Comments on: Pistons vs. Hornets

By: DJ

DJ — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:08:08 +0000

Maxiell is lazy at times and seems lost on the court. His defense is horrible but what can you expect from a 6′6″ pf playing amongst the trees.

ai should be coming off the bench no matter what he is getting paid. He is no longer a nba starter.

I would trade rip in a heartbeat because it is obvious to me that he no longer wants to be here. Plus the fact that his decision making is horrible and his defense is bad also. He should be a catch and shoot guy because when he puts the ball on the floor usually a turnover is about to happen.

I will be glad when this season is over and we are eliminated in the 1st rd of the playoffs so I don’t have to watch sheed and iverson in piston blue anymore.

Maxiell can take a hike too, and he can take Hermann with him.

And yea coach curry was a BAD move. We should have hired avery johnson.

Well Joe D. You built this crap. I guess it’s on you to fix it.

By: Gummi45

Gummi45 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:00:30 +0000

Do you really think putting sheed in for max was the problem? I agree that Max should not have been taken out, but McDyess… What the hell was he doing? He didnt play NO defence.

Sheed in for Dyess.

Starting lineup: Stuckey. Rip, Prince, Sheed, and Amir.

A.I and Max first of the bench, then McDyess, Johnson and Afflalo.

And for christ sakes. When Prince goes out, please put a 3 in, Herrmann is RIGHT THERE!

By: Blaze

Blaze — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:57:28 +0000

Fans in D are hard to please,but this got to stop.Curry is joke of a coach.Joe D grant him a contender team(chance that many good coaches are dreaming to be part of),and he has not shown any signs of improvement. Where is the defence,energy. Only thing that he has shown is creativity. He made some line ups that nobody would think of .What a genius. He is flat.
The era of praising Joe D. on the national TV disapeared ,thanks to his choice of Curry as a head coach.This is a chaos than only he can solve,because he created the whole “chemistry”.

By: Walter5

Walter5 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:47:33 +0000

if the streak reaches 10 straight.. Joe D should fire Coach MC. Hell Yeah!

By: iverson310fan

iverson310fan — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:36:04 +0000

some of you guys are such dicks to ai. ai gives his heart out every single game and does everything to win every day and nite then to hear ppl like you say i was hoping it was a season ending injury. yeah i agree, he fucked up on the turnover, but you cant say ai is trash. we are making the playoffs this season hands down as the fourth seed prob playing the hawks. these reg season games dont rlly mean shit bc playoffs is wat it comes down to. id rather mess up with rotation and test out different things right now, than in the playoffs.

AI is the missing piece to winning the conference champsiohip. he will finally get his ring this year.

LETS GO PISTONS

By: MAX-AHOLIC

MAX-AHOLIC — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:56:02 +0000

I know AI isn’t a true PG, but Curry really never gave him a chance to develop at the point. They we’re getting better when AI was at the point. I know there is some AI haters, but hes a starter in my book. Curry just needs to let him dictate the game. No one is dicatating the game now and thats why we’re losing. You got to have that one guy who points everyone in the right direction and Ai is capable of that, even if I has to treat his teammates like the chumps he had in Philly. There is no leader on the court. Tell me you see someone out there communicating on our team, you can’t cuz there is no communication. The talent is on our team, no doubt, but we’ll never know how good this team is under Currys direction, mis-direction.

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:44:36 +0000

The three point chuckin by Sheed has to stop…we need post play. Yea, when he’s knocking them down it’s great, but most of the time it’s just a quick miss and done on the offensive end. We can’t have our biggest guy standing out behind the three point line all the time.

I didn’t think I’d join in on the fire Curry bandwagon, but Joe D needs to take a serious look at what seems to be no direction coaching. I dont’ think Curry has any idea what’s working and what’s not, we see that in the inconsistent and poor choice line-ups. Turmoil is hitting the fan in motown and players are going to start turning on Curry if they haven’t already.

By: Kyle C.

Kyle C. — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:21:47 +0000

In the beginning of the season I tried to stick up for MC when we were struggling but now I am not liking what he is doing. On Pistons.com it said “Max was good,” Curry said.
“His activity level was high and his rebounds were high. When he plays with that type of activity, it’s really beneficial for us.”
SO WHY DON’T YOU PUT HIM IN?!?

It seems like he is trying to not put the best lineup out on the floor and when someone is playing well he doesn’t go back to him. MC better figure this rotation out and soon because Pistons fans and the organization can’t handle anymore of this.

I still have hope because in 04′ when we won it all that was Larry Brown’s first year and the we struggled early and they went on a 6 game losing streak so I am not going to say that the same thing will happen this year but I am hopeful that the we can pull through this.

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:08:41 +0000

Pistons continue to disappoint and frustrate me!

I’m no bandwagoner and I have patience. But FFS wtf is going on?????????????????!!!!!!!!!

By: pistons 4 life

pistons 4 life — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:01:28 +0000

The pattern is so simple. We won 7 games in row when Sheed and Rip were out, we were playing a better starting lineup, and the bench was getting more burn. Now that the two of them are back all the chemistry that was being built is gone and no one knows how to play anymore because they’re all out of position, and never know when they’re going to play. Except for the starters, they can pretty much pencil in about 47.5 minutes a game.

How can you be so stupid to not see this. I have no idea what is going on with this team right now. If this continues and they can’t play consistently I wonder if some of these guys will start to turn on each other. I think you’re seeing the end of an era in progress. This is in no way the same team that we’ve seen since the early 2000’s. They have really gotten away from any defensive philosophy. You can see it when they play, they just don’t care about it anymore.

You have to wonder if they’ve all checked out on Curry already. He keeps talking about all this stuff they need to do better, but they never get better at it. Do they just suck all of a sudden or have they just given up? I don’t care what they do the rest of the year, but they need a MAJOR shakeup this next summer. And hopefully Curry will get bought out and we’ll get a real coach.

And how can you possibly think about continuing this starting lineup. This is just wrong. It’s not like they’re playing that good right now anyway, so why not try something else. You don’t owe these players anything. If you want to put some of them on the bench JUST F&%@#ING DO IT. It’s not their team, they just play on it, and they get payed millions of dollars either way. If you ask me Rip or AI and Sheed need to be benched. Let Dyess or Max or Amir start in Sheeds place.

All this team has shown us this season is that they are slowly but surely falling apart. I personally expect a lot of changes this summer.

One more thing. I noticed that in Curry’s post gamer after the OKC game when asked about the starting lineup, he talked about WE’LL make a decision, and WE’LL decide what the best move will be. I wonder is Joe D. is making his presence known?