After the Pistons fourth quarter collapse against the Bulls Monday night at the Palace they have now locked themselves into the 8th spot for a date with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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You can be as optimistic or pessimistic as you like, you can compare this team to the one that defied all odds to beat the Lakers in 2004, but as Pistons fans don’t we have to be honest with ourselves at this point? If this team crumbles in the fourth and can’t beat the Bulls in an important game how are they going to defeat a Cleveland team that sits atop the Eastern Conference and has only lost one game in their own building all year long?
Now I’m a glass half full kind of gal, but someone needs to give me some kind of hope that Detroit has a plausible chance to upset the Cavs.
I have my own bright spots here and there like the surprising and refreshing play of Will Bynum, the heart and determination of Antonio McDyess, Rip Hamilton’s return to the starting lineup, the defense of Arron Afflalo and iron man Tayshaun Prince, but all those things just don’t add up to what it takes to beat (and I hate saying this) a powerhouse like the Cavs.
The Cavs are 66-15 and have won 18 of their last 20, and like I mentioned before have lost just one at home. The series starts with the first two games in Cleveland. LeBron has dominated Detroit in the playoffs and to this day he’s responsible for my worst memory of the Palace (remember that fateful game 5). Add in the Cavs defense, the calls they get and it’s a recipe for disaster.
I would love for the Pistons to prove me wrong, in fact I’m rooting for it, but given their play all season long is the benefit of the doubt good enough?
I’m hoping yes, and the Homer in me says so, but someone has to give me something solid besides my loyalty and faith in the team I love.
Any takers?
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Something to cheer you guys up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLodUvNH-0g
Here’s some optimism:
The Pistons’ reccord is by no means a true indication of what they are capable of. Many of thier losses came: With Iverson at PG, with “small ball”, with McDyess gone for a month, with Iverson taking 46 minutes a game, with ‘Sheed hurt, with Rip hurt, with Iverson on the floor AT ALL.
Last night’s loss was the result of Will Bynom finally having an off game. His jumper wasn’t falling so people were able to give him space and he couldn’t trive effectively. He only had 10:37 to play with, during which he was 1-6 shooting. Don’t let last night’s game discourage you.
Odds are we were going to have to play Cleveland anyway, so I guess it doesn’t hurt to do it now. We all know that the whistles will favor Lebron, but the Pistons are simply better than their reccord indicates.
How about this- Atlanta took Boston to 7 last year in the 1st round. i believe that this Pistons team is certainly better than Atlanta last year and that Boston was better last year than Cleveland is now. Hopefully the Pistons can do one better than Atlanta last year. Also remember that a couple years ago Golden State a 8 seed did beat a 1 seed in Dallas. I know its not much to go on, but we have to believe in this team with any hope that we can have.
Pistons will sweep the Cavs! No I’m not that out of my mind. I do however think that we should all support the Pistons as we always do but not have these expectations. Just hurts more when we lose. Cavs are sterns ticket to ratings. In the end I just want to see a team that isn’t favored to win, win it all. Sure the pistons will probably not succeed that far but I would Love to see CHAUNCEY up in the finals spanking the Cavs or Celtics. I just don’t want the post season to end with the Lakers or Cavs or Celtics being champions. SURPRISE ME SOMEONE!
Here’s my attempt at optimism; Remember forever ago when Steve Fisher basically rolled the ball out and Glen Robinson and Rumeal Robinson and cast won it all? Of course they did go 30-7 in the regular season, but that’s not the point. The point is they had major controversy before the tourney and they decided to just play ball. If Currey will let these boys play ball-I mean really play- they can beat the Cavs. Do to Bron what they used to do to MJ and I like our chances. The cavs minus Lebron are not nearly as good as, say, the Pistons minus Hamilton. Currey is not an X’s and O’s coach so he needs to stop trying to be one. Let’s see this thing go 7!!!
i have been just as sad as the rest of my fellow pistons fans this year. but the talent is still there they still know how to win and mabey just mabey they will get that spark and we will see the DEEETROIT BAAAASKETBAALL that we all know and love……..
