarity.

“andyfrombrooklyn
Apr 4th, 2009 at 12:01 pm

i hate a.i. he is responsible for everything bad. particularly the refereeing in the heat game a couple weekends ago. and i am really disgusted with the way he made wade leave his wife and young children. it is his fault dyess had to play such long minutes."

You people are all fucking retarded… that is all.

The comments above are mostly loopsided. So many AI-haters out there…

Do you remember the days where he dish out 7+ assists per game? His season average this year is still 5 assist per.

He may be selfish, but he has a bigger heart than 95% of the players in this league. He wants so much to win, win and win it all. That’s what I admire him, his altitude, his ability, I wasn’t a fan of his back in the old days. But if you don’t get a lot of minutes, even if you are starting, if the coach doesn’t make plays for you, then your stats won’t shine, as simple as that.

AI into Detroit is definitely a mismatch. Without AI, Detroit can’t even get 2 wins out of King James and his team.