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		<title>Central Division Woes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How long has it been since there was really only one halfway decent team in the Central Division? If our 26-47 record isn&#8217;t a big enough slap in the face, Indiana is a whopping 21 games behind Chicago for the Central lead &#8212; and they&#8217;re in second place. The eventual downfall of the Pistons (and Cleveland&#8217;s toppling when LeBron took his talents to South Beach) has taken its toll. The NBA spread between Chicago and the &#8220;rest of us&#8221; has gone from bad to worse.
Saturday&#8217;s &#8220;Battle of the Suck&#8221;, between ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/central-division-woes/</link>
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		<title>New season, same debacles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A pessimistic title&#8230;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&#8217;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&#8217;s against the (slightly-improved) Nets. And for most of the 4th quarter, I thought we had it.

A 13-3 run in the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/new-season-same-debacles/</link>
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		<title>Shaq: &#8216;I could have gotten $8 million&#8217; from Pistons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow&#8230;a Shaq AND T-Mac combo? Although I&#8217;d take Shaq over an Erick Dampier-like figure, I don&#8217;t know about $8 million. Shaq would have been a nice big man&#8230;but solid? Not much more than Tracy McGrady. Would&#8217;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&#8217;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 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/shaq-i-could-have-gotten-8-million-from-pistons/</link>
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		<title>Terrico White Can Dunk</title>
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/terrico-white-can-dunk/</link>
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		<title>Pistons Sign McGrady</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s been a lot of negative chatter on the efficiency of this move, but from one Dumars critic to another, I&#8217;m just not buying much of it. Offer McGrady anything above the veteran&#8217;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. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/pistons-sign-tracy-mcgrady/</link>
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		<title>Pistons Release 2010-2011 Schedule</title>
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/pistons-release-2010-2011-schedule/</link>
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		<title>Vegas, Big Men, and Executive Ben Gordon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not much going on in the Pistons&#8217; frame of free agency lately. However, I managed to scrounge up a few scraps from under sports media&#8217;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&#8217;s free agency signings and you&#8217;ll get it. If the Darko Milicic and Amir Johnson &#8220;bargains&#8221; weren&#8217;t enough, Tyrus Thomas just landed a ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/vegas-big-men-and-executive-ben-gordon/</link>
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		<title>Ben is Back: The Last Two Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t put a price on the [potential] tutoring of Greg Monroe. Ben said that he wants to retire as a Piston, so I&#8217;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 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/ben-is-back-the-last-two-years/</link>
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		<title>Free Agency Roundup: July 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Independence Day! Here&#8217;s a quick roundup of NBA free agent happenings around the league:
The Pistons are holding off on Will Bynum &#8211; As Vince Ellis points out, I&#8217;m on the fence about the strategy here. When Darko is getting paid $5 million a year, there&#8217;s no telling what kind of crazy offer could come Will&#8217;s way.
Add Amir Johnson to the list of hilariously ridiculous contracts &#8211; 5-year, $34 million. No, that&#8217;s not a typo. Almost $7 million a year for a guy who averaged 6 points and 5 boards ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/free-agency-roundup-july-4/</link>
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		<title>New Poll: Free Agency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visit the right side of the page to vote in The Post&#8217;s freshly brewed free agency poll.
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/new-poll-free-agency/</link>
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		<title>Free Agency Recap: The First 24 Hours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fear not! As tempting as complete blog abandonment would seem after a 27-55 season, I couldn&#8217;t bring myself to do it. In all reality, due to the current state of Michigan&#8217;s employment market, I have recently completed a complete relocation to Dallas, Texas. Here, in the presence of such basketball icons as Mark Cuban, Dirk Nowitzki, and Jason Kidd, I pledge to stand my ground in the name of the Detroit Pistons and to divert my eyes in the presence of American Airlines Center. Pistonpost.com will continue, and I hope ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/free-agency-recap-the-first-24-hours/</link>
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		<title>The Postseason Blues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face it, this isn&#8217;t exactly a high point in any Pistons fan&#8217;s year. The team is 23-50, has lost eight games in a row, and is rotting at the bottom of the Central division, 34.5 games behind Cleveland.
