Comments on: Pistons come up very short against The Celtics

By: Rewind

Rewind — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:46:17 +0000

Dyess please come home!!!

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:34:41 +0000

I have to agree that for the last two games Sheed has been incredibly frustrating. The constant floating out to the perimeter is killing this team, particularly with the absence of Dyess. I’m not completely convinced that a Sheed/Kwame front court is the best decision but without Dyess, MC doesn’t have so many options.

Re: the Bynum move on KG. I watched the game at home afterwards and kept watching that moment over and over. Amazing and a bright moment in an otherwise abysmal game.

By: mobius909

mobius909 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:25:43 +0000

count down, count down, count down!

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:32:44 +0000

dyess will be eligable for us in 26 days. (that is december 6th)

By: Amer ican Prince

Amer ican Prince — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:43:41 +0000

we should make this dyess appreciation month. just post up memories and vids of dyess or better yet, let’s get that needfordyess.com going.

i know dyess will help us, just not sure if the team can help him. Even before the trade they weren’t looking all that sharp, they didn’t even look that sharp last year. remember these aren’t great players they are (were?) a great team, and guys don’t seem to be backing up each other like in the past. we can’t really even claim this is a veteran team. only two players have been in the league double digit years (three if dyess comes back, 4 if Lindsey does) We have a couple that have been in the league more that 4 years. and so many are young guys

ps nat how do you not post will bynums move? I don’t really fet this excited about a single move, but what made it stand out was that he didn’t get baited by KG and went to the rim.

By: anynomous

anynomous — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:39:13 +0000

we gave chauncey 5 years to win a championship. we could atleast give iverson 1 year.

By: gMac

gMac — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:37:05 +0000

Effort and Mental readiness should not be an issue no matter how many games into the season we are. While it’s true no body can stay focused and play hard for all 82 games. I can understand a let down against teams like the Nets or the thunders…The lack of focus and effort is shacking to me against team like the celtics at home.
I think sheed is afraid of the Celtics’ D. Usually team with quality big men brings the best out of him. But he’s had trouble with teams that have multiple physical big men. (Utah, Boston) That’s fine, but he seems to turn away from the challenge. And that’s not ok with me

By: The Fluidics

The Fluidics — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:10:43 +0000

This is a team that in 6 games has had 3 different starting PGs. Consistancy is a big part of success, so it’ll take time to build this.

By: mobius909

mobius909 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:26 +0000

didn’t we lose the first 5 or 6 games when billups was out in the beginning of last year? c’mon people… let us get home for some practice. everyone has to get used to the new system. rip isn’t in the right place and no one has confidence in their shot selection now.

filling up the semi-sized hole in the middle is another story.

By: El Patron Himself (Accept no imitations!)

El Patron Himself (Accept no imitations!) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:16:22 +0000

My thoughts on the early aftermath of AI’s arrival:

1. Pistons fans claim to be die-hard, blue-collar, etc… but some are already jumping ship because we lost two games? Come on! We’re only 6 games into the season!

2. Nobody said the adaptation process would be easy. I do expect a few bumps down the road. Plus, here we need to talk about PRACTICE! They need time to gell, whether we want to accept it or not. I agree with Natalie. What’s the point of booing, especially booing a team that’s kept themselves in the thick of the race for so long?

3. Why do we trust Joe? It’s simple: Because Joe was in the middle of that nasty drought in the 90s when we were the laughingstock of the NBA. He doesn’t want that to happen again, and if that means an average year so that we can have continued success, I’ll take that. Or what do we want? The case of Miami? The Heat hit rock bottom last season because they leased the rest of the decade for one championship. Elite organizations don’t do that! This trade brings financial security and enough chips for the Texas-Hold’em that the next 2 summers will look like. I guess those who booed last night will be the first to jump back on the bandwagon when we get the likes of Chris Bosh or others, right? I’m actually glad to see that in Detroit we’re no longer thinking of REBUILDING (NY Knicks, anyone? OKC Thunder, anyone? Memphis Grizzlies, anyone? Atlanta Hawks, anyone?)… but simply RELOADING! How many teams this side of Boston and LA can say that? San Antonio will go through one of those rebuilding droughts? Why? Because their GM hasn’t been savvy enough to start rebuilding!

4. I didn’t expect Boston to torch us that way, but I’d rather that happened now and not in the playoffs. Again, it’s a bit too early in the season to start crying foul… let’s give them time to figure things out.