Pistons at Sixers: Detroit Smile Train Hits Brotherly Love City
by Mike Payne on Feb 25, 2011 5:36 PM EST
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PrintDetroit Pistons at Philadelphia 76ers, Feb 25, 2011 7:00 PM EST
Game Coverage Begins at 7:00 P.M. EST
Detroit Pistons: 21 - 38 (7-22 road)
Philadelphia 76ers: 28-29 (18-9 home)
Tip-Off News:
Last night, aboard ClownBall One, a group of Detroit Pistons players decided it was time they made a statement about their coach. Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince, Ben Wallace, Tracy McGrady and Chris Wilcox all missed practice today, reportedly due to a combined effort to create an effigy of John Kuester out of roses, candy and love. Kuester was so touched by the display that he decided to give each player the night off to go and explore the quaint, homey streets of Coatesville, PA. With tears in his eyes, Kuester called the display, "really neat!" With a grin stretching from eye to lazy eye, McGrady was quoted saying, "just goes to show how much we love our Koostis."
The Udder Guys:
The Philadelphia 76ers are playing well. If they win tonight, they'll own a .500 record so far in 2010-11. They have good players, veteran players and young players. They win games by scoring more points than their opponents, they lose games by scoring less than their opponents.
How to Win This Game:
Trade Tayshaun Prince to Dallas for Caron Butler and a 1st rounder: no matter how weak the draft, there are always gems to be found. Despite being as asshat with free agents and trades and, well, many of his recent drafts, Dumars has been good at finding value there on the cheap.
Trade Richard Hamilton to Cleveland for a Buy-out and Possibly Picks: Since Dallas has reportedly been wanting to do the Tayshaun trade for a while, it was smart of you to execute a few weeks ago. With the old guard thinned out, Hamilton will be more likely to accept a buy-out since the writing is on the wall. This way, the guard glut is mostly solved and the team has flexibility to move forward and go young.
Sell the Fucking Team: Hold back the urge to demand a sale price of $365 just because that extra $5 million will get you a stable of ponies, a pink BMW convertible and Fabio, Karen. And David, it's hilarious to hear that you're afraid of undervaluing NBA franchises with a low sale price when you're tossing the word "contraction" around like a goddamn gynecologist.
Question of the Game:
Who gives a shit.
Links of Liberty:
Update:Marc Stein suggests a coaching change is coming next week.
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Operation silent observers
We go on stubhub and buy tickets for a whole section for an upcoming home game and fill every seat with a poster that says ‘fire everybody in this fucking building’ or perhaps something more witty/ painful
by tads on Feb 25, 2011 5:46 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I think it would be better if we all purchased Red Panda costumes.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
I’m still bringing my “Kelser/Blaha, great announcers, or great announcers EVAR!” sign.
To experience the consequences of my own choices. This is why I live
If you love with violence and you hate with violence, there’s nothing that can be questioned. People say, ‘Oh, you’d better work through your resentments.’ Yeah, no. I’m gonna hang on to them, and they’re gonna fuel my attack. And they’re going to fuel the battle cry of my deadly and dangerous and secret and silent soldiers. Because they’re all around you. Sorry, you thought you were just messing with one dude. Winning.
I’m going to watch the begining of this game for the soap opera. I might stick around only if we have the what, 5 guys, playing today that showed up for practice. Though maybe I’ll check back in at halftime to see if the team goes all Varsity Blues on Kuester.
To experience the consequences of my own choices. This is why I live
I'm gonna go see Henry V
At least there the bitchasses have a chance of getting killed and it isn’t written by Keith Langlois.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 25, 2011 6:34 PM EST reply actions
Ok, now the interesting part....
I don’t have a grain of salt, but you take it how you wish…
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 6:39 PM EST reply actions
“contraction” around like a goddamn gynecologist.
lol, sound like an std
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 6:42 PM EST reply actions
Release them all...
…and sign 5 d Leaguers. That would be better.
by BennieBladesFan on Feb 25, 2011 6:51 PM EST reply actions
Somebody who can photoshop should put a Red Panda on charmander’s head.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 25, 2011 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
It pretty much summed up how I feel.
Question of the Game:
Who gives a shit.
Deeeeeee-pressing Basketball!
Bynum, BG, CV, Summers, Monroe
Funny that Kuester’s “my team is on the floor” lineup includes BG, who has been openly critical of Kuester this season, and CV, who just RT’d a negative comment about Kuester the other day (since been deleted).