IVERSON GOT KICKED OUT OF TWO CASINOS
NOW HE LOOKS HORRIBLE!!!
haha
I’m just gonna be realistic, we f’d up big time by not LOSING more games. If we had a just lost a few more then we would not have to be in the playoffs next week only to face a DISGRACEFUL loss to the cavs. I live in california and its tough to be known as a pistons fan in a Laker area, and its even tougher when they have curry as a coach.
If we had lost more games we would be able to skip the dissapoitment that has been coming to us for the last few years in the playoffs, AND best of all we would be picking up a lottery pick in the process.
Oh well that chance has flown by, and now we will see if the pistons can at least pick up ONE win.
natalie when can i hit that
What happened this year?
i just don’t understand, i keep watching and i keep getting upsett. they just dont want it anymore, its a shame and they dont deserve to win.
if they put up a fight against the cavs it will be great. but the cavs have there heart in the game and shit im not the biggest fan of Lebron but the kid wants it more then anything in this world, and he might get it this year.
guys, there’s all this talk about “talent” but seriously, really, we don’t have a lot of talent. Sorry that’s how it is.
from kwamebrownsucks.com
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Everybody has moments of ineptitude. Few, however, have them as often, or with as much flair, as Kwame Brown, the erstwhile starting center for my beloved Los Angeles Lakers.
But you do not need to be a Lakers fan, or even a basketball fan for that matter, to appreciate what Kwame Brown, with his stunning lack of fine motor skills, is capable of conjuring on any given night.
Whether it’s inexplicably dropping a bounce pass even a four-year old could secure with ease, or finding new and creative ways to miss what appears to the untrained eye to be an easy layup, Kwame Brown’s unique talent for bungling even the most routine basketball plays can be appreciated by almost everyone.
After all, this is a man who has missed not just the rim, but the entire backboard, from two feet away. This is a man who has shot consecutive airballs from the free-throw line and attempted to catch entry passes with his face. This is a man for whom the highest percentage shot in the sport, the dunk, is anything but a sure thing.
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The pistons are in a place where kwame brown is one of our major stars. And he sucks!
Realistically we have one all star, we have rip, that’s it. Stucky is taking a long time to develop. Someday he’ll be better, but right now he’s adequate that’s it.
I think a little patience is in order. The pistons will rise again, this is just a necessary down year. Even Kobe Bryant the Lakers had to take down years, playing with kwame brown until finally the lakers STOLE pau gasol.
We need to add our pau gasol. We need talent it’s as simple as that.
Guys anything can happen,
We just need to show some more support and believe a bit more, no way can we win with a lot of negative thinking.
I mean, remember the Mavs and Warriors series?
IF DET AND PHI HAS 40-42, PHILLY OWNS TIEBREAKER
Foremost, I can’t stand the Cavaliers. I hate how their stadium antics have been nothing but a low class copycat version of Detroit’s, particularly how bad they have tried to create their own Mason. I can’t stand the giant ego known as Lebron, though I won’t deny the guy is a basketball wizard, I think he would be most happy having a guy with a mirror following him around on the court. Cavs fans are even worse, hanging onto the coat tails of Lebron along with the rest of his team screaming Lebron is God and we are #1.
With that off my chest, I tried desperately to find a way Detroit could pull this series out. I can’t. Best case scenario, we take one game. I can’t see us pulling an Atlanta Hawks of last year on Boston, for Atlanta was a young non-stop high flying team that took Boston by surprise. We’re not that type of team by any means. Lebron is a marvel come playoff time as we all know and whether his team shows up with him or not, he should pretty much have his way unfortunately.
I hope the Pistons prove me wrong. I hope they upset the Cavs and personally come and find me in San Antonio and cram my doubts down my throat. It would be well worth it instead of having to see Lebron flex his muscles after every other basket and watch the Cavs fans scream like little girls. Yep, I’m showing some big time hate on the Cavs, but it is what it is.
I’ll try to watch the games, but I cannot stand to watch Lebron for more than 20 minutes, let alone a Cav home game. Looks like David Stern just may get his wish, a superstar showdown in the finals. Kobe vs Lebron. Ugh.