So, it is with a putrid combination of basketball misery and hockey/baseball optimism that I present the top five reasons to support the Wings and Tigers while the Pistons play golf and pray for a high lottery pick.
5. Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterburg and&#8230;Todd Bertuzzi? Wings fans have come to expect Datsyuks&#8217;s magic ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/catch-up-on-your-wings-and-tigers/</link>
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		<title>The Cleveland Cavaliers: The Puppet Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warning: This post is spiteful, unprofessional, and would probably earn me a $100,000 Van Gundy fine if I worked within the annals of the NBA.
First: last night&#8217;s game between against the Cavs was despicable. Not in relation to how the Pistons played (surprisingly), but how the sickening officiating robbed Detroit of a blood-sweat-and-tears kind of win. A Ben-less Pistons team that turned up every ounce of their game, made all the right runs at all the right times, and had an answer to everything Cleveland threw at them &#8212; except ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/the-cleveland-cavaliers-the-puppet-project/</link>
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		<title>Rodney Stuckey collapses on the bench, seizure suspected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You hear about things like this happening once and a while in the sports world, but you never really think it&#8217;s going to happen to the team or players close to you. Rodney Stuckey collapsed on the bench during the 3rd period of the Pistons-Cavs game Friday night and had to be transported to the Cleveland Clinic via ambulance.
As of now, the best update I have is the Pistons Twitter (and ESPN) saying that they believe Rodney had some sort of seizure on the bench. Seeing him grasping Arnie Kander ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/rodney-stuckey-collapses-on-the-bench-seizure-suspected/</link>
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		<title>The 2010 NBA All-Star &#8220;Shoulda-Woulda-Coulda&#8221; Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Along with every NBA All-Star game come the inevitable remarks and dubious blog posts questioning the validity of the event, along with comments of how x isn&#8217;t on the team, but y made it and everybody knows how terrible y really is. This just happens to be one of those articles. Welcome to my very own mock 2010 All-Star team:
West Starters
Chris Paul. Continues to play out the dictionary definition of &#8220;point guard&#8221;. Leads the league with 11.1 assists per game, right on par with his recent career numbers. I have ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/the-2010-nba-all-star-shoulda-woulda-coulda-game/</link>
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		<title>How Sheed it is!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sheed strolled in, had his pregame pleasantries, and was sent packing by a crippled Piston squad that had too much motivation on their side.
Scoring like it&#8217;s his job: Rodney Stuckey was out of control last night, and the Celts absolutely could not top him. As much as I hate seeing Stuckey take jump shots, they seemed to be falling this time. When he wasn&#8217;t dropping those, he had the jets on and his sights on the bucket. Rodney was born to drive to the hole, let&#8217;s hope he keeps doing ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/how-sheed-it-is/</link>
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		<title>Pistons exploring options for possible sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pistons possibly for sale and the Wings might be playing at the Palace? What is this world coming to?!
From Yahoo! Sports:
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP)—The Detroit Pistons might be for sale.
“The options are being explored,” Pistons owner Karen Davidson said Wednesday night after the first quarter of a game against the Boston Celtics.

Her husband, Bill Davidson, died last year. The late owner known as “Mr. D” helped the Pistons win NBA titles in 1989, 1990 and 2004.
He had said during an interview before his enshrinement into the Basketball Hall of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/pistons-exploring-options-for-possible-sale/</link>
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		<title>Bulls score season-high 120, Detroit ponders move to NBDL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I was impressed (yet somewhat terrified) by Rodney Stuckey&#8217;s fledgling no-holds-barred state of mind, the result was far from groundbreaking. Stuckey ended up with seven points below his average as the Bulls sailed to their easiest win of the season, 120-87. Our precious Pistons have passed from the realm of terrible to borderline obnoxious.