Kuester made Tay' body break down.
deryNBA MD
Mark Champion on #Pistons radio says no Tayshaun tonight.. due to sore hip and stomach ailment.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
Does anyone have a feed with Blaha and Kelser
I feel this is a game I really need to hear from the local guys
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Is anyone else really hoping that Summers just goes off
I would LOVE to see him get like 17/8 tonight.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
I’ve been hoping he’d do that since we got him.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 25, 2011 7:13 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not being sarcastic. Georgetown is one of those teams I sort of like in NCAA basketball, so I thought it was a good pickup, because he was the best player on that team.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 25, 2011 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
I almost feel bad for Kuester...
almost pulling for him in a way….and I wanted him fired after 4 games
This is my team, I love them
But I am having a very hard time supporting any individual person on this team or even in the organization. It makes me hurt inside.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
The young guys are all good. And Wallace just fucked up this once. But Rip, Tayshaun? Those guys I will never root for again.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 25, 2011 7:17 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I was a little too harsh
I love Monroe and Jonas always and I really like Daye. And Bynum still seems pretty cool.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
This year feels like the plot from Major League.
Is the team moving to Malibu? Do they have a very clothed picture of Karen in the locker room?
this starting five is not doing so hot...
CHARLIE SAYS!
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
t-mac looks hungover.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
That would help explain why he missed practice
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
they are in philly...I wonder if they met up with sheed and some of Rip's coatesville homies and got CRUNK last night.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
To be fair, he always looks hungover, what with his wonkyass eyes.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 25, 2011 7:18 PM EST up reply actions
good defense...no rebounding.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
I just realized that half my team is part of the Pistons bitchers.
Stuckey, T-Mac, and Prince…:-(
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
lol...
adding to the mix in the offseason but attempting to re-sign Tayshaun? I don’t get it…
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
If Tayshaun Prince resigns here, I’m gonna commit a mutiny. I might get a divorce.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 25, 2011 7:22 PM EST up reply actions
I totally would except that the Sonics don't exist anymore so there is no team for me to defect to.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
Here’s the direness of the situation I’m threatening.
I’m a VA native, as is possibly known. I followed the Pistons because they were just a gritty group of hardasses that didn’t take shit off anybody. Rasheed, Billups, McDyess. Now, this team is just a bunch of candyass motherfuckers. And if Joe Dumars resigns Tayshaun, I’ll become a Wizards fan.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 25, 2011 11:03 PM EST up reply actions
selfish
Now that the game started I’m thinking about just how selfish the crybabies operation shutdown was. Nothing like leaving your teamates out to dry to crystalize just how much this was a “me” act, no matter how they might later claim it was justified. U don’t screw ur teamates like that. Come on boys ( who showed up), beat philly!
by mrblond on Feb 25, 2011 7:23 PM EST via mobile reply actions
WHY DO YOU GUYS HATE TAYSHAUN?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0U4gbnKyU&feature=related
I love the Lakers and the Clippers. Why? They lost to the Cavs. And the Clippers kicked the Heat's ass!
That was a beautiful 'fro that ben had.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
he ain't the same without it
I love the Lakers and the Clippers. Why? They lost to the Cavs. And the Clippers kicked the Heat's ass!
This somehow makes me even sadder
We used to have such an amazing team, a team that not only won a lot of games, but also was very professional and stable and was the envy of the league. Now we are little more than a laughingstock.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
at least you managed to win a title at your peak
I love the Lakers and the Clippers. Why? They lost to the Cavs. And the Clippers kicked the Heat's ass!
He has Isolated himself
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 7:28 PM EST up reply actions
then had a falling away
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 7:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Watching that video is like looking at an old photo of your hot, young, sexy ass girlfriend...
… then watching the game tonight is like looking across the room at the miserable bitter old chain smoking wench your (now) wife has since become.
i wonder if there are any women reading this
I could be one for all you know
I love the Lakers and the Clippers. Why? They lost to the Cavs. And the Clippers kicked the Heat's ass!
Kriz is here, so Yes.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Swap girlfriend for boyfriend and wife for husband if necessary to avoid any sexist undertones...
… my misery watching this game is strictly politically correct and pro-equal opportunity.
by GaryN on Feb 25, 2011 7:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
charlie says, THIS IS HOW WE DO IT.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
Bets for the 1st one off the bench?
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 7:29 PM EST reply actions
that wasn't that tough of a question...
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
not since you played the cavs?
