Morning Shootaround: Season Opener Edition, Baby

No more tired legs! Pistons roll out their 10-man rotation tonight in New Jersey. Let's shoot it around to take care of our six P's (prior practice prevents piss-poor performance).

• A Boston Celtics win has never been so gratifying. If only we could multiple the Heat's opening night loss by ... a lot. 0-1's not really a hole, but leave it to the Heat index to ask the question. The last team to go 0-1 and win the NBA championship? Our 2003-2004 Detroit Pistons. What's more groan-worthy is that the 1997-1998 Bulls started the season by losing to the Celtics, beat the 76ers in their next game and, then, much further down the road, won the NBA championship. Miami's next opponent? The 76ers. It's a good thing these patterns are as useful as a poopy flavored lollipop. (H/T @pistonpowered)
• The Suns got worked in the 4th quarter last night, which left Steve Nash seeking team "cohesion."
• My legs are getting so tired of season previews -- let the Pistons season begin! However, Chris Iott compiled all the previews you could possibly get in one setting. Yours truly makes a guest appearance.
• DBB's own handsomerob1 gives us his NBA/Pistons predictions over at Detroit4lyfe. If you want an NBA coach fired, ask Rob to put in a word -- he was perfect in predicting which coaches got canned last year.
• Chris Iott also informs us that Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva will headline the season preview show on Fox Sports Detroit before tonight's game. The show will include an interview of Rodney Stuckey given by the point guard who was drafted a slot higher than Stuckey seven years before him ... Mateen Cleaves!
• The Detroit News has your roster breakdown, but you've seen that before.
• Did the open competition in the preseason materialize? Patrick Hayes has his verdicts at Piston Powered. It's hard to argue that the opening night Pistons lineup doesn't include the five best Pistons from the preseason.
• As TDP pointed out in the FanShots, Adrian Wojnarowski predicts that Austin Daye will win the NBA's Most Improved Player award. Interestingly enough, the Pistons realistically have 4-5 players who could step up and make a run for this award. One of them already won the award in 2000-2001.
• Nice fresh look over at Need4Sheed and this photoshop of Jonas Jerebko & Arnie Kander is worth a ticket at the box office.
• If you're heading to the Palace at all this season, you might notice some changes.
• I wonder how LeBron feels about Justin Bieber getting an NBA championship ring last night. This is what photoshop competitions are for...
  
  Share any other links you have in the comments. Chat it up, stretch it out and get ready for the 2010-2011 Pistons season. MFMP will be back later with the game thread. Odds after the jump.

