The Piston and their six game losing streak are in Miami to take on the 29-26 Heat. Of all the games on Pistons’ current road trip, this game against Miami may be the most winnable for a seriously slumping Detroit team.
Miami has currently lost seven of their last 11 games. Dwyane Wade seems to be the only one putting up number for the Heat. He surpassed his career high by putting up 50 points against the Magic on Sunday. Stop Wade and maybe Detroit can muster a win.
More from Rip
“There’s been a whole lot of changes this year,” Hamilton said. “We’ve been changing stuff all through the season.
“For one example we just put (Antonio) McDyess back in the starting lineup and things like that. There’s been a lot of different changes. Me coming off the bench, so … there’s something different.”
When asked to clarify his comments Monday, Hamilton said: “I didn’t agree with coming off the bench, but I did it to help the team and to win games. But we haven’t won games with me doing that.” Via The Detroit Free Press
The Good/Bad and More:
- The Pistons have lost 15 of 20 since Jan. 10, including six straight for the first time since Feb. 3-17, 2004. The Pistons haven’t had a longer skid since they dropped seven in a row from Feb. 21-March 2, 2003.
- I know we talk about Curry a lot around here lately but did you know his suits are known to cause seizures? (from Need4Sheed reader Bill Pooch)
- Drew Sharp: Everyone is culpable. (thanks to Max for making sure I didn’t miss it)
- Chris McCosky blames Iverson.
- A. Sherrod Blakely – Curry is Dumars’ Guy.
- A surprising Fall from grace.
- Can’t say this in a nice way, the Pistons are screwed.
Tip off is at 7:30 and locally broadcast on FSN. If you can’t catch the game on TV, or are gearing up for the Oscars, you can listen locally at WDFN 1130 AM or follow/listen to the game at NBA.com.
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February 24, 2009 at 10:10 pm
another day another losss
another game another inconsistent effort from sheed
another loss another wasted effort by Dyess nd AI
another day another ugly suit on curry
another day and Joe D is txting his grandma about his mac and cheese!
February 24, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Yeah. I know what you mean. This could easily turn into a 10 game losing streak maybe more. You know there are so many fingers to point in so many directions. After a while you just start not care and you just want someone to step up and take charge. Where the hell is that person? I know someone will probably say denver. But who cares. Someone needs to step up!!!
February 24, 2009 at 10:13 pm
FIRe dumb & dumber ( curry & dumars )
February 24, 2009 at 10:14 pm
looks like were gonna return to the palace 27-31 with new orleans, then orlando, and boston coming up, and the latter two are on national TV… oh well, maybe it will be entertaining despite losing these games.
February 24, 2009 at 10:15 pm
im embarased
February 24, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Zachatollah Are you the Archie Bunker of the Pistons world? Haha kidding
February 24, 2009 at 10:25 pm
again with the annoying rotations…He doesnt play Amir and plays Kwame and Hermann. And he puts Rip back in the 4th when it was like 3 minutes or less left. And Stuckey is taking waayyyy to long to setup their offense. it usually is jus 1 pass then shoot because they got no time left. they suck at defense now and they’re awful on offense.
February 24, 2009 at 10:27 pm
its just to painful to watch how they’ve degressed. They were alot better during the first 30 games. Its not like they were good then. They’re just awful now.
February 24, 2009 at 10:27 pm
What else does Joe D needs to watch? 27-40? 27-55? CURRY NEEDS TO GO. Just Read Rip’s words he doesn’t like anything that curry has done. Stuckey is Stinking lately We need a real starting five
AI
RIP
TAY
DICE
KWAME
STUCKEY and SHEED of the bench….belive me that will work… and of course a new coach
February 24, 2009 at 10:36 pm
i just stumbled across this old article from espn magazine few days ago, what u guys think? sheed for pistons assistant coach when he retires?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3336339
February 24, 2009 at 10:48 pm
when is the last time your point guard gets zero assists? Stucky is not a true point guard
February 24, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Hmm.. lets see here.
AI
Rip
Tay
Dice
Sheed
Maxiell needs more playing time and Stuckey needs less…allot less. As for Curry, stop trying to make everyone happy. Stuckey starting over Rip is a fricken joke, honestly. Stuckey shouldn’t even play over Hermann. At least we would get some defence out of Hermann.
February 24, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Here is an irony….
Now Dumars believed in flipping the switch.
In four months he believes he is going to make some changes and we will be back on top.
Looks like a long road to top to me…..
This shit really hurts.
Trust me CUrry probably wants to resign now but its just the dumb ego is not letting him.
Too big a shoes for him to fill.
February 25, 2009 at 1:21 am
here’s the theme of the pistons…
tay has a pretty good, well rounded game… not startling, but plays defense.
mcdyess shows a lot of heart and has a very consistant game… double double.
sheed chucks up a bunch of threes, does not post up and rebounds fairly well for being constantly undersized.
stucky goes 30 minutes as a point guard with NO assists and 3 new bruises.
AI takes 3x as many shots as he needs to to score 22 off balance circus points.
maxx eats up the glass, but doesn’t get many touches.
rip is frustrated.
curry plays some bench player that hasn’t seen game time in 3 months, then pulls them for inactivity.
**POP**
record starts over.