I love the Lakers and the Clippers. Why? They lost to the Cavs. And the Clippers kicked the Heat's ass!
lol $1 hot dog night all night long on Madonna Night.
are they sending a message there?
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
still waiting on a breath of fresh air, Garrett.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
by The Boourns on Feb 25, 2011 7:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
lol
At least we have Monroad Warrior. :) :) :)
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 7:35 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing at all
Same shit, different day.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
and a different smell
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
I'm going to see Raiders of the Lost Ark tonight.
So, at least I’ll watch something entertaining today.
So the end of the bench is getting the same result as our starters
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
So...
A personal story since nobody gives half a shit about what’s actually going on on the court.
I’ve been pretty busy at work and my wife and I are moving tomorrow. So I bail out of work a little early to finish packing, turn on the radio in my car and hear an interview on Philly radio with Ed Stefanski, who sounded seriously like he had his shit together. He’s talking about how Philly is planning on getting its superstar by stockpiling young assets that they can flip for a disgruntled player down the line. That they didn’t make a deal because they really like their young guys and they’ve been happy with how Doug Collins is putting them in a position where their value is going up. They especially like what Jodie Meeks has done lately because according to their statistical analysis him and Iguodala is their best combination. Which makes sense because Meeks is a threat from 3 which opens things up for Iggy to be a slasher. At this point I nearly drive my car off the road because, well, the Sixers have more direction than we do. Then they talk about the Pistons players walking out of practice and that we might only have 7 players today and Stefanski just laughs and says he doesn’t care what happens as long as the Sixers get a W. And so I’m sad because we’re a laughing stock, literally.
Now I’m taking a break to eat dinner and wondering why on Earth I’m spending time watching this garbage instead of catching up on Southland. But at least Monroe looks pretty good.
I’m watching because in my heart of hearts I want the B team to work hard and grind out a victory to stick it to the other guys. I want to see Monroe, Summers, and Bynum do well.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
I'm right there with you
We’re the select few who watch whenever we can regardless of how compelling the team has been. I may be emotionally checked out, but that doesn’t make me want them to win any less. For us, watching sports is an unconditional love, we root for the laundry no matter who’s wearing it.
SOOO....
Is Stuckey or T-Mac going to play at all tonight or are Bynum and Gordon going to play all 48?
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Expecting Daye at 2
with WB and BG splitting…
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, thats good
I’d hate to have anyone play a full 48 minutes on the first half of a back to back
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Cause, you know, we might lose if we did that.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
for one game, I’m happy with Kue. He’s been simply unacceptable as a head coach, but what the players did was childish and unprofessional. I hope the walk-out players don’t play a single minute, and I’ll give a standing ovation to the hard work of the 6 men who actually make it on the court tonight.
i was just reading about dave cowens and how he brought it every night for the celts
and retired when he felt his intensity cooling. i wish he would suit up tonight. or kick rip and tay in the nuts.
I actually put money on the Pistons to win this game tonight
I wonder if I was the ONLY person in the world to do that? Maybe i’ll get it refunded out of sympathy.
If you bet money on this team
it may be time to admit you have a problem
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
It's just kind of a habit... I always have a few £ on a Piston win
But yeh, I should probably speak to someone from the comfort of a couch before I even consider visiting Vegas in the Summer…
Funny thing is
I’d rather watch this Pistons team than the crybaby snooze-fest we were treated to all season. And by treated to, I of course mean violated with.
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
by SadPanda1 on Feb 25, 2011 7:50 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Give me Bynum, Monroe, and Jerebko. The rest of them can go screw themselves. This is my team, and I’ll support them, but I hate these players.
I'd add Daye to that list
Otherwise, I totally agree
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Hmm... Daye is still in the 'grey area' for me...
I know he’s only young, but he’s shown a few hints of a pretty poor attitude this season.
if you will recall i said daye had attitude issues as far back as college.
and everyone said i was nuts. WHO IS LAUGHING NOW!!!
/vikespma’d
by dandresden on Feb 25, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
No love for Rip and Tayshaun?
Deeeeeee-pressing Basketball!
by DBB Diablo on Feb 25, 2011 7:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll always love Rip and Tay for what they did for us in the glory years but it is time to move on. I need some distance between what’s happening now and the future before I feel like I could cheer for them again.
I’m a little conflicted on Ben Wallace. He’s a guy I have a hard time disliking after he came back home.
