i think i want the real pistons back...this losing <Censored> sucks!! lol well i think we were playing alright but Washington couldnt miss for a while. We just have to move on and get back into our winning ways and lock up home court. We dont need anymore of these games either.
This little patch of losses was inevidable for the Pistons. The fact that we have to rest our starters more since we are closer and closer to the playoffs could be the reason.Pistonz4life, Darko didn't do anything, and Arroyo's production has been replaced by Tony Delk's. We are just a little tired, thats all.
did you guys really expect the Pistons to keep winning at a rate that they were? i agree that theyre tired.i know some of the games-they should have won. but dont cry child, it'll be okay...lol jk-not calling anyone a kid- im prob one of the youngest here-14 7mo
1. Chauncey Billups will not be winning the MVP award, just making sure you guys realize that.2. The trade was necessary. They weren't trying to improve their roster, they needed to clear cap room to keep this core together next year. A few losses were inevitable, but at this point in the season it's not going to make much of a difference.
yeah i dissagree with you on both points. Chauncey is the MVP of the league but it wont go to him because he doesnt have the marketability that the others have. And i dont think that we needed to clear any cap room. We are just going to resign Ben and there are other ways of getting cap room than to give up one of the biggest untapped potentials in the league. We could have traded Arroyo and any number of guys.
Well it didnt help when Rip and Sheed got themselves ejected by being stupid. And I heard from Mike Breen and Kenny Smith during the 4th quater of the game at around like the 5 minute mark (I didnt watch the whole game) that Billups had been doing a bad job defensively on Nate Robinson. And at the end He bricked that 3 and then JCraw took him off the dribble and hit the winning shot.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VintageNYK @ Mar 18 2006, 11:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well it didnt help when Rip and Sheed got themselves ejected by being stupid. And I heard from Mike Breen and Kenny Smith during the 4th quater of the game at around like the 5 minute mark (I didnt watch the whole game) that Billups had been doing a bad job defensively on Nate Robinson. And at the end He bricked that 3 and then JCraw took him off the dribble and hit the winning shot.</div>Breen and Kenny Smith can say whatever trhey want, but Chauncey was playing hard on both sides of the ball all game. This loss hurts. We need to find a way to finish off the season strong to keep homecourt, because we will need it in the postseason.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GrandMasterA @ Mar 17 2006, 08:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>yeah i dissagree with you on both points. Chauncey is the MVP of the league but it wont go to him because he doesnt have the marketability that the others have. And i dont think that we needed to clear any cap room. We are just going to resign Ben and there are other ways of getting cap room than to give up one of the biggest untapped potentials in the league. We could have traded Arroyo and any number of guys.</div>Umm, no. He is in the discussion, mainly because of his teams success, but Nash is the MVP of the league, and depending on how there teams finish Chauncy and Dirk are right behind him. I actually think Kobe deserves as much discussion as Billups, but Billups has a top 3 team in the league.But you want to talk Marketability? You think PHX players get marketed? Or Dallas players? LA, Chicago, East coast guys are the most marketable...I think the Pistons would be part of that...but the Pistons are recognized as a team, not for one player. All 5 starters are just as valuable as the other starters.Just my opinion.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pistonfan11 @ Mar 18 2006, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Breen and Kenny Smith can say whatever trhey want, but Chauncey was playing hard on both sides of the ball all game. This loss hurts. We need to find a way to finish off the season strong to keep homecourt, because we will need it in the postseason.</div>Well I saw some of the highlights and game and Chauncey wasn't doing that good on D. Hell when I turned it on Nate pumpfaked him and sank the jumper because Chauncey fell for it badly. But hey we all have opinions and view things differently.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Umm, no. He is in the discussion, mainly because of his teams success, but Nash is the MVP of the league, and depending on how there teams finish Chauncy and Dirk are right behind him. I actually think Kobe deserves as much discussion as Billups, but Billups has a top 3 team in the league.But you want to talk Marketability? You think PHX players get marketed? Or Dallas players? LA, Chicago, East coast guys are the most marketable...I think the Pistons would be part of that...but the Pistons are recognized as a team, not for one player. All 5 starters are just as valuable as the other starters.Just my opinion.</div>Detroit does not get marketed at all. when was the last time that you saw any detroit sports athleat in any commercial? and exactly how many detroit athleates can you name off the top of your head? Steve Nash is marketable because he is White and he is also Canadian. Im not being racist but im white and when i see another white person doing well in the NBA i cheer for them because its such a black mans game. And since he is canadian they can market him to a whole Country because he is their only basketball star and might be the only canadian in the league. So im just saying that he hits 2 different groups of people where Chauncey would hit none because of the stars such as Kobe and Shaq who are in bigger markets and are also black. and im not being racist im just stating what i think is going on.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PN13 @ Mar 17 2006, 02:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>did you guys really expect the Pistons to keep winning at a rate that they were? i agree that theyre tired.i know some of the games-they should have won. but dont cry child, it'll be okay...lol jk-not calling anyone a kid- im prob one of the youngest here-14 7mo</div>i expected them to slow down before the playoffs but not this early they should have lost some too. and I'm 13-4mo