Detroit Pistons

Richard Hamilton

Over/Under 17.5 PPG

Rodney Stuckey

Over/Under 17.3 PPG

Over/Under 5.5 APG

Ben Gordon

Over/Under 16 PPG

Tayshaun Prince

Over/Under 13.7 PPG

Charlie Villanueva

Over/Under 12.7 PPG

Over/Under 5.5 RPG

League, Conference, and Divisional Odds

Odds to win 2011 NBA Championship

Miami Heat 17/10

Los Angeles Lakers 5/2

Boston Celtics 17/2

Orlando Magic 13/1

Oklahoma City Thunder 14/1

Chicago Bulls 18/1

Dallas Mavericks 20/1

San Antonio Spurs 28/1

Denver Nuggets 30/1

Portland Trailblazers 30/1

Houston Rockets 35/1

Utah Jazz 35/1

Atlanta Hawks 50/1

Milwaukee Bucks 50/1

Phoenix Suns 50/1

New York Knicks 60/1

New Orleans Hornets 75/1

Charlotte Bobcats 100/1

Memphis Grizzlies 100/1

New Jersey Nets 100/1

Washington Wizards 100/1

Detroit Pistons 125/1

Los Angeles Clippers 125/1

Golden State Warriors 150/1

Indiana Pacers 150/1

Philadelphia 76ers 150/1

Sacramento Kings 150/1

Cleveland Cavaliers 200/1

Minnesota Timberwolves 200/1

Toronto Raptors 200/1

Odds to win 2011 Eastern Conference

Miami Heat 2/3

Boston Celtics 9/2

Orlando Magic 11/2

Chicago Bulls 9/1

Atlanta Hawks 25/1

Milwaukee Bucks 25/1

New York Knicks 30/1

Charlotte Bobcats 50/1

New Jersey Nets 50/1

Washington Wizards 50/1

Detroit Pistons 65/1

Philadelphia 76ers 75/1

Indiana Pacers 85/1

Cleveland Cavaliers 100/1

Toronto Raptors 125/1

Odds to win 2011 Western Conference

Los Angeles Lakers 5/6

Oklahoma City Thunder 6/1

Dallas Mavericks 8/1

Denver Nuggets 10/1

Portland Trailblazers 12/1

San Antonio Spurs 12/1

Utah Jazz 16/1

Houston Rockets 18/1

Phoenix Suns 20/1

New Orleans Hornets 40/1

Memphis Grizzlies 45/1

Los Angeles Clippers 50/1

Golden State Warriors 65/1

Sacramento Kings 85/1

Minnesota Timberwolves 100/1

Odds to win the 2010-2011 Central Division

Chicago Bulls 5/6

Milwaukee Bucks 9/5

Detroit Pistons 7/1

Indiana Pacers 12/1

Cleveland Cavaliers 14/1

Odds to win the 2010-2011 Atlantic Division

Boston Celtics 1/3

New York Knicks 6/1

New Jersey Nets 8/1

Philadelphia 76ers 9/1

Toronto Raptors 25/1

Odds to win the 2010-2011 Southeast Division

Miami Heat 1/3

Orlando Magic 7/2

Atlanta Hawks 12/1

Washington Wizards 20/1

Charlotte Bobcats 30/1

Odds to win the 2010-2011 Northwest Division

Oklahoma City Thunder 7/5

Portland Trailblazers 5/2

Denver Nuggets 4/1

Utah Jazz 9/2

Minnesota Timberwolves 22/1

Odds to win the 2010-2011 Pacific Division

Los Angeles Lakers 2/9

Phoenix Suns 8/1

Los Angeles Clippers 12/1

Golden State Warriors 20/1

Sacramento Kings 20/1

Odds to win the 2010-2011 Southwest Division

Dallas Mavericks 3/2

San Antonio Spurs 8/5

Houston Rockets 5/1

New Orleans Hornets 11/1

Memphis Grizzlies 12/1

NBA Regular Season Wins Totals

Atlanta Hawks 46½

Boston Celtics 54½

Charlotte Bobcats 39½

Chicago Bulls 46½

Cleveland Cavaliers 30½

Dallas Mavericks 49½

Denver Nuggets 43½

Detroit Pistons 31½

Golden State Warriors 30½

Houston Rockets 48½

Indiana Pacers 33½

Los Angeles Clippers 36½

Los Angeles Lakers 56½

Memphis Grizzlies 38½

Miami Heat 64½

Milwaukee Bucks 45½

Minnesota Timberwolves 23½

New Jersey Nets 24½

New Orleans Hornets 41½

New York Knicks 35½

Oklahoma City Thunder 51½

Orlando Magic 54½

Philadelphia 76ers 34½

Phoenix Suns 41½

Portland Trail Blazers 51½

Sacramento Kings 27½

San Antonio Spurs 50½

Toronto Raptors 26½

Utah Jazz 49½

Washington Wizards 32½

Awards and League Leader Odds

Odds to win the 2010/11 NBA MVP

Kevin Durant 9/4

Kobe Bryant 3/1

LeBron James 9/2

Dwight Howard 13/2

Dwayne Wade 9/1

Carmelo Anthony 12/1

Dirk Nowitzki 14/1

Chris Paul 16/1

Derrick Rose 18/1

Amar’e Stoudemire 35/1

Chris Bosh 40/1

Deron Williams 40/1

Steve Nash 40/1

Pau Gasol 50/1

Field (Any Other Player) 12/1

Odds to win the 2011 NBA Rookie of the Year?

Blake Griffin 7/5

John Wall 3/2

DeMarcus Cousins 7/1

Evan Turner 15/2

Wesley Johnson 11/1

Derrick Favors 12/1

Greg Monroe 15/1

Jordan Crawford 20/1

Cole Aldrich 30/1

Odds to win the 2010-2011 NBA Scoring Title

Kevin Durant 2/1

Kobe Bryant 3/1

Carmelo Anthony 7/2

Amar’e Stoudemire 8/1

Dirk Nowitzki 8/1

Dwyane Wade 8/1

LeBron James 9/1

Derrick Rose 10/1

Monta Ellis 12/1

Danny Granger 15/1

Joe Johnson 20/1

Tyreke Evans 20/1

Chris Bosh 30/1

Dwight Howard 50/1

Field (Any Other Player) 20/1

2010-2011 Regular Season Rebounds/Game Leader

Dwight Howard 1/3

David Lee 5/1

Kevin Love 7/1

Marcus Camby 9/1

Zach Randolph 12/1

Blake Griffin 14/1

Joakim Noah 14/1

Pau Gasol 16/1

Al Jefferson 25/1
Tim Duncan 25/1

Chris Bosh 30/1

Gerald Wallace 30/1

Andrew Bogut 50/1

Field (Any Other Player) 20/1

2010-2011 Regular Season Assists/Game Leader

Chris Paul 3/2

Steve Nash 2/1

Deron Williams 2/1

Rajon Rondo 12/1

Jason Kidd 18/1

Russell Westbrook 20/1

John Wall 20/1

Field (Any Other Player) 15/1