Agreed. I feel bad for Ben because he came back to retire here and now he has to go through this garbage.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 7:59 PM EST up reply actions
All those guys who didn't show today
Basically said, “Fuck you” to the fans. They knew the consequences in advance, and they didn’t care. Why should I feel any good will toward them right now>?
by brgulker on Feb 25, 2011 7:59 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
What's the team record for number of dunks given up in a half?
We may break that tonight
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
DLN
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 7:52 PM EST reply actions
Only the 6 guys that came to shootaround have played
Awesome.
However, I feel for them. They will probably be gassed in the second half.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
Which wouldn't have been shocking had we had the whole roster playing.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
I wondering how they will get up for tomorrow night's game
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Now that would be a statement.
Keep playing the same 7 guys and benching the rest.
Deeeeeee-pressing Basketball!
Wondering what thoughts the others will have
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
Dont care if they get ran off the court
as long as none of those princesses get any PT. Then well done.
I think they play Saturday at home. The fans should show these guys some love and give them a standing O.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
Wait, what?
We’re within 3 points?? I wasn’t even paying attention. Wow.
wow, ejected
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 7:57 PM EST reply actions
Did Q mean to do that?
Is this how he is getting the fuck away from this franchise?
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
Fuck them.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
by Kriz on Feb 25, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Nice to see Max out there
Makes my autographed Maxiel jersey in the back of the closet look a little brighter.
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
My feed is WAY behind
Q still hasn’t gotten ejected yet in mine
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
yup, mine to
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
I hope Hill's first act as coach
Is to put the disgruntleds on a rocket ship and send them to Neptune.
i love blaha and special k
but since you told me that i kinda wish i was hearing the philly broadcast team.
The Philly guys
Are actually pretty good. I think they’re only slightly homerish while showing the proper perspective on other teams. The thing that annoys me is that their play by play guy NEVER gets excited. He could be watching aliens take over Earth and he’d be deadpanning the play by play.
That's Eric Snow
And yeah, he’s pretty pathetic as an announcer. The other guy is pretty decent though at calling the game.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
they showed T-Mac laughing, then said “he had a headache this morning, maybe Kuester has a headache now.” And then said he was going to go drop some acid aspirin
lol thats good.
tmac is an asshole. his antics in houston always made me think he was a dick but i thought he might have changed because of all the adversity he has been through. oh well fuck him.
yeah, philly color guy
is as unprofessional as our players.
by freywagg on Feb 25, 2011 8:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I never want to see TMac play as a Piston again.
by Gabe F-B on Feb 25, 2011 8:04 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I'm right there with you
All respect and appreciation he gained from me this year was just lost in one moment.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
It’s like my illegal feed is trying to tell me something by being so crappy and laggy but I don’t want to quit like those other guys.
Search your feelings. You know it to be true.
Join me and together we’ll rule the galaxy as father and son find something better to do.
i've been reading about the old days of the NBA and the state of the game now is depressing.
dudes used to play through freebase addictions and broken legs and now these fucking dickheads won’t play due to some sense of entitlement. what a fucking joke.
I didn't get to see hardly any of the Pistons back in the 'Teal Era', as NBA coverage in the UK was pretty patchy back then...
Was it as bad as this?
i remember it being way more fun
allen houston and grant hill. random ass shitty players yelling lots of profanity was really fun to me as a lil tyke.
Sadly, No.
That was just a collection of very mediocre players in really ugly uniforms
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
by bugman222 on Feb 25, 2011 8:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Even though we lost a lot, I actually enjoyed being a fan during the teal era. Grant Hill was pretty much as exciting as the NBA could get, and we’d find ways to beat really good teams every now and then. Not to mention that we actually played good basketball with some nice flow (Otis Thorpe baseline pick and pops, Allan Houston dropping 3’s, even Terry Mills lighting it up every now and then).
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
me and my lil brother used to giggle every time we heard otis thorpe yell swear words.
we called him “O-fanity”
About the only Pistons action I ever got to see back then was sending off for grainy Grant Hill VHS cassettes out of the back of ‘Slam’ magazine.
I still have that tape! “NBA Sensation”!
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
Ha, Yes, thats the one!! :-D
It’s up in my cupboard – I may go dig it out, and watch it while drinking cheap Vodka out of the bottle.
