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Morning Shootaround: Tweet Tweet, Bringing Back Big Ben, Reinsdoofus, and a Fun Fact

It's early Sunday morning and I figured I'd do a little shoot around the web to some links that I think are worthy of a read.  After the Pistons' performance on Sundays last season, a Sunday morning shootaround never hurt anybody. 

Balls_mediumLet's kick things off with a little Twitter talk.  I'm not going to lie, Twitter is blowing up.  You should sign up and follow me if you're not already on it.  If the thought of following me is not enticing enough, then I should have you know that some of your new Pistons are big time twitterers.  Charlie Villanueva (CV31), DaJuan Summers (dsummers35), and Austin Daye (Adaye5) all love to tweet and sometimes answer questions from the fans.  If anything, it's a great way to get to know the new faces of Pistons basketball.  Follow them now.

Balls_medium Speaking of Twitter, Charlie Villanueva's opinion of the Brian Hill coaching acquisition gives fans a positive idea of how he feels about Detroit's newest assistant coach:

BTW: I heard Nets asst coach Brian Hill is leaving the team to join us in Motown. I like Coach Hill, he's a straight-shooter. This is GREAT!

Balls_medium The next move for the Pistons could very well be signing a big man under a veterans minimum contract.  The speculation that's picking up momentum is that Detroit is going to bring back Ben WallaceDetroit4lyfe writer, Jack Pinellas thinks it's a good idea to reunite Detroit with Big Ben

Balls_medium Life on Dumars admits Big Ben will be back, probably.  However, he doesn't like it one bit.  I can't say I disagree with him as I've definitely let my feelings be known when the rumor first surfaced, but I will admit that I'm warming to the idea of it.

Balls_medium On Friday night before the second game of the Tigers double-header,  Pistons guard, Rodney Stuckey threw out the ceremonial first pitch.   Stuckey bragged he was a baseball star before giving up the sport for basketball.  That being said, apparently he was booed when his pitch landed short of the mitt. 

Balls_medium As you all know, Joe Dumars turned down the Celtics latest trade offer which involved Big Baby Glen Davis for Jason Maxiell.  Dan Feldman over at Piston Powered has the many reasons Detroit rejected the trade for Davis.

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Balls_medium Sometime last week, the Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf mentioned in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times that new Pistons shooting guard Ben Gordon did not fit in with the Bulls and would not have played that much: 

Now, fast forward to the end of the year, we have [John] Salmons and we have a hell of a three-guard rotation with [Kirk] Hinrich and Derrick [Rose]. Ben wasn't going to get a whole lot of playing time. [It] was going to be diminished. So Ben really no longer fit.

PC move, but am I really expected to believe that the Hinrich maneuver is a better option than BG? Let's get real, Jerry.

Balls_medium Chris Webber is, nonchalantly, picking the All-Time team for every NBA squad.  He recently chose the Pistons:

(H/T Pistons Nation)

Balls_medium Natalie Sitto of Need4Sheed scored an interview with Will Bynum.  If you want to get to know Bynumite better, then she has a great one-on-one with some great photo shopped pictures included, as always.

Balls_medium Detroit Bad Boys popular post, "Reasons to Get Drunk and Surly Tonight" has a fun/weird fact about three of your Pistons players: three have scored at least 48 points in an NBA game.

Balls_medium If you have any inquiries, tips, or links you want to share, please email me.

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I don't mind if Big Ben comes back...

He’s a leader. Will be a sound mind amongst a young team. Nobody really “fears the fro” anymore but he is truly a great defensive player and can only make this Pistons team better. Solid veteran players is one thing this team is missing especially with RIP and Tayshaun as trade bait. He isn’t the final piece but he can definitely be a piece to the puzzle.

by madpoopz on Jul 26, 2009 9:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm having trouble with email....

So I’ll post this link here. Interview with Kuester.

http://tinyurl.com/l5w8x3

by madpoopz on Jul 28, 2009 8:49 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

C-Webbs top 6 Pistons of all time

I gotta admit,4 out of six aint too bad. But clearly, not good enough. here’s mine:

pg-Isiah Thomas
sg-Joe Dumars
sf-Grant Hill
pf-Dennis Rodman
c-Bob Lanier
6th-Vinnie Johnson

second team:

pg-Chauncey Billups
sg-Rip Hamilton
sf-Kelly Tripucka
pf-Rasheed Walace
c-Bill Laimbeer
6th man-Ben Wallace

VERY HIGH HONORABLE MENTION:
Adrian Dantley,Rick Mahorn,Terry Tyler,Terry Mills,Dave Bing,Chis Ford

by popsgator on Jul 28, 2009 3:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

So 2nd team is 2004 – Tayshaun + Laimbeer and Tripukes. Interesting. But I’d mostly agree.

by Detroit4lyfe on Jul 28, 2009 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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