Comments on: Cavs take Game One

By: DK

DK — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:55:41 +0000

Can you blame him for not wanting to come in off bench. You make it sound like everybody wants to come off the bench. So first off he can be pissed cuz i would be pissed and hamilton was pissed to. But the difference between hamiltons situations and iversons situations is the minutes per game. Iverson played like 12 15 17 minutes of the bench. Thats like hermann minutes. WHile hamilton played 35+ when he was coming off the bench. So i dont blame AI one bit for saying what he did. And you cant ever fault a man for saying what is on his mind. And if he will retire rather than playing the bench i respect that because he wants to go out on top and dosnt want to drag on like a jerry rice, zo mourning, MJ, emitt smith.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:44:31 +0000

True enough on the Rip thing…love him tons and tons and more tons… I knew way before the trade Rip needed CB-

AI–whatever he “was” he “was” —Now is what matters… He could have shown his amazing skill just as easily off the bench…. But he was to good for that…

By: DK

DK — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:41:19 +0000

Sue check your stats iverson by himself brought the sixers the finals and even managed to win game 1. then he went to denver and still put up 27+ pts a game. Thats why we got him to put up pts. But we didnt let him do what he does, because people like you dont think thats team basketball. Team basketball isnt what it used to be. Its now a superstar and role players. Or at best 2 superstars and role players. Lebron mo and role players, Kobe pau and role players. Look at every good team in the NBA they have go to guy even the THUNDER with durant. Pistons have nobody they traded billups who was one for allen who is one but never used him as one. Ive said it for the longest time hamilton is just a gloryfied role player just like david lee and steve nash. Just products of the system, that why he was nothing before chauncey and back to barely anything with out him or somebody to get him the ball

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:54:31 +0000

eric taylor Says–”I have to say you people are so incredibly spoiled. The pistons are a great team EVEN IN THEIR WORST YEAR IN A DECADE. . . .”

We are so spoiled we did not see greatness when we had it…

Im sure Joe D does what to win…but…when does the mistakes fall on his head- Its always the coach Its always the players…Who runs the show? Joe- Eventually it has to fall on him-

I was watching some bball recap last night- and the host said_ joe D made many great choices and with one choice( trade) he has made up for all his greatness…. Im not the only one who sees the mistake…. For goodness sakes… He picked flip.. He picked curry and fans are already calling for Curry’s head..So eventually it must fall to joe…

As for AI…Are you all for real??? Great players can play any where.. If they are truly great…He has been on other teams where his mouth.. attitude has caused problems- He acts like he is owed something-
What he is owed is a paycheck -for tons and tons of money- He gets paid- Its not like he is doing this for free… DO your job and suck it up…

I love the boys- id watch them no matter what- but- what would another year of CB hurt?

We might have gotten beaten by cav’s..But we don’t know that for sure.. He(cb) was not here to prove the point-either way- When the nuggets beat LA and take on the cav’s..You’ll again be wishing for something else…This is the year for upsets- the underdog will be at the top of the heap- whatever that team maybe be- Nuggets look pretty damn good-

About their Hunt- there is no hunt…fans said it last year.. the year before –that they did not want it bad enough- Now that they’re 8th your telling me they want it more??

By: chad

chad — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:39:09 +0000

Imagine if we get swept, Curry gets fired, a real coach is brought in, tay is traded for bosh, sheed resigns for less, stuck takes backseat to bynum, the new coach hiring allows joe d to mend things with AI..

Bynum/Stuck
AI/Aff
Rip/Aff/Walter
Sheed/Dyess
Bosh/Kwame/Max

By: eric taylor

eric taylor — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:18:48 +0000

ok dk now I agree with everything you said. You have to put your players in a position to succeed, and curry hasn’t demonstrated that this year.

I don’t know if he’ll be any better next year. I think dumars is going to give him one more chance.

Then again . . . if the pistons get swept, I think curry will be gone.

it does take a lot of time, though to incorporate people into your team. It’s not just about coaching. Remember the dream team of 2004 got beat because despite having larry brown, perhaps the best coach in the nba.

if you don’t take the time to play together, it just won’t jell.

By: DK

DK — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:54:58 +0000

MJ was an all star and scored 40 when he was older the 40. Its not AI’s time hes better the stuckey and i believe the pistons played best when hamilton and iverson where on the floor together. because of iverson slashing hamilton only had to spot up. MC never tried to incorporate iveson into the offense. Iverson loves to run up and down the floor in transition but curry would rather walk it up the floor. and lock down on D. I know that iverson is not a great defender but thats the point im trying to make. As a coach and a team you try to put players into position at which they can do there best? correct. That why hamilton comes off screens and antonio spots up for jumpers and why hermann camps out on the 3 line but for sheed he should get his ass on the block but for iverson when was he ever put into a position to succeed? people wanted him to be a true PG and that not what he is and thats not what he ever was or will be. You cant expect a guy who has never been a PG to stand up top and hit hamilton off screens, that what chaunce did. My point is not that Iverson is the greatest player or that he is even the best on the team. Im simply shedding light on the fact that the coaching staff could not adjust to what hand they where delt. They played the same after the trade as the did before it, and that just stupid cuz iverson aint billups. We should have been much better this Year but curry is a terrible coach. If you dont believe check our plays after timeouts, we rarely score, and timeouts are when coaches are supposed to draw up sets for us to score. Remeber flip and his backdoor alley oops after timeouts, and LB’s low post iso for sheed. Thats what im talking about and curry is not better than a bench player in my mind. Hard work and hustle work when you play but they dont help you coach

By: eric taylor

eric taylor — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:36:29 +0000

what is wrong with you? don’t you remember?

Michael Jordan PUT HIMSELF ON THE BENCH for the wizards in the 2002-2003 year. In 2001-2002, he stupidly tried to be a starter and broke his knee.

so yes, even michael jordan was able to accept being a 6th man. As for shaq, well, we all age different.

Some are old at 29, others are old at 39. Shaq is still in the prime of his career. At some point, Shaq too will have to accept being the 6th man.

AI however is old.

By: DK

DK — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:06:30 +0000

Is shaq a role player, was MJ a role player with the wizards, Its not AI’s time to be a role player this team needed a leader not a role player. hamilton not a leader, wallace washed up and dosnt play hard all the time. Check out ai stats, Minutes have been decreased by 10 a game, shot per game cut in half. This guy can sleep walk through 25 pt games but nobody hear is ready to except the fact that team basketball is long gone in the NBA as much as i hate to admit it. Those days died when the stones lost to the spurs in the finals. Superstars rule the nba today and AI could of been that for us. Im not saying we are better with him than chauncey but we lose to the cavs with chauncey so it dosnt matter. But we definitly would be better off with him playing rather than sitting home and laughing at Curry’s inability to keep a rotation. Watch next year AI will light it up

By: eric taylor

eric taylor — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:55:44 +0000

dk do you understand that all superstars eventually have to take on a position as role player? I don’t care how good you are, when you get older and lose some of your skills, you must take a role position, you play less minutes.

When AI tells the world he can’t accept a role position, he can’t play less minutes, he’s basically telling the world that he’s unable to function properly anymore now that he’s gotten a bit older.

AI couldn’t adjust. I take nothing away from him, but he is not doing credit to the rest of his career with the way he behaved in detroit.