I have a whole cupboard of old NBA VHS tapes. My favourites were the Superslams 1 and 2 ones, and also one called NBA Rising Stars. Jam Session was pretty good too. Cheesy 90’s at its best.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve got one called ‘Superstars of Basketball’ or something… It’s got a whole section devoted to Manute Bol. I’m pretty sure they even highlighted his inclusion on the back of the box. I spent a good 3yrs as a teenager under-exposed to live NBA basketball, thinking that this ‘Manute Bol’ fellow i’d seen in action on tape was an elite level NBA superstar up there with Jordan, Barkley, and Ewing…
That looks familiar
He did the same thing to Saunders.
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
Yeah, me too! I totally ripped that from him. Thanks, Gabe!
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
Monroe, Jerebko and White only guys I want on this team moving forward.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
I'm guess days like today
make Keith wish he hadn’t given up sniffing glue.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Because, bacause
he loves this guys, they’re hi friends. More importantly they are his veterans leaders who will keep things right.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
This is exactly what happens in the work place when the boss tries to be friends with everyone. It starts off cool and they have a good time, but eventually the workers lose respect and things fall apart.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Why could they have had this melt down two weeks ago?
At least then Joe would have had extra motivation to ship guys out. Now what do we got? No matter how bad it gets we are stuck with the players we have until the end of the season.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Gotta wait until the summer to purge
Until then Dumars shouldn’t let any of these clowns participate in any team functions. They should be dead to the team.
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
How can we wait that long?
We can’t play only six players for the rest of the season but to do anything else would be too horrible to even consider.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
I say we Hoosier it up. Just play the six guys and lose every game. Whatever. Q-Star is gone, but he might as well go with his integrity intact. Screw the players who won’t support him as professionals.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
If the whiners are suspended indefinitely, can we bring in other players or do we have to free up roster spots first?
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
i dont get what joe was thinking turning down the butler deal
was he oblivious to all this shit happening?
I want to say that save a the few exceptions we all know
I am embarrassed that have these guys wear a Pistons jersey, the team I root for.
I know I may be a drama queen and all, but right now I feel shame for being a fan of this team.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
by Kriz on Feb 25, 2011 8:16 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
dear tmac
i hope your dr frankenstein knee falls apart from you knee slapping it at kuesters expense.
sincerely,
you’re an asshole.
by dandresden on Feb 25, 2011 8:19 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
If I were coaching, and two guys fouled out, I’d play with 4 or forfeit.
by brgulker on Feb 25, 2011 8:23 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
but imagine Brian Hill’s face.
Can't we claim the players are all ill?
Flu, headache, irregular menses…
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
Like I said, if Joe fires Kuester before season's end
He better accompany it with his own resignation. This is his mess.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
by Kriz on Feb 25, 2011 8:25 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I love Jod
But i agree here. No way you can fire Q now…SHOULD of done it 10 days into the damn season though
Should have done it after the first DNP for Moose!
shakes fist
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:27 PM EST up reply actions
He's going to be gone by next season anyway
Might be a good time to see if Brian Hill could head coach for 20 some games.
just joking dude.
unless you really are rodney. then seriously fuck you.
by dandresden on Feb 25, 2011 8:29 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
That's not foul language
Rodney Stuckey is the kind of person who would fuck another man in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around!
That’s foul language, son.
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
rodney stuckey
once sucked the dicks of 20 male flight attendants while they pinched and insulted him.
Yup, and Stuck has blown every one of them.
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
Just finding 20 male flight attendants is a job all on it's own.
But then to blow them too?
I must applaud the man, he has DETermination.
Deeeeeee-pressing Basketball!
Few men can suck like him
Fewer still are willing to put that skill to use.
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
stuckey is god he does not suck dicks
by Rodney Stuckey on Feb 25, 2011 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
fixed!
stuckey is god he does not suck dicks
by dandresden on Feb 25, 2011 8:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
root for people on your squad cmon now
by Rodney Stuckey on Feb 25, 2011 8:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If Stuckey is the future
We need to send one of us back in time to kill him or his mom.
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
by SadPanda1 on Feb 25, 2011 8:34 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I found the man for the job!
