A pessimistic title…I know. Had I turned the game off with 1:40 left in the 4th, I would probably be writing words or joy and encouragement. Despite the given opponent being the Nets, it would have been awfully nice to see Detroit go in there and kill Prokhorov’s big debut night. For me, it would have made a statement.
Why? Because winning season-opening road games is never easy, even when it’s against the (slightly-improved) Nets. And for most of the 4th quarter, I thought we had it.
A 13-3 run in the …
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How long has it been since there was really only one halfway decent team in the Central Division? If our 26-47 record isn’t a big enough slap in the face, Indiana is a whopping 21 games behind Chicago for the Central lead — and they’re in second place. The eventual downfall of the Pistons (and Cleveland’s toppling when LeBron took his talents to South Beach) has taken its toll. The NBA spread between Chicago and the “rest of us” has gone from bad to worse.
Saturday’s “Battle of the Suck”, between …
A pessimistic title…I know. Had I turned the game off with 1:40 left in the 4th, I would probably be writing words or joy and encouragement. Despite the given opponent being the Nets, it would have been awfully nice to see Detroit go in there and kill Prokhorov’s big debut night. For me, it would have made a statement.
Why? Because winning season-opening road games is never easy, even when it’s against the (slightly-improved) Nets. And for most of the 4th quarter, I thought we had it.
A 13-3 run in the …
Wow…a Shaq AND T-Mac combo? Although I’d take Shaq over an Erick Dampier-like figure, I don’t know about $8 million. Shaq would have been a nice big man…but solid? Not much more than Tracy McGrady. Would’ve had a heck of a bench though. *rolls eyes*
From mlive:
Tracy McGrady may not have been the only big-name veteran the Detroit Pistons pursued this summer.
Shaquille O’Neal said during a recent interview with the New Orleans Times Picayune that he had an opportunity to sign with the Pistons before settling for a contract for the …
Done and done: the Pistons have agreed with ex-Knick T-Mac on a 1-year, $1.35 million deal.
Pretty good deal, if you ask me (you are asking me, right?).
There’s been a lot of negative chatter on the efficiency of this move, but from one Dumars critic to another, I’m just not buying much of it. Offer McGrady anything above the veteran’s minimum, and my tone might be a bit different. The truth is, the Pistons are gambling pocket change for a guy who just might stay healthy/keep a positive attitude this time. …
Not much going on in the Pistons’ frame of free agency lately. However, I managed to scrounge up a few scraps from under sports media’s dining room table:
Sadly, the most exciting waiver wire tidbit is that Brad Miller is still available for the time being. While I am (admittedly) not the biggest Dumars supporter lately, his silence during free agency is understood. Take a look at this summer’s free agency signings and you’ll get it. If the Darko Milicic and Amir Johnson “bargains” weren’t enough, Tyrus Thomas just landed a …
Freep is reporting Ben Wallace is about to ink a two-year contract at $1.9 million per season. At that price, Ben is a bargain for the level of play and rebounding numbers he gave in 2009-10. Of course, the Pistons can’t put a price on the [potential] tutoring of Greg Monroe. Ben said that he wants to retire as a Piston, so I’m making a pretty safe assumption that these two years will be his last.
From freep.com:
Free agent big man Ben Wallace has agreed to a two-year deal at $1.9 …
