There is not much to say right now The Cavaliers took the series. It was a dogfight, and I honestly didn’t think these games would go the way they have. Congrats to the Cavs and good luck to in the Finals, you have a tough opponent ahead in the Spurs.
Are the Pistons the better team? I think so, but they didn’t play that way. None of that even matters now anyway. It’s been an enjoyable season, we have plenty to look forward to. What’s in store for the Pistons next season? Plenty…. it’s going to unfold very soon Pistons fans.
David Stern is sleeping well tonight.
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man i wish i knew them they seem like fun people to chill with..and i dont mean just party i mean actually chill with
it hurts to look on nba.com, knowing that we were supossed to be replacing the cavs. =[
I couldn’t watch NBA TV or read NBA.COM yesterday. I had to read this morning in order for me to start my healing process. I cried at what they were saying about our Pistons- that we are donre.
^^i know they didnt waste ANY time as soon as the buzzer rang four the end of the fourth they said.. could this be the end of the pistons franchise??? i was already crying at that point and that just made it worse AND pissed me off so i got up and came on need4sheed where i could grieve with other fans!! then i just worked on stuff for my finals til 4 in themorning
omg sooo many depressed people!! add me to the list. I haven;t gotten sleep since last week, thanks to the cavs =[
my eyes burn looking at the cavs hold that stupid trophy on the pistons website. THEY STOLE IT WHY THE HELL WOULD THEY DO THAT?
I just love it when they give up on us. Uyen dont worry about it. I seen it too. They do this every season, but we always prove them wrong. Maybe not all the way (but we did in 2004 and somewhat in 2005). But we’ve proved them wrong on a long, long journey until playoff time for the last couple of years.
the thing that upsets me the most about this whole thing is that i watched all 82 regular season games.
i went to 11 games at the palace.
I watched 16 piston playoff games…. not knowing how are season will end sour.
It just upsets me, because my life has revolved around the pistons. I wake up extra early to read piston articles, i am on this website almost always.
It seems like I did all of this for nothing.
I have never been so dissapointed, and I’ve never cried so hard.
- pistons_1
what could they do to cheer me up? I’m emotionally drained. Only a miracle would cheer me up. If thats even possible. Maybe news on chauncey next year?!
RAAAASHED WALACE DA MAN!!!RESPECT MY NIGGA!!!I love you!!!pistons real team!!!2007-2008 nba champions Terry Porter Head Coach !!!
Jess, thanks for the reassuring words. I know they say it every year in some form but never “detroit’s reign is over” I am from Berkeley CA and will have to hear shit from warriors fans and this guy who is a cavs fan tomorrow. Warriors fans wil call me a sellout for being pistons fans. I gots court-side tickets when Pistons played in Oakland. Was so close to my boys. It is going to be a very unproductive day tomorrow.
Uyen,
I know you are gonna be annoyed and even more pissed off when everyone starts rubbin it in again but dont let it get to your head. At least try not to. Just remember we cant win it every year and I know we havent won it since ’04 but our time will come again and very soon. I honestly believe next year is our year no matter what happens in the off season. I know we all thought this year was goin to be it but I HATE to admit it, deep down inside I kinda knew we werent gonna win it though I convinced myself we were. While I knew it wasnt goin to be our year, something deep down was tellin me ’08 will be our year to cheer. Like I said I HATE to admit that I wasnt 100% confident. I dont know what that shows about me. I hope you guys dont think Im not a diehard PISTONS fan because I am and I know I am. But it was a feelin I had since the begining of this season. When we started winning some games and CWEBB came along and good things started to happen, I thought yes we are, we’re gonna win the ‘ship.. but still I wasnt confident from the begining. Like my heart wasnt all there.. it was in 2008 (and I know it might sound crazy, but I’m bein honest. And I cant emphasize enough how much I HATE to admit what I just said.
(sorry its soo long.)
but Im still hopin and prayin and wishin that Chauncey will stay and nothin will happen with Rip, Tay, and SHEED.. but im also hopin for new coach.. Larry Brown sounds real good right now, but i dont know if thats possible. Getting Chuck Daly out of retirment would be a miracle. Even Bill Laimbeer is lookin ok to me right now, but i kinda question that one.
im still wonderin what Natalie thinks.