Deeeeeee-pressing Basketball!
by DBB Diablo on Feb 25, 2011 8:40 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
A sophisticated panda cyborg, sent back from the future to alter the destiny of one lucky franchise.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe this will be Kuester’s out? He goes to Joe and says, “Suspend those guys for conduct detrimental to the team or I’m out…” then Joe (of course) says no and Q quits.
i have a bad fewling
That there wont b suspensions and the clown show will b back full force tomorrow. If that happens then ill really b embarrassed to b a piston fan and may have to reboot the great teal boycott until gores or whomever takes a flamethrower to the org
by mrblond on Feb 25, 2011 8:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
thanks
but tthats the one that i was watching and its gone now. or my computers being a douche again
Just checked the box score and saw we are seriously only playing 6 guys tonight. WTF? Is Kuester so arrogant that he’s going to punish these 6 guys by running them into the ground when they play again tomorrow? Come on, you bench the guys as punishment, but fucking play them a few minutes to give guys rest. Although I do like these guys getting heavy minutes, but still.
To experience the consequences of my own choices. This is why I live
i disagree
let them rot on the bench. let 6 guys prove to the nba that they care and can be professionals and can step up when they’re asked to do something.
Bright side? National media is paying attention to the Pistons for once.
STEIN_LINE_HQ Marc Stein
Pistons gonna get their new coach. HAVE to. But benched guys laughing after Kue ejection? After skipping shootaround? Unforgettably hideous
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
Q was ejected
oh, lordy, what a day! Any good reason for it?
To experience the consequences of my own choices. This is why I live
He didn't quite stormed the court
He put one foot in, he stormed in after the second tech.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
I’ll have to record the rebroadcast. Is this shit even real!?
To experience the consequences of my own choices. This is why I live
this is sadly hilarious, even the random dude behind them and the fans are laughing.
To experience the consequences of my own choices. This is why I live
Summers didn’t look very amused next to Wallace.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
I’ll have to watch the rebroadcast. Jeez, Daye, smirking, McGrady, Wallace, Stuckey laughing, Wilcox wondering WTF just happened. I’m just glad Maxiell gets to play.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if someone finally gets a triple double tonight. That would just seal the deal.
To experience the consequences of my own choices. This is why I live
i believe
that that’s chris wilcox next to ben.
but yeah, at least he wasn’t clowning.
Woops. My bad. I should have realized those eyebrows weren’t quite up to snuff to be Summers.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:53 PM EST up reply actions
Did anyone just see the Allen Iverson press conference?
He is apparently upset that the coaching staff isn’t playing some of his former team-mates.
“We’re talking practice. Not a game, but practice. I mean listen, we sitting here talking about practice. Not a game, but practice. I mean if somebody told you that they missed one practice of all the practices this year, then that’s enough to get a whole lot started. We’re talking about practice. We’re talking about practice. We’re talking about practice. How the hell can they make their team better by practicing?”
I never really thought of it that way.
At least both teams are playing hard, right?
by hoopaddict08 on Feb 25, 2011 8:31 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I think the only thing that could make this night any worse is if he did comment about this
Deeeeeee-pressing Basketball!
It would be the cherry on top to this season.
Not only do we have last seasons head coach on the other side of the floor, but were playing Iversons old team. It would make things that much better.
by hoopaddict08 on Feb 25, 2011 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
Gotta say it. The lineup we’ve fielded tonight isn’t good, but they’re competing… and they’re not that much worse off than we’d expect from our first strong.
Moral of the story? First string sucks.
unfortunately
our ability to defend or rebound, uh, effort type things, has been absent from the effort department.
Moral of the story: play hard or GTFO.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
after the game, I'm going to the bar.
and definitely wearing my Pistons hat. Thick and thin, Tayshaun.
Not everyday that the media can cover the implosion of a Franchise.
To experience the consequences of my own choices. This is why I live
Not directly related, but
I hate Kelly Dwyer. Not for all his blog posts, just mainly the ones he’s posted about the pistons for as long as he’s been at BDL. He trashed our team when we we’re still good, always trashed Sheed (does he know who coined the phrase?), and never gave us much respect.
A quote from the linked Dwyer article:
Our sympathies, Detroit. You deserve better. From all involved.
Yes, I read the article. One sentence does not change my opinion through years of reading his articles though.
i don't think
that sheed “coined” the phrase ball don’t lie.
I’m 28 and the term’s been thrown out on the court since i was in middle school or high school. Everyone i know in detroit who played basketball said “ball don’t lie” after a missed foul shot on a ticky-tacky call.
rasheed wallace POPULARIZED “ball don’t lie.”
Kelly Dwyer is meh. but he trashes everyone. most of his posts i’ve read a negative or with no real content.
