<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Listening to talk radio lately, I could have sworn that the Pistons were on the verge of falling out of the Eastern Conference playoff race. I even heard the term “underachievers” used which made me rush to the sports page and take another look at the NBA standings. Yep, there they are. Right there. Second best record in the East. Road wins against San Antonio and Boston. A legit contender to win it all. So why the panic? Teams go through this every year, in every sport. (Except the Patriots….but they cheat). Detroit needs to forget about Chris Webber of Country Day, Michigan and even the Kings. That player doesn’t exist anymore. Webber now is a pull-up jump shooter who never attacks the basket. Don’t you remember his act in the playoffs last year? There were games where he flat out disappeared. In fact the only ream impact I remember him making was early in the Bulls series and one game of the Cavs series. Bottom line. He would not make this team any better. Not at all. So if Webber is out, who else is out there. I’d be thrilled to see Joe Dumars pick up a big man who plays on the blocks and scores and rebounds. What would it take for Detroit to pick up Dwight Howard? Hunter and Amir Johnson. I’m being facetious, but those are the calls we get sometimes. Is this team flawed? Of course. They rely on the jump shot sometimes too much and they have a big man who sometimes plays totally disinterested. If Dumars can find a way to shore up a couple of things, I’m sure he’d do it. But to change the nucleus of a team that is a real contender to win it all, I think that’s just silly. And Webber would add nothing.</div> Source: Detroit Free Press Blog