Nat where are you at? We need you. LOL.. but seriously, its like you keep us together. Your the queen of this site. Hell your the queen of piston fans LOL.
I was gone all day, had to leave all the comments up to you guys. I will be posting what I think in the upcoming days…
Changes will be made people, and a lot of them!
I for one dont think this same core should be back. They have proven to me that they choke in the clutch. Yeagh lebron is good, but last night he had alot of other teamates getting into it too!They deserved to win,detroit acted like a bunch of gradeschool kids! And no I’m not a cavs fan, I’m a proud detroiter for 50 plus years!
It’s so damn obvious that Stern wanted LeBron to make the finals. The game’s close going into the 4th and all of a sudden everything goes crazy, we were in the penalty with like 9 minutes left, and then got 3 quick fouls for 6 FTs, at one point in the 4th we had 9 fouls to the cavs 2. that’s impossible, with a team as good as the pistons. no possible way that’s consistent officiating. Lebron is this year’s Dwayne Wade, a pretty boy easy to market to the general public, so let’s give him a free ticket to the finals as long as he can make his FTs. shit, he made how many field goals? 2? does anyone else think we got Techs and defensive 3-seconds so lebron could get free points. Or that the reason we went into the penalty so fast in the 3rd and 4th quarters was to ensure Lebron got enough points to make him sound great. what a horrible way to end the season. you know that scene in the first matrix movie, when the bad guy starts unplugging people and trying to kill neo, and right when switch finds out shes going to die, she gets this blank sad disbelieveing, totally unprepared look on her face and says “not like this… not like this” and then falls to the ground dead.
That’s how i felt about this game. if the pistons season is going to end, and possible chauncey’s #1 jersey and this entire era of dominance over the east, “Not like this.” not like this. what a sick way to watch it all end … free throws, ugly haircuts from gooden and varajoe, ridiculous flops, ejections, a gross amount of turnovers, bad coaching, lebron making free throw after free throw, the commentators singing his praises for plays that i’ve seen carlos delfino do a dozen times, lebron doing that retarted grimace/stare crap like the immature asshole he is, the obvious frustration on chauncey, rip and tay’s faces, why the crap did nazr mohammed play in the first quarter and watching webber walk around in slow motion like it was an exhibition game. what a sad sad ending to this season.
Not like this.
another thought … lebron is no where near michael jordan, or even kobe bryant. i won’t even consider comparing him to kobe until after he has won 3 rings. after 5 rings, we can talk about comparing him with MJ. 5 rings from now that shit can start. tim duncan and tony parker are going to wipe the floor with these idiots, and bruce bowen is going to shut lebron down to complete shit. i’d like to see varajoe try flopping on a real post player like tim duncan, or zildranus’s 60year old face try and stop duncan from scoring 22 and grabbing 13 boards and winning his 4th ring. cleveland can’t stop him, they can’t win this series, too bad Stern, there’s nothing you can possibly do to win Lebron this series. but i’m sure you’ll do whatever it takes to make it happen every year until someone else comes along.
cleveland fans, you suck and you have no class.
this is going to be a long, scary offseason. maybe chauncey will be a sellout and go to the bulls.
my guesses are this:
-chauncey signs with the bucks
-the pistons try and get leandro barbosa from the suns
-webber’s done
-max and amir are regular players next year
-with the two first round picks we get a point guard and a big center
-rip tay and sheed stick around
-saunders is GONE!
-next year we finish with 43 wins, the 4th seed and lose in the second round to the bulls.
peace out detroit fans.
i love you all
Yes I believe chauncey will be gone to. But I don’t really believe that’s a bad thing. It will be better in the long run.We need to plan for the future now, can’t look back.God Bless, have a great summer!
Wow, anony 11:49, you got me all excited for next season… I think I may have to upgrade my depression back to “major”
I wish I was at as much ease going into the future as a lot of you are. I think I’m too much of an amateur fan to be that cool. I’ve become too attached to the players to be comfortable with saying “Chauncey won’t be here next year and that’s okay.” I love the personalities of the core group and thinking about next season without one (or more) of them makes me sick to my stomach. Perhaps sports watching just isn’t the hobby for me…This is EXACTLY why I watch the Pistons and NO other sports team. I’m just too emotional.