So what happens now? Detroit has officially matched the infamous season-ending losing streak of &#8217;94, and is doubtfully looking to surpass it. The good news &#8211; they have to lose to the Wizards to get there. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/bulls-score-season-high-120-detroit-ponders-move-to-nbdl/</link>
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		<title>What the Pistons need to do to win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back! Looks like I picked a splendid time to take a couple weeks off. In true Kelser fashion, I&#8217;ll rattle off a few key thoughts the Pistons need to focus on to climb out of this ungodly little slump.
Play some freaking defense. I&#8217;m sure all of you have been shouting some profane version of this at your TV screens like I have, and we have every right to. It&#8217;s exactly what was in the back of many a mind when Joe put all his chips on Gordon and Villanueva, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/what-the-pistons-need-to-do-to-win/</link>
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		<title>Temporary Leave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, university-related education has officially ended, and the job hunt begins. As I search for employment, make sure to keep up with the Pistons during these trying times.
I will resume pistonpost.com posts in the second week of Janurary.
Happy holidays and Go Pistons!
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/temporary-leave/</link>
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		<title>Ben Wallace on Ron Artest still wanting to fight him:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;He said he wanted to fight me? You all need to check and see if he’s still drinking.&#8221;
-Ben Wallace
(explanation)
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/ben-wallace-on-ron-artest-still-wanting-to-fight-him/</link>
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		<title>We haven&#8217;t seen the last of Allen Iverson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forever ingrained into Pistons history, Allen Iverson has elected to return to the 76ers. Since Louis Williams is out for a while, AI should be able to get some of that precious playing time that Michael Curry so fondly deprived him of.
Oh yeah, and guess who the Sixers play not after Iverson&#8217;s debut? You guessed it, the Pistons.
Iverson signed a free-agent contract with Philadelphia on Wednesday, three years after their acrimonious split led to his trade and seemingly ended any chance of his return. Iverson’s brief retirement is over and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/we-havent-seen-the-last-of-allen-iverson/</link>
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		<title>Villanueva questionable tonight against Chicago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pistons are running out of bench. Just when things couldn&#8217;t get worse, Charlie Villanueva&#8217;s nose slams into Big Ben&#8217;s hip and surgery follows. Here&#8217;s to hoping Kwame Brown has one hell of a game tonight.
Villanueva updated the world Sunday with a Twitter posting: &#8220;Surgery tomorrow, wish me luck, I will send a tweet during surgery, lol, the mask is on its way, lets go.&#8221;
Villanueva suffered the broken nose during the Pistons&#8217; 94-88 victory over the visiting Hawks on Sunday, a win that snapped a seven-game losing steak.
It happened when ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/villanueva-questionable-tonight-against-chicago/</link>
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		<title>Rasheed Wallace is funny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;ve been following Sheed more than many of you would care to hear about, but I can&#8217;t help myself &#8211; the man is absolute entertainment.
After being T&#8217;d up for arguing a Hedo Turkoglu flop, Sheed was fined $30,000 for this spewing this outrageously humorous statement:
&#8220;They&#8217;ve got to know that he&#8217;s a (darn) flopper. That&#8217;s all Turkododo do. Flopping shouldn&#8217;t get you nowhere. He acts like I shot him. That&#8217;s not basketball, man. That&#8217;s not defense. That&#8217;s garbage, what it is. I&#8217;m glad I don&#8217;t have too much of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/rasheed-wallace-is-funny/</link>
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		<title>Finally!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prior to Sunday, the last seven games were tough times for avid Pistons fans. Honestly, we were almost halfway to catching up with the Nets. But the drought ended Sunday afternoon, and that deserves a post.
•Historically, from what I can remember, the Pistons are horrible in Sunday afternoon games. To have this game be the one that snaps the streak is big.
•I&#8217;m surprised the Pistons aren&#8217;t doing worse, considering 95% of their team is injured in some way or another.
•Charlie broke his nose &#8211; story of the month for Detroit. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/finally/</link>
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		<title>Pistons fans lose TV feed after small fire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not to make light of this situation at all, but I did enjoy seeing &#8220;MAKE SOME NOISE!!!&#8221; on TV.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP)—A small fire kept Detroit Pistons fans from watching most of the second half of Friday’s 104-96 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
The fire filled a production truck with smoke during the second half and the live feed was lost for the rest of the game. No one was hurt.