Enough of this nonesense talk…the pistons r winning this series and we’ll make lebron sign with the knicks in 2010
Seriously, the cavs r not happy theyre playin us
all we really need to do is play smart and win one game on the road
Lets all show up at the palace and cheer from tipoff till the end
OK Natalie here it is…….At least I’ll try. My brother was on the 1980 Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal that year. They said it was almost impossible to win against the best team in the world at the time. Russia. I’m sure you heard about the movie that came out a few years ago called, A Miracle? Why don’t you go out and rent it if you haven’t seen it. It will give you some hope.
I want them to vs the cavs. I think the Pistons will beat the cavs badly. I just want Lebron James to get mad that he made it all that way and they lost in the first round.
To quote the great Vince Lombardi:
“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.”
Let’s go to Cleveland and kick the throne out from under Lebron.
Pistons could have had a much better record if MC was not the coach. Think about this, would any team in the NBA hire this guy as there head coach?
We fired a coach that won 60 games last year; why does MC get a pass for having a losing record?
You guys are mostly hypocrites. You know why? All of the sudden everybody cries about Flip Saunders. Well comparing to MC he is much better but he never made it to the finals! He had many chances. Too many, that’s why he was fired. D’Antoni had 60 wins every time and who cares? Hes a lil bitch. And Billups, everybody cries about how Billups was awsome. Comparing to Iverson he is Michael Jordan but we had to change something, we had the same group over and over again and nothing seemed to work. That’s why they let Chauncey go, besides he sucked in the previous Playoffs because he is getting old. He has boosted stats because Denver plays fast paced game. I’m pretty sure that if Saunder and Billups stayed we would have a better record but we wouldn’t make it to the finals AGAIN and it would as much frustrating like it is now. At least we have some adventure now, probably some good players coming here next season. Seriously don’t act like you would like to have our old squad for the next couple of years and see them get knocked out of the playoffs every time sooner and sooner.
…….ok……..sure…….not going to happen this year people. Its great that pistons fans believe in there team but how many of you would take that to vegas?
My only hope is the pistons dig down deep and try to spite allen iverson. Winning it all with A.I. inactive would be such a joy for me. He has been everything we didnt need. Plus he has no respect for anyone but A.I. he cant even contain himself when he is out and about in and around detroit. Scrape yourselves off the floor pistons and do what is impossible. Stop the juggernaut in their tracks. We have some ok tools up and down the bench and a possible upset is concievable. I just dont think coach curry is ready for the challenge of tough playoff series
The more and more people keep talking about how badly the Cavs are going to beat the Pistons, the more and more likely I feel like the Pistons will surprise people. Chauncey is gone, but this is virtually the same team that went to the Eastern Conference Finals six years in a row. Now, Chauncey was a HUGE piece to that puzzle (and I can’t stress that enough), but this year’s team also has the added value of Afflalo, Bynum, and even underrated Walter Herrmann. This all might sound crazy, but the Pistons bench consisted of Stuckey, Jason Maxiell and Lindsey Hunter in years past. This year they are pretty deep in that they have up to 5 guys who can come off and provide meaningful help in their own way. Also, this team has won big games this year. It’s just a matter of whether or not they show up. Obviously, if they don’t bring their all in the playoffs they’ll get steamrolled, but they’ve shown when they come out with that”swagger” that they can murder the lesser teams and hang with the cream of the crop.
Now, I reluctantly agree with everything you said in the main post, but I have to go with the glass half full person inside me through and through. The outlook is dim, but the heart inside is bright. Hopefully the Stones can shock some people.
some1 tell me why we call pistons “stones” all of a sudden?
Pistons are heading into the Lion’s Den of King James reminds me like Russell Crowe’s Gladiator..
I’m looking forward to this matchup eventhough the odds are against us.
Fight to the finish Deeetroiit Baskeeetttbaaalll!
