(OT) Players revolting in Detroit

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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ba...t=AjagfAppehW_wgfgcKhoqCG8vLYF?urn=nba-326449

    None of of those guys are playing in this game today vs. PHL. Kuester is a dumbass coach, but wow. Haven't seen anything like this in the NBA.
     
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    If I were the Pistons' GM, I'd suspend all of them without pay.
     
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    It's embarrassing for the "veterans" of this team to quit on their fans and other teammates.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    I don't know about that. This is really out of character for guys like Prince and Rip.
     
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    What's the coach's name? Mohomar Kuesterofy?
     
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    They don't like their coach so they don't show up? Can you imagine any real world person just not showing up cause they didn't like their boss and getting away with it. It's this kind of crap that makes it really hard for people to side with the players during collective bargaining.
     
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    For Rip? Didn't he stage various protests when Gordon took his starting spot last year?
     
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    Wow. Kueseter got ejected, and the camera shot to the Pistons' bench and the guys who skipped practice were bowling over with laughter.

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    Man, the inmates are running the Pistons' asylum. If I were the owner I'd address the team and say, "Perhaps if you were any good you could laugh, but you suck."
     
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    It was the beginning of the end for the Pistons when they traded away Billups. Not sure what they saw in Stuckey that made them think he could take the reigns. He looked like a decent player, but not franchise-player good.
     
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    I don't even want to judge them, I have no idea what their relationship with their coach is like.
     
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    Can you imagine this ever happening in Portland?

    wow.

    [video=youtube;FzK-YbJWb_c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzK-YbJWb_c&feature=player_embedded#at=38[/video]

    Eric Snow, the Sixers' analyst, was absolutely trashing the Piston players for being disrespectful. TMac, WTF. Detroit was the only team to give you an opportunity, and you return the favor with insubordination?
     
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    If it was just McGrady (or and some of the other guys on that team that you wouldn't be shocked to hear do something like this) I'd be more inclined to call them out. But Rip and Tayshaun? ... I dunno, maybe they have a legit beef?
     
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    I think that shit is funny! I learned in the Army that you can't MAKE people respect you. You have to earn it!
     
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    Did anybody bother to think maybe whatever Kuester said in order to get kicked out might have been rather funny? It's not against the law to laugh.
     
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    Dumars thought that core was getting too old and wanted to rebuild. He traded Billups for AI in order to get cap space since AI had an expiring contract. Then he used that cap space on Gordon and Villanueva, locking in the mediocrity he had hoped to avoid.
     
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    somehow reminds me of the last weeks of the Derek Anderson era... *shudder*
     
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    Can you imagine any real world person wearing shorts and a tank top to work and running around all over the office trying to make baskets and getting away with it?
     
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    The title of the thread not only describes the behavior of the players, but their play this season.
     
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    Casual Friday!
     
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