Viewers saw the feed from the arena’s scoreboard once a connection with Palace of Auburn Hills was made, but the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/pistons-fans-lose-tv-feed-after-small-fire/</link>
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		<title>Prince sidelined indefintely, surgery possible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pretty crazy stuff for a guy who started over 400 consecutive games. This will be the perfect window for Jerebko and Daye to step up and show their stuff, which I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;re more than willing to do. I would keep an eye out on trade rumors too, the longer Tay sits out (without surgery), the more I get to thinking there&#8217;s something going on behind the scenes&#8230;
Vince Ellis/DFP:
For now, the remedy is rest for the ruptured disc in Tayshaun Prince&#8217;s back, but possible surgery to correct the problem hasn&#8217;t ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/prince-sidelined-indefintely-surgery-possible/</link>
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		<title>Eli Zaret Despises Streamers</title>
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/eli-zaret-despises-streamers/</link>
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		<title>Ben Gordon steals Rip&#8217;s thunder</title>
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		<title>Sheed grows in Ben Wallace&#8217;s image</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know many of you despise Sheed for signing with the enemy, but put that aside for a moment:


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		<title>Upcoming Pistons season impossible to predict</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past two seasons, I have run a Detroit Pistons blog, and for the past two seasons, I have done season previews prior to the regular season tip-off.
This year, I admitted my defeat.
I tried to come up with something, anything, even if my preview was a little short compared to seasons past. I just flat-out couldn’t do it. That’s how outrageously different this year’s team is.
I tried to start out with the easy stuff: focusing on the returners. But not even the “sure things” are sure things anymore.
We used ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/upcoming-pistons-season-impossible-to-predict/</link>
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		<title>New Poll</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our last poll, a  shocking 91% of you thought Big Ben would see more playing time than Chucky Atkins. Well, as it turns out, Chucky might not even get the green light so I&#8217;m going to agree.
New poll on the right side of the page &#8212;-&#62;
&#8230;Got an idea for the next poll? Post it in the comments!
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/new-poll/</link>
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		<title>The Post Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[•Remember Derrick Coleman? How couldn&#8217;t you? Well, he&#8217;s the new DPS athletics commissioner. Try goofing off with Coleman breathing down your neck.
•Grand Rapids = A bit of revenge for Flip Saunders. Wish it wouldn&#8217;t have been blacked out.
•Jonas Jerebko gave Antawn Jamison a run for his money. Vince Ellis is rooting for him &#8212; and so am I for what it&#8217;s worth. Had a chance to interview him after open practice, he&#8217;s a good guy.
•Will Bynum has the most popular number in NBA history.
•The Cavs are all getting the flu ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/the-post-up-6/</link>
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		<title>8 Spots Left for 2009-2010 Yahoo Fantasy League</title>
		<description><![CDATA[8 spots have been filled, leaving 8 spots remaining for this year&#8217;s 3rd annual Yahoo fantasy basketball league!
If you want in, drop me an e-mail at pistonpost@gmail.com with the e-mail address you want the invitation sent to.
Like I said, only 8 more available spots. Of course, this is 100% free &#8212; first come, first served!
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/8-spots-left-for-2009-2010-yahoo-fantasy-league/</link>
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		<title>Open Practice Recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From my piece over at The Western Herald:
The complete Detroit Pistons team is gathered near the scorer’s table. Each player wears a blue or white practice jersey with their numbers printed on both sides.
With a basketball in his hand, backup guard Will Bynum steps out of the group and firmly plants his feet just outside the right wing. He glances upward, then heaves the ball 25 feet into the Palace air. Thousands of fans watch, each one standing and momentarily silent. Bynum takes off running. The ball lands near the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/open-practice-recap/</link>
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		<title>Small Ball, Botched Call</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the Palace crew is now 2-0 in the preseason. Great win last night, despite the preseason status. However, it seems the bigger story around the media is the replacement refs&#8217; free throw blunder:
The replacement referees caused confusion in the first quarter of the Pistons&#8217; 113-104 preseason win over the Milwaukee Bucks Wednesday night. Ersan Ilyasova was fouled while shooting a jumper and awarded two free throws. During the next timeout, more than 90 seconds later, the officials decided he had been taking a 3-pointer, and gave him another shot.He ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/small-ball-botched-call/</link>
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		<title>Announcement: Comments Fixed!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been having some problems with readers being able to post comments for the past month or so, but needless to say I finally got to the bottom of it and fixed the issue. Before, if you tried to post a comment, you likely saw &#8220;Failed to add you comment&#8221; pop up.