Have you ever think what the Cavs are thinking upon playing the Pistons in the first round? I don’t think Detroit is the team they wished to face either. Chances are low, but to get swept is a little unlikely unless MC screws up more than expected.
pfffft as if Cleveland has a chance against Detroit
Detroit will crush them like ants!!!!!!!
And for all the people who said we were so much better off without AI….HA! I really don’t see any difference to tell you the truth and I think overall we might have just got to 50 wins with Chauncey, I really don’t see us being that much better with him either. Bad things happened this year and we need to reconstruct this team quickly. The other night just blew up in our face in the 4th quarter (as always). Now we play a Cavs team who is on a mission this year whether we like it or not. If the Cavs do end up making the finals, I hope the Lake Show can crush them! I read somewhere that Curry thinks this Miami game is just meaningless (and it is to a certain extent), but i would rather goin into the playoffs at least with a winning attitude then a losing one (which we’ve had all season).
Let’s just hope Sheed is feeling it
Pistons have a chance. gotta play physical. gotta get one of the first 2 games to gain some momentum. Pistons are just now starting to come together. I’m not worried about defense, more about offensive execution…stuckey and bynum will have to really play well…or prince and rip will have to play the PG position and initiate the plays.
go detroit!
Lebron will break a knee and the Cavs will crumble like broken biscuits.
LET’S GO TO WORK!!!
DEEEEEETRROOOITTT
BAS-KET-BALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!
You guys are pathetic. Injure LeBron on purpose? Pistons better than their record?
On February 22, the Pistons showed up in Cleveland with their full complement of players. The Cavaliers came out focused and determined.. and led 67-34 at half. I don’t think the Pistons can beat Cleveland. Maybe once, at the Palace, but this series won’t go past 5 games.
And the Stern/conspiracy stuff? Please. Stop. The Cavs won 66 games this season, and it wasn’t on accident or because there was some conspiracy in place. They are the best defensive team in the league. They are one of the best offensive teams in the league. They have the best player in the league. That is why. Not because of any conspiracies. What a joke. The Pistons couldn’t guard LeBron 2 years ago, what the HECK makes you think they can guard him now?
Nat,
There is nothing more dangerous than a team with nothing to lose. Especially when that team has as many talented players as our Pistons. The pressure is all on the Cavs, just like the pressure was all on our Pistons during the 64 win season in 2006. Besides, look at teams like the Warriors when they upset the top seeded Mavs a few years ago. The 99 Knicks made it to the NBA finals as the 8 seed. These things are not unheard of. Plus, nobody expects Detroit to do anything this year. Can you imagine how pissed CLE will be if they lose this series to Detroit? It gives me hope
IF THEY WANT IT BAD ENOUGH..THEY CANDO IT….GET THE RING ..ONE LAST CURTAIN CALL FOR THE GREATEST NUCLEOUS IN BASKETBALL..CLOCK IN ONE MORE TIME FELLAS!!ONE MORE TIME!!!! GO PISTONS!!!!DEEEEEEEEEEETROIT!!!BAAAAASSSKETBALLLLL!!!!!!!!
HEY GUYS!!! JUST SHUT THE HELL UP. WHY U GIVING UP ON THE PISTONS. I KNOW WE ARE NOT THE SAME TEAM AS 04 BUT DID ANYONE THINK WE WERE GOING TO WIN AGAINST THE FAKERS??? NO!! DID ANYONE THINK ATLANTA WAS GOING TO TAKE BOSTON INTO 7 GAMES?? NO!! THEY THOUGHT BOSTON WAS GOING TO WIN IN A SWEEP. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DID ANYONE…. I REPEAT DID ANYONE THINK THAT THE WARRIORS WERE GOING TO BEAT THE 1 SEED MAVERICKS IN 07?? HELL NO!! SO HAVE SOME FAITH AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET CHRIS BOSH OR CARLOS BOOZER IN A YEAR OR TWO
Win with MC as coach? Please. I’d love to cheer you up, Natalie, but I just can’t do it. Reality is kicking me in the shins.