February 25, 2009 at 1:37 am
Ladies and Gentlemen, please listen to me:
This… this is called rebuilding.
This is what every team in the league does.
This is something we’ve done before.
This is something we’ll do again.
You have to learn to take the good times with the bad. It’s ok to be frustrated and even angry, but people making ridiculous claims like we should fire Dumars (the 2nd best GM we’ve ever had) and that we should bench Stuckey (the future of the organization) are really missing the point here. We need to look at ways to get better… in the future. Not now. Right now can go **** itself for all I care. We could lose every single game from here til the end of the season at it wouldn’t bother me one bit. But we need to stop getting rapped up in each and every loss like it’s the end of days. This team is going to look radically different next year. McDyess, Wallace, Iverson, Herrmann will definitely be gone. One of our three young bigs will likely be moved in a deal to land a player in someone else’s salary dump (a guy like Chandler or Kaman). There’s also the free agency market.
What people have to understand is that this, right now, means absolutely nothing. No one should see this as a dark, dreary road back to the Teal days. People should view this as the price you pay to put together 7 seasons of 50+ wins and 6 straight ECF. It’s the price you pay to have a future for your team. Is it ugly? Oh God yes. Is it necessary? Unfortunately, yes. Much like we can’t all live forever, neither could the current squad.
Time to move on, people.
February 25, 2009 at 1:39 am
Curry might have done better, but then he gets dealt AI, a “superstar” with all the baggage. And here is Curry, a rookie coach, having to deal with this huge change. He might not have done a lot better, but a little maybe.
I think this is all just for next season. I think Dumars figured this season would be the sacrificial season. If we are all getting this pissed about these losses, then we will also be in the right mood to welcome the huge changes that are bound to be made. So, by getting rid of Chauncey first, he kind of cut the heart out. The rest won’t seem so bad. I’ll be watching because no matter what, the Pistons are my team!! Still hard to see a loss to the Heat, especially because I live in S. Florida now. We will be back!!!!!!
February 25, 2009 at 2:32 am
27-28.. what?! we’re below .500?! yes.. and it sucks.. it’s not that easy to move on, though.. not after 6 straight ECF appearances..
February 25, 2009 at 2:55 am
MC is doing the exact same thing to Amir and Affalo as what Larry Brown did to Darko. I just hope those two guys are man enough to swallow their pride and continue to work hard.
This is the time of the season where I start to question Joe D’s intelligence rather than yelling at a first year coach who obviously can fire himself or just quit. Same questionable judgement to have stayed with a useless playoff coach and a lack lusted team for 3 straight years.
Every time I see D Wade, I just want to kill Darko…. Damn it.
February 25, 2009 at 4:19 am
Sack Curry
Sack Sheed
Sack AI
Bring back Flip Saunders
Bring in Chris Bosh
February 25, 2009 at 4:57 am
Another loss!!!! C’mon!!! Its like the Wizard of Oz out there! No brain, no heart and no courage!!!
I think its time for Curry to click his heels and go home!!!
February 25, 2009 at 5:18 am
Btw, I dont think Joe D should be even considered to being sacked, he brought three championships to Detroit, two as a All Star guard and one as a All Star GM.
If we look at his plan we can see where he’s going, we are loaded with talent but our coach isnt strong enough to deal with these players. Hes a rookie coach running with some of the most experienced ballers in the NBA.
Sheed shooting way too much outside for a 7 footer, AI shooting everything, Rip coming off the bench whos been the leading scorer for ages, Kwame who looks lost on the court, Stucky and Max who can be All Stars. Prince can triple double any night, Dyess who is dying for a ring, Afflalo and Herrmann who can flat out shoot and Bynum and Johnson who are young and learning. Man these guys need to be grabbed by the ear and shown the right way to play!!!
Mr Larry Brown! God I miss you! Took AI and Philly to finals and lost to Shaq and Kobe, came to Detroit with similar team minus a “Superstar” player four years later and swept those same Lakers in five games!!!! Need I say more?????
February 25, 2009 at 5:49 am
Man I am glad I got some sleep this time instead of watching the pain (in my country its like 2AM when the game starts).
February 25, 2009 at 5:54 am
btw if you look at the history of games it looks like the really bad losing streaks started after game with denver, lets pray it will end with denver too (one can always hope, right?).
February 25, 2009 at 8:45 am
Has any one noticed how AI is getting thrown under the bus? Yesterday McCoskey wrote a story how it was AI’s fault. Today, Rosenberg effectively says the same thing. I agree that AI is to blame for some of this mess, but it is ultimately up to the coach on how to best use him. Is this revelation coming from the Pistons organization in order to take some of the heat off of Curry? Direct the anger towards AI and not the coach. I’ve always been bothered about the lack of respect shown to Chauncey when he was traded. I wouldn’t be surprised.
February 25, 2009 at 9:28 am
Alright that’s it. I will not accept anymore of this nonsense. Below .500. Living in Houston, I just converted to the Rockets! That’s right the Pistons are now my 2nd favorite team!!
February 25, 2009 at 10:02 am
Yeah we’ve all noticed everything being blamed on AI.. I think its comical.. I’ve spoke with some stupid people but that is another level of stupid..
March 3, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I love ” AI ” and i can’t wait to meet him on the 22nd when the Pistons take on the Heat