Need a thread on the comments from non players of the game tomorrow
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 8:34 PM EST reply actions
Hey Rodney! You're adopted, your parents don't love you!
by dandresden on Feb 25, 2011 8:37 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Technically e wasn't adopted.
aHe just lived with his best friend’s parents
by need4detroit on Feb 25, 2011 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
Still
His parents clearly didn’t love him. Rec’d
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
If I was actually watching this game, would not have this burning desire to see our entire roster released, waived, or bought out and watch us finish with the people who give a shit?
There are too many unemployed people in Detroit to fuck around with people that are too good to go in to work. They should hold tryouts and get people off the streets like the replacements.
by tads on Feb 25, 2011 8:39 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
It’ll be interesting to hear if Collins weighs in on the situation.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
summers
5 rebounds 8 turnovers on the season. he’s a keeper.
by mcflies on Feb 25, 2011 8:41 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Hes an awful rebounder given his build and size.
by need4detroit on Feb 25, 2011 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
In the mean time Brand closing in on 20-20
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
Remember when a bunch of people wanted to trade Rip for Brand and a bunch of people didn’t want to trade Rip for Brand? Good times.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
We made Brand good again!
It’s a miracle!
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
Not even Jonas can make me smile tonight
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
that would explain
why he has 0 points in the first half tonight, a sign of solidarity.
by Not a Gunslinger on Feb 25, 2011 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
I'd be shocked if he wasn't
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
I hope the Pistons bench players are listed as “DNP-LOL”
by brgulker on Feb 25, 2011 8:49 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Say what you will about Q
But the man has a backbone. He has never been afraid to make a stand.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Especially when it came to giving Moose DNP’s in the first few games.
WTF Q?!?!?! I’ll never forgive you for that!
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
Langlois – Just before the Lakers came back to contention Kobe created a circus in LA; demanding a trade and throwing Kwame’s ass under the bus. With the same luck this Pistons team can have the same turn around.
Deeeeeee-pressing Basketball!
"With the same luck"
I got to hand it to the guy. He has gotten very good at grasping for straws.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
It's shocking we were ever in this one
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
I love the effort from these guys
But fatigue won’t let them get back in this one.
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
If Bynum foul out the Pistons will have the awesomest lineup ever
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
The announcers just kindly pointed out that we haven’t made a field goal yet in the 4th quarter. Ouch.
What the hell is going to happen tomorrow?
I have so many questions. Will Q resign? Will Joe fire him if he doesn’t? Will Joe release some sort of scathing public statement tomorrow? Will we play any of the players who didn’t show up today for tomorrow’s game? Will those six players who played tonight survive if we don’t? If any of those players who shall not be named do play tomorrow, how hard will they be booed? Will anyone outside of this site even care about the answers to any of these questions or has everyone else just stopped paying attention?
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
DUB-DUB FOR THE MOOSE
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
unfortunately
I’m guessing the quitters will play. I really hope I’m wrong, suspensions at a min, but I don’t have y faith in joe d anymore
by mrblond on Feb 25, 2011 9:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
The thing is, how could he suspend anyone? We can’t only suspend of few of those quitters, but if we suspend all of them we are left with only 6 able bodied players. We don’t even have a roster spot open to sign a D-leaguer.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Do it.
Integrity is on the line here.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 9:08 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I want him to
But could Moose et al handle all those crazy minutes without getting injured? And if they did play that much, would they become bitter and get used to losing that much? And would they be able to play that much losing basketball without developing some really bad habits?
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Damn. I hadn't even thought about that.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
About not getting Monroe shots
AlexKennedyNBA Alex Kennedy
by Justin_Rogers
@
@Justin_Rogers Coaches wanted to but the veterans snuck into the office with a box of crayons and scribbled over every page in the playbook.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
by Kriz on Feb 25, 2011 9:09 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
haha
had it in the recap, too. What’s ur handle Kriz??? I need to follow you – i feel like I’m meeting my live on twitter match.
Woops. I just sent you a message saying, “Hi, anonymous Piston fan, who ever you are!”
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 10:58 PM EST up reply actions
You’re the twitter master, Kriz. You always get all the good updates. I don’t do anything on there, ever.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 9:11 PM EST up reply actions
#epicfail RT @garrettelliot You’re the twitter master, Kriz. You always get all the good updates. I don’t do anything on there, ever.
Haha, I have no idea what that means.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
if i had any clue how to use twitter and had a smart phone.
i would troll the shit out of the pistons twitter pages.
I don’t even send text messages. I’m such a crotchety old man.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
HEY!
Me neither. I also like to sit on my rocking chair on my porch, shaking my cane at the young hooligans walking by, with their strange way of dressing and music lyrics that make no sense.
