Comments on: Pistons vs. Agent Zero

By: Matt Watson

Matt Watson — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:18:50 +0000

Re: Flip in Minnesota — I don’t think it’s fair to say he was an underachiever. In all of his playoff loses, he never actually had the better team. The one time he had a decent shot was the year KG had Sam Cassell and Latrell Sprewell next to him, but they ran into Kobe and Shaq in the playoffs (and I distinctly remember watching them get eliminated that year and thinking, wow, KG is really slipping into a shell right when the T’Wolves need him most…).

Also, just so we realize the grass isn’t always greener — doesn’t anyone remember Detroit’s complete inability to score for very, very long stretches under Carlisle and Brown? It wasn’t just the soap opera which drove us nuts, it was the fact watching games was often downright painful to watch. The Pistons needed to be lockdown defenders because it was often a huge accomplishment when they managed to crack 95 points. (The Pistons’ O is still inconsistent now, but nothing near what they were like back then.) I wish we could have retained some of that defensive intensity, but it really is a trade off…

That said, I’m just as eager to see Laimbeer get a crack at this as anyone…

By: wolf blitzer

wolf blitzer — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:34:26 +0000

Actually…no, not enough about Flip. In the beginning, I was more than willing to see the man through; sympathizing and understanding of how difficult his situation was. Flip, having never won a championship and perennial under achiever with KG’s squad in minnesota, is now asked to coach a core group of veteran players that have already won a championship. It killed me to see Flip struggle to find a solid rotation (although to his credit, prior to the cwebb trade, Flip seemed to be getting a grip on the sub. patterns) But his constant lack of trust in Delfino (suddenly becoming an aggressive, almost lock-down perimeter defender), the pure inability to understand that bench players provide energy, when your team needs energy, look to the bench (delfino, maxiel, davis, now hunter too) But if the old adage is true, the best players on a team will embody the attitude, toughness, and tenacity of their head coach…one only has to look at our lack of defensive intensity or ridiculous mental lapses on offense. That, Rocky Cliffs, is why even though I hated the Daytime soap opera drama mamma of Larry Brown, he consisently found ways to motivate his team. Lamb’s Lowdown needs an opportunity.

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By: Rocky Cliffs

Rocky Cliffs — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:34:07 +0000

ENOUGH about Flip! For gosh’s sakes, people! Give the man a chance. Anyone would have a hard time coaching this team right now.

By: wolf blitzer

wolf blitzer — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:33:01 +0000

can we just let saunders go to the golden gophers at this point? even with the addition of c-webb, this team is so stale and their play so uninspiring i can’t stand to watch anymore. We need Lamb’s Lowdown, now.

By: Boney

Boney — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:11:29 +0000

Again you guys… Gerald Wallace played 40+ minutes the other night. Someone has to score Charlotte’s points, noone else was scoring.

Antawn Jamison’s points came from the perimeter. Both of these guys play the PF position for their teams and Sheed cannot guard these guys on the perimeter. When G. Wallace slashes to the basket, Sheed cannot keep up with him as G. Wallace is a SF on most all teams. Antawn was hitting all the junk he threw up last night, you can’t stop that. When he’s living on the three point line all night and hitting everything, you can take Sheed and put him out there on Jamison. They should have put Tay on Jamison. Jamison will never post anyone up, he’s too soft.

You guys are overreacting about interior defense. Detroit dominated last night in the paint for the most part.

By: Quick Darshan

Quick Darshan — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:46:20 +0000

Out here in LA, I don’t get many Pistons games so this is all based on numbers…

From G. Wallace and A. Jamison’s numbers from the last couple games, it’s pretty clear that a backup wing player and a backup pg are not the most pressing need.

We need a starting interior defender. For all the talk about the glut of big men, we don’t seem to have any that can replace the things that Ben Wallace brought (defense and rebounding) at the center position, except Dale Davis who I can’t see playing 36 minutes a game.

We can survive with Lindsay at backup PG and Delfino at backup SG/SF, but we will not make the Finals without another physical center.

I don’t think Bonzi Wells will help this team that much.

By: darren

darren — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:30:12 +0000

antwan jamison came up big