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[17 May 2009 | 3 Comments | 699 views]
Chauncey’s still got it! (But he still needed to go)

Yes sir, our former Mr. Big Shot back in the conference finals for a league-leading seventh season in a row! We sure miss him, right? Curse Joe Dumars for trading our beloved point guard, right?
Wrong. Chauncey Billups may be in the spotlight again, but that doesn’t mean we should have kept him.
I say this with due respect for Chauncey. He was a superb leader and floor general. But it was his time to leave Detroit. His passion for the Pistons had all but faded. Only a shell of his former …

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[3 Nov 2008 | 6 Comments | 2,467 views]

Joe Dumars finally made good on his word.
His offseason promise to shake the Pistons core has been fulfilled, and a trade deal has been finalized that will send Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess to the Denver Nuggets in return for one of the league’s premiere (but aging) point guards: Allen Iverson.
There’s word that Cheikh Samb may also be heading to Denver as well.
I wholeheartedly give my stamp of approval to this trade.  Allen Iverson fits much, much better into the scoring style that Michael Curry has delivered.  AI and Rodney …