If anyone wants to add me for kicks, I’m garrettelliott. Not like I update or anything, though.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
I don't update either, I just talk to people who don't know me and won't answer back
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
It's a reflection of the quality of the life I have.
I’m not proud.
This team is not worthy of my fanhood.
This is their picture:
\
In honor of a certain assistant coach on the opposing team
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
CV per 36 17/5
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
You mean the month that up until today Charlie V averaged 1.8 rebounds per game?
Thats it. I’m done now.
Do I keep Moose on my fantasy team or drop him for Emeka Okafor, who’s coming back from injury? Moose is playing well………
Will Emeka play 48 minutes for the next 20 games?
Deeeeeee-pressing Basketball!
by DBB Diablo on Feb 25, 2011 9:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
hopefully the ft wayne mad ants are about to get some veteran leadership
by dandresden on Feb 25, 2011 9:11 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
evan turner must really suck.
most of the time the other teams scrubs have a career night against the stones.
Except he is neither white nor awkward looking
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
I was going to mention that earlier. If there was ever a night to prove the haters wrong and show he’s not a bust, tonight would have been the night.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe I’ll hang on to Moose a little bit longer….
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
76rs on-court reporter is hot....
Get prettier, Ryan!
Well, good effort by the guys who played
And what the hell is up with the guys who got pseudo-suspended going over to them for fist bumps? If I had just played 48 minutes with no chance to win because of those douchers I would use my last bit of strength to cock knock them.
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
The next 24 hours is gonna be more interesting
than the final hours of the trade deadline
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 9:23 PM EST reply actions
In this basketball analyst’s opinion, the lack of elite-level coaching from the Detroit Pistons (that is to say, Head Coach John Kuester) is, clearly: (a) the problem; and (b) not the solution.
by Birdman84 on Feb 25, 2011 9:37 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Your wish is my command:
No, unfortunately, we cannot simply say that, "The Pistons are a bad team."
The truth is …
i. Flip Saunders was not the right head coach to get the most out of the Pistons’ players;
ii. Michael Curry was not the right head coach to get the most out of the Pistons’ players; and,
iii. John Kuester is not the right head coach to get the most out of the Pistons’ players.
On the other hand, Joe Dumars, as Detroit’s GM, has already demonstrated quite clearly that he knows how to get the most out of the Pistons’ players … when he’s able to make the RIGHT CHOICE for the team’s head coach position, as he did during Larry Brown’s tenure in Motown.
Unfortunately … as I’ve said for quite some time, now … until Joe D. actually gets THIS specific decision/hire right, what players the Pistons have on their roster is irrelevant when it comes to being able to field an upper echelon – or even a playoff – team in the Eastern Conference.
I told Pistons fans 2 summers ago, what the major problem was with their team and what the solution would entail but they did not want to listen to that explanation.
Also, http://pistonsbythenumbers.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/it-doesnt-get-much-worse-than-this/#comment-189
I couldn't imagine
what Rasheed would do if he were on the team.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2011022520&old_bs=1
When you try to mash talent together, you end up with a team that’s the best in the league on paper.
by Biz Markie Moon on Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM AKST
by alaskanpistonsfan on Feb 25, 2011 9:42 PM EST reply actions
What did he say? Did any other good post-game stuff come out?
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
basically
he said “im a professional. im ready to play all 48 if they call my #. i didnt play for a month and a half and i remember that so im ready to play all the time, im a professional basketball player its my job” etc. nice to see someone has some perspective.
agreed,
its strange to think that just a couple a months ago it seemed like he would never get his MF back.
True. He was playing like garbage, but his character shows tonight. I’d rather have 12 MFWBs than most of the roster we have now, even if it meant we went 0-82.
by garrettelliott on Feb 25, 2011 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
This may sound extreme (or maybe not)
But I haven’t felt this horrified/helpless about this team since watching the Palace Brawl against the Pacers. This situation is so hopelessly messed up. I want to cry.
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
You can cry on my shoulder
If I can cry on yours.
I'm just like a sports reporter, but without the insight or money.
Ok, but no homo
"You’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you’re not concerned with making sense!"- PS
Ok, but full homo
F***KING TAYSHAUN ISOLATION.
by Mike Payne on Feb 25, 2011 11:09 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Is there any other kind?
We could always ask Chris Bosh, he would probably know.
I'll serve your ass like John McEnroe!
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