“I wish I was at as much ease going into the future as a lot of you are. I think I’m too much of an amateur fan to be that cool. I’ve become too attached to the players to be comfortable with saying “Chauncey won’t be here next year and that’s okay.” I love the personalities of the core group and thinking about next season without one (or more) of them makes me sick to my stomach. Perhaps sports watching just isn’t the hobby for me…This is EXACTLY why I watch the Pistons and NO other sports team. I’m just too emotional.”
Amanda.. you took the words right outta my mouth.
Dave, you went hard. Your predictions scare me
Nat, did you think that there would be over 500 comment on here right now??
Imagine if the comment moderation was still on.. you would have had to go through all of them LOL.
but im not gonna lie.. i read every single comment on this post. (i always do)
than again i was just thinkin about it.. if the comment moderation was still on, half of these comments wouldnt be on here.
oops
Jess, I was out to dinner with some friends ealrier and got some crazy shit talking about my pistons. Thought this madness was going to start at tomorrow at work. FUCK!!!
lol.. like i said.. try not to let it get to you.
Thanks.
stern wants lebron and wade to run the league and the pistons get jobbed in the process
http://stats.nypost.com/nba/story.asp?i=20070603231520570000101&ref=hea&tm=
Pistons may be forced to make changes after playoff meltdown
By LARRY LAGE,
AP Sports Writer
DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Pistons seem to be slipping from great to good, leading to questions about a nucleus that has been kept together since winning a title in 2004 and a coach that had a tough act to follow.
Detroit dropped out of the playoffs on the road in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals for the second straight year after consecutive trips to the NBA finals.
“The season’s a failure,” Rasheed Wallace said after the Cleveland Cavaliers eliminated Detroit with a 98-82 win Saturday night.
Wallace’s teammates and the rest of the franchise would probably agree with his blunt assessment.
The Pistons earned top seeding in the Eastern Conference playoffs for the second straight year and seemed to be rolling with a 7-0 start, matching a franchise record.
Then, they lost two of the last three games against the Chicago Bulls in the second round and collapsed against the Cavs, blowing a 2-0 lead in the conference finals for just the third time in NBA history.
“I don’t really care about that,” Chauncey Billups said. “I’m just mad we lost four straight games to a team that I felt wasn’t better than us.
“But obviously, they were better than us this week.”
Next year, the up-and-coming Cavs and Bulls will likely improve.
To keep up with their Central Division rivals, the Pistons might be forced to shake up a roster that has had a lot of success. Wallace, Billups, Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince created the kind of continuity rarely seen in professional sports.
The Pistons won a championship, fell just short of repeating, and advanced to the conference finals five straight years – a streak trailing only one team over the past 20-plus years.
“I think its unbelievable,” New Jersey Nets coach Lawrence Frank said during this postseason. “They’ve had three different coaches. Their core has stayed together for the most part. They lost (Ben) Wallace, but it is such a tremendous credit to that organization to be at such a high level year in and year out.”
But Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars was unhappy about the way the season unraveled in the playoffs, and he’s an executive with a history of making bold moves.
Dumars fired Rick Carlisle after two successful seasons and bought out Larry Brown following two straight trips to the NBA finals.
Coach Flip Saunders set a franchise record by winning 117 games in his first two regular seasons, beating Brown’s mark by nine games and Carlisle’s by 17. But the Pistons fell short of expectations and their goals in both of their postseasons with a coach that struggled in the playoffs with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
“He’s in a tough situation,” Billups said. “Could he have done some things differently? Probably so. Could I? Yeah. So could Sheed and Tay and go down the line. It’s unfair to point the finger at one person.”
Billups was the NBA finals MVP three years ago and an All-Star in each of the next two seasons, but his lackluster play in the conference finals the last two years was tough for the team to overcome.
“I played as hard as I could, but I didn’t play that great,” he said after averaging 15.3 points, 3.5 assists and 3.8 turnovers against the Cavs. “I’m sure some other guys in this locker room could say the same thing.”
Billups, who will be one of the NBA’s top free agents this summer, wants to return to Detroit if its offer is competitive with other offers.