The last game the when the Pistons faced the Cleveland Cavaliers the Pistons came 6 points shy of defeating them at the Q. Due to 4th quater mistakes we lost after being up the whole game. I feel that the Pistons CAN do it but they have to have Bynum to continue the play that he has been playing and they also need Stuckey to be consitent
I think our Pistons will put up a good fight…granted they may not win but they will fight. We’ve seen it this season right?
Hey jimmy:STUFF IT!
Your the joke kindergarden boyo.
Here I’m all focused to take up for your sorry arses in cleveland as I did against the Spurs two years ago and you open your piehole and P me off!
Get the FFFF over yourself.The deciding game 5 two years ago was a heartbreaker for detroit.And lebron is very talented but he is a child in many ways:C.B. pure class.It was between the two of them in that game could of gone either way!Sheeds meltdown in game six did us in.So be gone knave…go follow bron bron around and drool at his feet!lol
What a PUTZ!
Hope the stones play with a hard edged tude even if they get swept and knock some heads.
Although I’m not entirely sure M.C. would approve!
But then I grew up on an Ice Rink so guess I’m a physical kind of old duffer!
Have to go watch my beloved tigs now…WOWZY WOWZY!
I love this SITE! Ok got that off of my chest. So here’s the thing. So much finger pointing going on it’s making my head hurt. 1st Joe D shouldn’t have made the trade….suck it up boys, it happened. Just like when Big Ben left us, Billups ain’t coming back. We ALL begged for this. I know I did. FIRE FLIP SAUNDERS was in all of our heads & came flying out of our mouths! Flip buckled under pressure & seemed to always call the wrong plays when the other team was on a run. Master of panic award had to go to Flip. He’s gone, good! Then we all BEGGED for a line up change. Hoping to get a superstar & a scorer! We saw Billups decline. His boredom with games against subpar teams. We saw the young guards like CP3 & DWill constantly light him up & blow by him. We saw Sheed run his mouth & get techs for NO REASON & We begged for it. Joe, like the rest of us had seen enough. He looked at all of the available coaches, Paul Silas, Avery Johnson , Stan Van Gundy & a slew of unproven wannabe coaches & knew, there is no way any of them can give me another championship. So he promoted a trusted former teammate. A fresh voice & decided, since I am starting over, what the hell, lets see what he can do. Remember how crappy the Van Gundy’s were as 1st time coaches? Look at Stan now. Even Jeff has turned into a fairly decent coach. So we all got what we begged for, change. AI was in his day a top 5 player in this league & at one point in serious arguments with Kobe as ‘the best 2 guard’. But that was a while ago. We got a fresh faced coach who knew the players, knew the game & wanted to prove he belonged. The task was to get the rest of the soldiers to fall in line. Stuckey BALLED his ass off in the playoffs when Billups went down. We all knew his time was coming to take over as our go to guy. But we were premature. But remember the last time a rookie stepped up like that for us in the playoffs? A kid named Tay? Locked down Tmac & helped get us back on track to when that series. We passed on Carmelo Anthony for that very reason. So we all had to believe Stuckey, a far more talented scorer than prince, would do the same. But now we get back to the coach. His play calls down the stretch have been horrific! Players look confused. Out of position & we have become a team that NEVER uses the same line up twice in the 4th. I am a simple guy. I like things simple. To me basketball is simple. There is a blue print EVERY team has followed with success. You need a Center, a PF, A SF, A SG & A PG! Everyone plays their position. Also you go 8 MAYBE 9 deep. In the playoffs, you tighten that up. A back up PG a back up wing player & a back up big man. PLAY THE RIGHT WAY! A simple ass concept that THESE pistons don’t do. Everyone is out of position & that again goes to the coach. At the end of games we all know who gets the ball in Cleveland, LAL, BOS, MIA, TOR, NJ, so on & so forth! The Pistons had a very reliable Mr. Big Shot. We all knew, he’d save us. He’d calm the team down & he’d either take the big shot, get to the foul line or set the play for some one else by drawing the defense to him & dishing to the open man. A LEADER. This team has NO LEADER. Rip is our go to scorer, Sheed fires the team up, Tay is the silent assassin & Dyess is that wiley Vet that only knows how to go down swinging, but none of them is a leader. You can’t ask a 2nd year PG from a school