David Stern, you got your wish.
The Spurs are gone, and now the Pistons have joined them.
What an exciting NBA Finals it will be! Surely, a feel-good story featuring a team that has risen from the ashes and a team that is just finding its niche- and with everyone’s favorite MVP!
Just like old times, right? Celtics and Lakers at it once again, after all these years. Since the Pistons have already played the Lakers in the Finals and everyone is sick of seeing the Spurs, I guess it really was time …

“All that bull[expletive]-ass calls they had out there. With Mike [Callahan] and Kenny [Mauer] — you’ve all seen that [expletive],” Wallace said. “You saw them calls. The cats are flopping all over the floor and they’re calling that [expletive]. That [expletive] ain’t basketball out there. It’s all [expletive] entertainment. You all should know that [expletive]. It’s all [expletive] entertainment.”
Call me crazy, but as much as Sheed runs his mouth, he’s right.

In honor of Rodney Stuckey’s valiant playoff performance, our very own #3 has earned himself a spot in the Piston Post wallpaper section.
Cash in on the goods here.

… Dice was everywhere.
Hitting open jumpers, grabbing gritty offensive boards, and diving for loose balls- there was a win to be had and Antonio McDyess wasn’t soon going to let it slip away.
Finishing the night with a huge 21 points and 16 rebounds, Antonio once again showed his priceless worth to a team that often searches for a leader.
“You only have so many opportunities, and they’re limited, especially for me,” [McDyess] said. “I’m at the end of my career, and I just feel like leaving everything out on the …

At the Pistons’ shootaround Tuesday morning, Saunders was asked a standard question about what he planned to do while filling out the active roster for Game 1, and the coach gave his standard answer:
“Joe [Dumars] and I will talk about it,” Flip Saunders said.
After the chat, the Pistons decided to activate little-used forward Amir Johnson, who gives the team more depth in the frontcourt, and deactivate guard Juan Dixon, forward Walter Herrmann and rookie Cheikh Samb.
Johnson did not play in Game 1, as Saunders went to a nine-man rotation.
But just …

With San Antonio’s narrow victory in New Orleans, the Final Four of the NBA is set and ready to go.
Eastern Conference Finals
Detroit Pistons
vs.
Boston Celtics
Western Conference Finals
Los Angeles Lakers
vs.
San Antonio Spurs
Make sure to vote in the poll on the left for who will make it to the Finals.
Tune in tonight at 8:30 on ESPN to watch the ECF kick off in Boston!

BOSTON (AP)- Paul Pierce returned home and made sure the Celtics would play there again.Boston’s captain scored 41 points, hit two clinching free throws with 7.9 seconds left and led the team with the NBA’s best regular season record to a 97-92 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday in Game 7 for a spot in the Eastern Conference finals.
That round begins Tuesday night against the Detroit Pistons in the same arena where the Celtics have won 14 straight games and are 8-0 in the postseason. Home teams are 22-2 …

“I didn’t guarantee a win,” [Nelson] said. “I didn’t say, ‘we’re going to …’ I said ‘we have to go win, we’re going to come get this win.’ And the media took it out of proportion or whatever they want to do. The media always wants a story. I mean, I really don’t care what people write, you know?”
If you take his words literally, Nelson is fibbing: he did predict a win. It wasn’t manufactured by the media. He didn’t use the word “guarantee,” but his exact words were, “We’re …

 
Calling ALL fans of ALL NBA teams! David Stern threatens to take away our beloved pregame pyrotechnic displays and WE can help stop him!
Click here to be redirected to the petition.

If this has offended any of the Magic fans that DO have class, I apologize in advance. If you see these guys walking around, tell them they’re making all of you look bad.
After seeing this debacle from a “professional” newspaper’s website, I can officially state that the Orlando Sentinel has no class either.
All photos are from the Orlando Sentinel’s website.
 
 A bit over the top if you ask me, hard to believe a “professional” newspaper would publish this on their “professional” website.
 

Ehh, I’d say about $10,000 since that’s what I saw …