“Everyone knows I love this team, this town, being a Piston,” he said. “I really grew up here, made a name for myself: All-Star, champion, MVP. We’ll see how it works out.”
Dumars will also have to decide if he wants to re-sign free agent Chris Webber, who hinted that retirement might be an option.
“I don’t want to be in a situation where I’m just going through the motions, letting everything be said about me,” said the 34-year-old center, whose skills and health have diminished in recent years.
The Pistons have a young player, forward Jason Maxiell, on the verge of contributing consistently, and they have a chance to add more youth with the 15th and 27th overall picks in the draft later this month.
While significant change seems to be certain, Billups said a few more great years are possible if the nucleus is kept together.
“We’re definitely an elite ballclub,” he insisted. “It’s just crazy how thin of a line it is from being one of the best teams in the league to people looking at you like, ‘They’re done.’ I’ll still take my chances with anybody in this league in a series.”
Just thought id pop in here and post how very sad i still am….
Ive read all the posts and i see im not the only one…
I love THESE pistons…ive watchd the pistons for a long time. i’ve never really got hooked until THESE pistons. their is just something special about THESE pistons
I allowed my 5 yr old to fall in love w a player that might decide to leave us…How do you explain to a 5 year old that its a bussiness and that stuff just happend… He even went to the mini pistons camp and we are planning on him going to the full camp this summer.
the whole time we were at the camp he kept saying to me..”look mom im going to be a star like Billups.”
those words haunt me now.
He cant leave us…
that will just crush my 5 yr old…heck it will crush me!
its not that they lost game 6 that ended their run. Its the changes that gets me going…im just not good w change… Im just not ok w Billups leaving…If he goes… Rip is right behind him.. I cant decide whihc would be more painful. the combination would be brutal.
What can i say im emotional attached…they grabbed hold of my heart in a weird way( even more than the years before) last season.
I was at the only game i got a chance to see last season. when my father passed away. i got the call as i was leaving the game.
It for me was like my dad’s last gift. they never got a hold of me until after the game. they tried to tho through the palace staff etc.
I gues it was meant to be at that game at that moment in time.
they became my comfort. they gave me something to have hope in.
Strange i know but its funny the things one holds on to when facing death…
I Love THESE pistons..
Stay w us Billups your leaving will be like facing another death.
I think people should chill out. I do think the officiating in the nba is comical but that being said, the pistons brought this on themselves! They played like highschool kids! Hell the wizards and nets played better against the cavs then we did! And the wizards were missing two vital players. I can assure you of this san antonio won’t choke! Three rings tell me that.They should take it all this year unless the games are really called lopsided , in that case we need to get rid of stern, he’s going to turn this sport into a joke! Anyone agree?
WE REALLY MISS BEN WALLACE AND HIS ENERGY AND DEFENSE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE,THIS IS A DEFENSIVE TEAM,THEY LOST THAT WHEN BEN WALLACE AND LARRY BROWN LEFT.
congrats to the cavs.
i would say the refs had something to do with the games because after game two no call on lbj stern had to have told the refs to start calling fouls, because in game 5 when lebron drives to the hole and falls down without anyone touching him and a foul is called u know stern told the refs to give a back a game. being that said, to all piston fans- give me a break the pistons played old just like they did against the heat last year. tell me what coaching has to do with letting a guy drive to the basket not once but three times in game 5. when your own players are throwing the ball away. and billups shoot the ball to score not to get a cheap-ass foul. “i saw a guy trailing me hard and i thought could get some contact. there was some but not enough to get a call.” then he does it again on snow trying to get snow to jump into him when he shot the three to possibly win the game. you want to cry when varejo flops. flopping will always be part of the game it is an art and if you are great at it u can help your team win just ask “the mailman” malone. so wallace thought he flopped in game 6 don’t go down the court and throw lebron to the floor and foul out of the game when your team needs you. also, the pistons beat the cavs last year in game 7 because they just man-handled lebron and did not let him do what he wanted to do. but this year they tried the same thing in game 6 but the cavs had a answer with gibson’s 3s. it was a great series and if lebron doesn’t turn in his greatest game of his nba career the pistons win game 5. but all-in-all the cavs over came the 0-2 start and played just enough better than the pistons to win.