no one ever heard of, to become a leader. Not after this season, not with more than half of the same team that has gotten to the ECF the last 6 years still in tact & in their prime! Getting Boozer is an upgrade & even grabbing a Tyson Chandler is great news. But we won’t have a leader. Leaders are hard to come by. Who available this summer is a proven leader. That can come in now & make us a scarey team? No one. Boozer, Tyson/Sheed (which ever we go for) Prince, Rip & Stuck is a dope ass team on paper. But who is the leader. Ho is gonna tell Sheed to shut up in a tight game, who is going to set up that final play in a close game. Who is going to take the big shot? No one in that line up. No one available this Summer. Joe has a lot of money to spend, but name 1 team actually willing to depart with a Lebron, Wade, Kobe? A real star/leader/scorer. We are in a bad place folks. Don’t kid yourselves. I hope for the best, but I expect the worse. We all knew when Isaiah left we were doomed. It took 13 years to get back to the top. It’s been 6 years since then. Am I crazy to think we still have 6 years left to get back to the top? As long as Curry is on the sideline & we have no superstar leader on this team, we are doomed. I love my pistons, but this will be a 5 & done series. Not because the players won’t try, but because The Cavs have the ultimate leader & that fire & hunger we had in 2004. So PLEASE prove me wrong, but I am a realist & know our team is done not just in 5 games for the Cavs, but at least for the next few years or until we wise up & finally go after a LEGIT star & leader.
Peace
i always wondered and still wonder. why did allen iverson take chauncey #1??
Because Stuckey couldn’t give him #3 for licensing reasons & #2 & 4 are retired (Joe D was #4 & Vinnie Johnson was #2) So he chose #1 since it was available. Same way Stuckey ended up with #3 after Ben Left. No one was using it so they may as well take it. It felt like a slap in the face seeing AI in the beloved Billups #1.
Our only chance at winning this series, is to take game 1 or game 2. We have to win in Cleveland, and we have to avoid getting blown out in either game. If the Cavs blow us out in game 1, it’s over. It will take away in confidence our players have. Those two games are the most crucial games of this series. It’s all up to the Pistons at this point, do they want one last Hoorah? I sure hope so, it would hilarious to witness them beating Cleveland. We still hope them for 2007, let’s get it done.
DD3 I’m right there with you. Love this site, and the Pistons have barely a chance.
BUT . . . .
If something does happen . . I mean, suppose Lebronosaurus gets t-ed out because of a bad call, or maybe he gets in a fight with someone in the stands, we are talking purely a miracle here . . .
Remember that time that evander the real deal holyfield was beating riddick bowe from post to post, putting a serious hurt on the young boy, it was only a matter of seconds before the old master tk-oed the young man, and then OUT OF NOWHERE FLIES A MAN INTO THE RING, he was wearing this parachute or something, he flew right into the ring. One of the strangest things I have ever seen in sports. It took 15 minutes to clear everyone out of the ring and restart the fight, and during this time, Bowe cleared his head and started to box Holyfield, he was scared of the old man’s hands now and decided to box box box, and quit being so macho, and thanks to parachute man, riddick bowe won the decision.
Now, I’m not saying the pistons have zero chance. But if parachute man makes a landing on lebronosaurus (or the equivalent kind of miracle, the same kind of 1 in a 1,000 shot), we could win.
And how sweet would that victory be. There’s nothing wrong with rooting for the underdog here. We have a chance, but it’s the kind of parachute man lands on someone’s head, kind of chance a 1,000 to 1 shot. But it could still happen.
I say that we will put some bigs on Lebron, put him out of commission and take these Cavs all the way to 7.
Of course that is a pipe dream, but a person can wish can’t he? I am so sick of the NBA “Superstars” and the “Superstar” lovin’ fans. Iverson couldn’t play with us because he’s not been involved in real team play. And that goes for a whole lot of other prospects out there. If they were a “superstar” on another team, I don’t want them on the Pistons. I want some workers. I don’t want the chairman of GM, I want a bunch of hard working welders from the production line. I’m tired of the announcers thinking that they have to pick someone out to worship everytime they call a game. It’s always Wade, Lebron, Kobe, Dirk, and on and on.
