I’m astounded at the venom leveled against Rip and Tay on different forums. You would think they both conspired to engineer our defeat in the playoffs costing us at least 2 more championships the last 5 years (which by the way, I do believe we should have at least 2 more by now).

They surmise that if not traded, these two would slow the new greyhounds down to a half-court crawl. There is no evidence to support this because they have yet to play a single game together with the “New Crew”! I for one can’t really name one reliable back-up that either one of these guys have had since 2004. Afflalo tried but he didn’t get much playing time. Delfino and Herrmann just wasn’t the right guys to back up Tay.

Chauncey is my favorite player in the league. When he was traded I was extremely upset. How in the world could Joe D trade our leader away? I too was tempted not to root for the Pistons, but that was limited to whenever they played Denver. But when the jump ball went up for that first game, Pistons loyalty jumped all over me. Much as I wanted Chauncey to do well, I was rooting for Detroit all the way.

Ryan, some people will not be satisfied no matter what Joe D does. If the Pistons were stocked with the entire Team USA roster they would still find a way to villify them. So for us true fans we say “we’re going all the way next year”! If not, so be it until the next season.

These “New Crew” of Pistons should be given the chance to prove themselves before being shot down without cause. Go “New Crew”! Go Pistons!!