Comments on: Pistons look to rebound against Spurs

By: Mike Payne

Mike Payne — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:30:47 +0000

I wonder what pieces we could move for him. Anyone tried anything with ESPN’s trade machine?

By: Keegan

Keegan — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:14:10 +0000

He’s the type of big body we need down low…willing to bang with 5s and get lots of offensive boards. Good character guy, too.

By: Mike Payne

Mike Payne — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:52:47 +0000

Boy that Mohammed fellow in Charlotte is really playing well. I wonder if we could make a trade for him.

By: Keegan

Keegan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:26:01 +0000

I love Hubie because you can actually learn things from his commentary. He breaks plays down like no other, even off-ball activity.

He does that with players, too.
“O.K., you’re Rasheed Wallace…,”

By: Toledo Joe

Toledo Joe — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:59:27 +0000

My favorite Hubie-ism is variations on the, “OK, you’re the [name of team]”: “OK, you’re the Lakers. . . .”; “OK, you’re the Pistons. . . .”

By: Quick Darshan

Quick Darshan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:09:33 +0000

Whenever I see Doc Rivers, I think of the “Five Game Sweep” over the Shaq/Kobe Lakers because he was the commentator and he was of the few people not saying, “What’s wrong with the Lakers?” and giving the Pistons credit for putting on that beatdown.

By: waltonlikesmen1

waltonlikesmen1 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:52:12 +0000

The TNT crew provided more entertainment than anything seen in the Suns vs Jazz game last night. Chuck never fails to get a few laughs out of me, especially when he’s punking on Ernie for his “stupid stats”.

“… I do like hearing Hubie Brown commentate, I think he is probably the only non-bias commentator on ESPN”

Diablo, I agree, Hubie is probably the only guy working in the NBA that doesn’t root for a team, he just appreciates good basketball. He doesn’t waste his time talking about things that take place off the court during a telecast like a lot of these commentators do. He actually points things out that should be noted and appreciated. I can only hope that Hubie calls every playoff game for us this year.

By: kevin s.

kevin s. — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:44:44 +0000

The Pistons match up well against the spurs because they have enough one-on-one defenders to cover the Spurs’ big three, and they can throw enough bodies at Parker to keep him from getting to the lane at will.

Also, this is a good template for beating the Celtics. Let the big man get his, throw the sink at disrupting the perimeter game, and don’t let the Matt Bonners of the world get easy looks.

By: Toledo Joe

Toledo Joe — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:38:20 +0000

I think Reggie is fair to Detroit. It might be hard, given not that the replay of “the block” is not just a reminder of a play that worked out badly for him, it was a play that arguably cost him his best shot to get a ring. But he probably digs the comparisons to Rip.

By: Quick Darshan

Quick Darshan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:51:14 +0000

I think the reason Amir isn’t playing much is that he’s still not developed physically (he’s still pretty young).

As thin as he is, I can’t see him being able to guard anyone in the post. He’ll block some shots in help defense, but he’ll get eaten up by any physical frontline player.

Basically, he’s too frail to play center and not good enough to get into Maxiell’s minutes at the PF.

By: Quick Darshan

Quick Darshan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:46:00 +0000

Bloomen, really? I always get the sense that Reggie likes the Pistons. I remember, the year after he retired, his old Pacers teammates got pissed at him when he predicted the Pistons would take the East again.

By: JackDutch

JackDutch — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:53:37 +0000

can’t believe how adamant both charles and the jet were about sheed’s potential to be the BEST player in the league. not top 10, not top three. BEST.

By: Toledo Joe

Toledo Joe — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:56:15 +0000

Matt and Kevin S.:

Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I definitely agree that in this game, it was fine and appropriate that the starters played a ton. Detroit needed a win, the starters need to play some long minutes in some games, they were up against an elite team, and I guess Stuckey was a bit dinged up. I don’t mind that one bit. Flip’s been doing a good job getting the bench guys in most games, and I’m happy about that. My comment was an observation, not a complaint. I should have made that more explicit.

In other news, I’m happy to see no crowing, “we beat the champs! We rule! The rings are ours this year!” Obviously, the Spurs are a great team. Some of those shots Duncan made in the third quarter were amazing). I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see them in the finals. And if Detroit meets them there, it would be a great series.

By: Bloomen

Bloomen — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:43:17 +0000

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…

Charles Barkley is the only national announcer in any sport that I LOOK FORWARD TO seeing.

and reggie miller should be banned from announcing pistons games. His blind hatred makes it extremely awkward.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:16:13 +0000

i do think that we were caught with our pants down by dallas. unfortunately the way the first half of the san antonio game went it looked like we caught them with their pants down.

and i’ve been waiting for amir to disappear. unless we’re blowing people out again i doubt we’ll be seeing any more amir this season. next season flip (if he’s still the coach) will say how “inconsistent” he was (same with maxiell), as if there is anyone on the team (including and especially starters) that haven’t been inconsistent this year.