If you post a comment now, you should have no problems whatsoever. In the rare occasion that you do, please let me know ASAP via the &#8220;Contact&#8221; tab near the top of the page.
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/announcement-comments-fixed/</link>
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		<title>BREAKING NEWS: Allen Iverson is Bitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an excellent new interview that ESPN&#8217;s Scoop Jackson scored with Allen &#8220;I&#8217;m a $&#38;%#ing starter&#8221; Iverson.
Part of me loves the interview because it&#8217;s essentially a Curry bash. Part of me wants to throw my monitor against the wall, seeing how Iverson has become the NBA&#8217;s Brett Favre, at the expense of our fine basketball club.
The highlight of the interview, for me, was when Iverson said coming off the bench was &#8220;the worst year of [his] career.&#8221; So coming off the bench for a few games is worse for your ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/breaking-news-allen-iverson-is-bitter/</link>
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		<title>Sorry for your loss, Charlie V.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official &#8211; at least 50% of Charlie Villanueva&#8217;s livelihood just went out the window. He was quoted at Media Day saying he would &#8220;respect the rules&#8221; but that he really wanted to &#8220;tweet at halftime.&#8221; It was anticipated, but now it&#8217;s set it stone.
The rule bans Twitter, Facebook, and just about anything classified as a &#8220;social networking site.&#8221;
Marc Stein writes:
The league has defined &#8220;during games&#8221; as the period of time beginning 45 minutes before the opening tip and ending &#8220;after the postgame locker room is open to the media ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/sorry-for-your-loss-charlie-v/</link>
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		<title>3rd Annual PistonPost.com Fantasy League</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again, but space is limited to 16 spots (15 if you count me)!
If you want in, drop me an e-mail at pistonpost@gmail.com with the subject line &#8220;Fantasy&#8221; and the e-mail address you want the invitation sent to.
Like I said, only 15 more available spots. First come, first served! Don&#8217;t miss out on six months of relentless head-to-head fantasy basketball!
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/3rd-annual-pistonpost-com-fantasy-league/</link>
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		<title>Afflalo likely to start for Nuggets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By now, I&#8217;m sure everybody&#8217;s heard about the JR Smith incident that will get him benched for the regular season&#8217;s first seven games.
The circumstances are sad (in regards to JR), but Arron Afflalo will likely be allowed to take advantage of them.
Afflalo is the favorite to start in Smith&#8217;s spot during his suspension, according to the Denver Post.
The loss of Dahntay Jones and Linas Kleiza left a pretty damn big gap in the Nuggets rotation, especially defensively. Guess who fit right in? Our own Mr. Afflalo, who Karl practically picked ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/afflalo-likely-to-start-for-nuggets/</link>
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		<title>Media Day Chat Recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pistons.com writer Ryan Pretzer hosted a great Media Day live blog yesterday, including several step-ins from Pistons that felt like joining the chat.
A few memorable quotes from yesterday&#8217;s chat (in order of appearance, [some] have no particular relevance):
•Jonas Jerebko on why he chose the number 33: &#8220;because my 3 other numbers where not available.. first 11..then 32&#8230;the 21.. so i went with 33.. looks good and larry had it..&#8221;
•Deron Washington on his free throw ability: &#8220;Its much better now summer league was a bump in the road&#8221;
•On the same boat, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/media-day-chat-recap/</link>
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		<title>Holy ****, NBA offseasons are boring.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;m finally back &#8211; and from what I&#8217;ve seen in the news lately, I should have just hibernated until someone is actually forced to play basketball.