I honestly do not think that the pistons are done. So what if they lost this year? San Antonio doesn’t win every single year. What doesnt kill you makes you stronger. I believe that Joe Dumars will make necessary changes for the pistons. At this point, saunders needs to be fired, webber needs to retire. I think if Chauncey leaves the pistons, the worst thing that could happen is that Rip will be sad and that might affect his performance, and pistons fans won’t be happy. In addition, I doubt that Chauncey can find a better team or a better environment beside Detroit. I hope he doesnt leave even if the Bucks pay him crapload of money. It’s not like Chauncey’s a rookie and needs money. If he stays with detroit, he’ll just earn even more respect and affection from fans and his teammates. With all that said, may God bless Dumars in his decisions.
I wonder if the pistons or Dumars ever read the comments on this site? =) i think they should. I’ll be mad if saunders stays with the pistons. I wonder what’s going through the pistons’ minds right now? must be tough. I hope Chauncey will stay. I mean, if he stays despite the ridiculous money offered by other teams, Chauncey will truly look like a hero in Detroit!! I mean he’ll be the loyal player who sticks with his team, unlike Ben W. Anyways, if you’re reading chauncey, please refuse the dough and stay!!! =)
WE NEED LARRY BROWN BACK, MORE MINUTES FROM JASON MAXIELL, AND MORE OF A POST UP AND/OR A DEFENSIVE PRESENCE DOWN LOW, THE PISTONS GIVE UP WAY TOO MANY LAYUPS
am i the only one who feels incredibly sad for dyess? the poor guy seemed to want it more than anyone else on the team, played his heart out and actually showed emotion and a sense of urgency. i wanted him to get a championship so bad. i hope he resigns next year…
I for one, am very pissed off and upset that we let a rookie torch us and blow us out of the playoffs. This was the absolute worse way to go out of the playoffs. We had an absolute failure season this year. We MUST fire Flip and DRAFT Joakim Noah.
-KollinNaples
P.S. I hope for God that the Spurs win.
i wish there was a miracle that put us in the finals tonight lol that would be so great and that article somebody just typed up scares me. what chauncey said about if the offer is right. that reminds me of ben wallace and just don’t want him to roll out that way. people here in detroit has so much love for that man. and like everybody on that team, they feel like family to me and i feel like i know them personally so if he leaves i think i might cry. when ben wallace left i was upset and said we couldn’t make it without him but then i realized that he is one player and that we could do it. and even though we didn’t make it to the finals look how far we got without him, now i will say that if mr big shot leaves we wont get that far. so please stay until you can’t play anymore chauncey dont break up this happy family we love you all and you are the best and unfortunately the best team got cheated so we will have to show them next year and show them that this dynasty is never going to end just because some poster child won. also convince mcdyess and webber to stay because word on the street is they getting that ring next year 2008 babay.
love you pistons keep hope alive and don’t give up the faith
The refs are not at fault, Pistons fans, I am one too, but you’ll can’t keep blaming it on the refs or all the blame on Flip Saunders either. It’s the players, they just didn’t have the fire in them. Fatigue? Can’t use that excuse again either. Cleveland outplayed us in this series, even in game 1 and 2, we truly just got lucky honestly. Our whole team is better than Cleveland no doubt. Lebron is a superstar and a heck of a player. I suspect he is the next Michael Jordan. He’s on that path anyway. Even though we lost, I still feel our TEAM is better than theirs. San Antonio are like Detroit except they play better defense, are in control of their emotions more, and do not play catch up as often. The Spurs and Pistons are almost like twins. Anyhow, Spurs in 4!
When the 4th qtr came around, we just basically lost it in the beginning right there, Boobie started banking in 3′s, we were down 81-69 and it started looking bad. On top of that, Sheed gets fouled out and decides to just go off the hook so he can get the heck out of the game and don’t have to witness defeat. I love Rasheed on the team but he has to not go over the edge, there was like 10 minutes left when he got thrown out, we could still have won the game, there was plenty of time left to make a run.
I believe the pistons are through as the go to work team. It seems to me with the pistons keeping our same head couch,dumars has sent up a white flag as far as our players are concerned. I guess it’s time to total this team and start fresh.
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