And the officiating, don’t get me started. I love seeing the NBA ad where Lebron heads for a big dunk and I see him take 4 steps beforehand.
Ok, so I just vented. But I’ll be watching the Pistons, win or lose. They are my team.
Natalie, I love this site. Thanks so much.
How bout’ this one Natalie: GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS #8 SEED. DALLAS MAVERICKS #1 seed.
golden state in 6. (back in 2007).
Mark I agree with you 100%. I hate how the league caters to the ‘superstars’ in the league. The NBA is 1 step away from The WWE where the league chooses the next big thing or the team to push for the season. They love their darlings. We were lucky enough to be the Darlings in 04 without a superstar. After Detroit & the Spurs played in 2005 & the ratings were at an all time low, I believe we saw the end of the team ball era. That’s why there have been no back to backs. Each star gets a turn. All of the big stars. Started with Dwayde, we was billed as the next Jordan then the next season, fizzle. They even tried billing Dirk as some kind of wonderkind on the west that year, but Wade was just a little bit more intruiging. A new fresh face in 2006. The next year 2007 they pushed who else LBJ or ‘KING’ James so we could all be ‘WITNESS’ only for them to decide he wasn’t ready & that big Tim & the Spurs had one push left. Then they looked down the line. What will bring in the ratings. What new star can we push? LBJ still wasn’t ready, Dwade already got one. Hmm. Wait, a touch of nostalgia lets bring back the Lakers, Celtics rivalry. So the league just happens to approve 2 of the most lopsided trades in sports history. Basically Kwame for Gasol in LA & Al Jefferson for KG. Terrible! Then they push these mediocre teams over the top to actual contenders. LA still had holes as did the C’s. But that whole season, they said the right things, had 3 legit superstars all willing to sacrifice & the Sternanator christened them the 2008 darlings & waltzed with them to higher ratings & a ring. This year, they want it to be Kobe vs Lebron. It has to be. The Celts got their ring. This is what they want. LA will have no problem in the west. All of the teams are aching but them. Maybe his other favorite franchise will be back in the hun (Portland) & on the east, who wouldn’t wanna see Dwade vs Lebron. I can see Stern drooling now. We need a superstar it’s sad to say, if we ever want to be darlings again. Ok back to work. I’m done ranting for the day.
The difference between the Golden State Warriors and the Detroit Pistons is that the Warriors were beggining to believe in themselves, and the Pistons are starting to lose belief in themselves.
Record wise, we are nothing compared to the cavs. Just to be positive and be a homer I am, I would clinch my hopes to this facts.
1)We won one game against them.
2)We took leads into the 4th quarters in all of the games except for one that was a wire to wire win by them at their house. Sadly they had 4th quarter collapses, That Wont happen in the series.
3)The game we won, was a come from behind victory after losing the first half by 11, they ended up winning the game by 7.
4)Regardless of records, we can match up with them now that everyone is healthy.
NOW the hopes.
5)The lost against the Bulls could have light up that sleeping fire. They will play with pride, refusing to fade into history. Mr. D deserve that as a tribute and they know it.
6)Will Bynum will do to them what Gibson did to us in 07, remember this is the kid that set a franchise record for 4th quarter scoring.
7)Stuckey will surpassed his previous playoffs performances.
8)Walter herrman has a shiny sexy hair and his 3 point shooting stroke will return just in time for the playoffs. He will cradle the ball to the hoop 2 per game for spectacular layups.
9)Jason Maxiell can eat alive their front line, with a little bit of ketchup.
10)Rip will average 26 per game.
11)Dice will be playoff dice and the rebounding demon.
12)Sheed will play great defense while displaying post game talents and perimeter ability.
13)Tayshaun will show lebron that he aint the only Olympic champion on the court.
14)Kwame is underrated as a back up center and he will prove it.
15)Allen Iverson will not play.
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