I think of him as the backbone of the team. Most guys his size are post only players, but Sheed can drop the shot from anywhere. It’s not just his offense either, he is one of the best big defenders in the league. With our team forgetting about D lately, Sheed is a sacred commodity. You guys see the game against the Magic, he was giving Howard and Lewis one hell of a tough time getting anything to drop in the paint. Then you have his high basketball IQ; combined with good D; good offense, he can make the shot from anywhere (even past halfcourt in the Nuggets game last year), all at 6-11 makes him a fearsome weapon.

I was throwing a fit with all them bad calls, I’m glad I’m not the only one that felt that way. Here’s a longer excerpt of that from Mlive. “With 2:29 to play in the third quarter, Saunders was ejected after picking up two technical fouls — an automatic ejection — following some heated words directed toward official Marc Davis.

Saunders had picked up a technical after a foul was called against Tayshaun Prince.

After the first technical foul, Saunders was heard from press row telling Davis, “Good job, Marc! That’s the first (bleep)ing call you got right all day!”

Then came the second technical foul, which led to Saunders being escorted off the court by team security.

Chauncey Billups was among those Pistons pleased to see Saunders sticking up for them when, from the Pistons’ perspective, the game wasn’t being called fairly.

“It’s always good to have a coach that recognizes what’s going on and stands up for you in those situations,” Billups said. “But you know, I wouldn’t have minded getting them (technical fouls) either. I thought it was that bad.”

Nazr Mohammed doesn’t talk much about officiating, but the 6-foot-11 center admits he found himself trying to make sense out of how 6-3 guard Deron Williams was credited with blocking one of his shots on a play in the middle of the third quarter in which there appeared to be
some body contact between them.

“What can I say about calls, but get myself in trouble?” Mohammed said. “Some times they go for you, sometimes they don’t. I’m still trying to figure out how Deron Williams blocked my shot and hit all my hand. But hey, that’s how it happens sometimes”.”

Also for tonights game, the Cavs are going to be pretty confident after beating the Celtics. I’m prepared for Lebron to rack up some more bad calls against us. Watchout for Sheed and Gooden, they hate each other with passion.