When the most exciting news of the past month (besides some no-name team giving AI 2mil above the vet minimum) has been Brian Skinner getting moved around like Quentin Richardson, it&#8217;s never a good sign.
Sooo&#8230;uh, I&#8217;m back. You probably won&#8217;t need to check back for a while.
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/holy-nba-offseasons-are-boring/</link>
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		<title>Unpaid Leave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even bloggers need a break sometimes!
Sincerest apologies for the lack of posts as of late, I&#8217;m out of town for a few weeks. Don&#8217;t lose hope though! &#8220;Business as usual&#8221; will resume on September 5th.
See you then!
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/unpaid-leave/</link>
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		<title>Pistons on the right track as offseason winds down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As most of the summer’s free agents have been signed and a handful of less-than-stellar NBA players are now calling new cities their home, I can look at the Pistons and say (knock on wood) that they aren’t as far from contending as most would guess.
Fans of other teams can point to Detroit and chuckle, catapulting comments regarding Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva and how that combination will rarely improve a team’s championship odds.
Perhaps, in that aspect, they would be right.
However, as the 2009 postseason action comes to a close, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/pistons-on-the-right-track-as-offseason-winds-down/</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on Chris Wilcox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don’t get me wrong, I liked the Pistons’ signing of Charlie Villanueva, but I still think that five years was too long.
This time, when I heard that they had signed Chris Wilcox Saturday night, I didn’t have much to complain about.
The main reason was the contract length. Detroit inked Wilcox for two years at $3 million per season. Not only is this a bargain for a big man of his caliber, but if Wilcox can’t pick up his quality of play, he’ll be gone faster than a Pistons’ coach. What ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/thoughts-on-chris-wilcox/</link>
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		<title>Chris Wilcox Open Thread</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been an extremely busy weekend for me, but do not lose hope&#8230;there will be a Wilcox piece up tonight.
Until then, here&#8217;s an open thread for everything Wilcox. Consider it a test run of my new &#8220;thumbs up thumbs down&#8221; comment rating system.
Respect.
PS &#8211; If you&#8217;re the RSS update type (which I highly recommend), add our live feed here.
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/chris-wilcox-open-thread/</link>
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		<title>Blazers eye Tayshaun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This better not involve Greg Oden:
Portland is still trying to pry Tayshaun Prince out of Detroit in a three-way deal with Utah, but Pistons president Joe Dumars hasn’t shown an inclination to move Prince and extend Boozer’s contract, league sources say. Several league executives are dubious of Boozer as a $14 million-a-year player, which his agent, Rob Pelinka, has told teams it will take to sign him to an extension. Miami could be the suitor willing to pay it.
-Yahoo Sports
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		<link>http://pistonpost.com/blazers-eye-tayshaun/</link>
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		<title>Afflalo Poised to Become the Pistons’ Latest Victim</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If there’s one thing that Joe Dumars needs to learn how to do, it’s be patient.
The Denver Post reported Sunday that the Nuggets and Pistons were arranging a deal that would send the Pistons’ Arron Afflalo to Denver to clear cap space, which brings me to my first point.
Afflalo’s paycheck this coming season would total all of $1.09 million. In the sports world, that’s pocket change. Not even pocket change. Walter Sharpe nearly gets paid that much, and the only time fans usually see him is during timeouts, where he ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/afflalo-poised-to-become-the-pistons%e2%80%99-latest-victim/</link>
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		<title>Austin Daye impresses in Vegas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From HoopsHype:
It sounded like, “All day! All day!” as a fan screamed from the stands at the Thomas &#038; Mack Center in the first game of the second day of action at the NBA Summer League on Saturday. 
He was really yelling, “All Daye!” as in Austin Daye, Detroit’s first-round draft pick. The “e” in his name may be silent, but his game certainly is not.
It literally was all Daye as the 6-foot-11 forward selected No. 15 out of Gonzaga played all 40 minutes for the Pistons (after playing just ...]]></description>
		<link>http://pistonpost.com/austin-daye-impresses-in-vegas/</link>
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