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Pistons Fire Curry
Posted by Joe in Detroit Pistons Basketball on June 30th, 2009
Sources say that the Pistons have fired Head Coach Michael Curry. My guess is that next in line is Jeff Van Gundy or Piston Legend Bill Laimbeer who recently resigned from coaching the Detroit Shock Women’s Hoops Team.
Detroit Pistons: Longtime Owner Bill Davdison Passes
Posted by Joe in Detroit Pistons Basketball on March 14th, 2009
Longtime owner of the Pistons, passed away at the age of 86. Davidson was inducted into the hall of fame 6 months ago and he has owned the Detroit Pistons Basketball team since 1974. Davidson reportedly bought the pistons for $7 million and turned it into a mega power in the NBA and the organization is now worth over $500 million.
The Pistons beat the Raptors last night in overtime and they were told of the loss. The team was reported as deeply saddened and mostly did not have much to say as they mourned.
Mr. Davidson was a great owner and I would like to thank him and his family as a fan, for running a top-notch NBA franchise and bringing championships to Detroit. I hope the team will continue to be run in his legacy and keep up the high level of play and professionalism of the team and organization that has become the Detroit Pistons we know today.
Good bye “Mr D” the fans will miss you and fans of the Pistons were lucky to have you. Thanks again for all you have done for the team and its fans.
Pistons Trade Rumors: Amare Stoudemire
Posted by Joe in Detroit Pistons Basketball on February 7th, 2009
The trade deadline is February 19th. The Pistons have been faltering as of late and don’t look much like an average team. They look bad, out of synch – something’s just not right. After trading Chauncey Billups for Allen Iverson, the Pistons have been on this steady decline. It seems to me that they can’t seem to read what Iverson is going to to with the ball, as I’ve seen many fumbled layups, making him less effective down the stretch.
That said, what should happen here? With first coach Michael Curry losing the team, maybe its time for Joe Dumars to make another heralded move. The Phoenix Suns are shopping perennial all-star big man Amare Stoudemire. Yes, that’s right – we could get Amare Stoudemire.
Amare Stoudemire - Can the Pistons trade for him?
We’d have to give up plenty. I could predict that the Suns would want Rasheed Wallace (bye bye baby), a 6′11” big who refuses to post up, and maybe a Rodney Stuckey or Aaron Afflalo or some other starter. I say do it, no matter what. Rodney’s been our best player, but what is that actually saying? Basketball games are consistently won, much the same as football, from the inside out. Just ask Kobe Bryant how its worked out after Shaquille’s departure from the Lakers.
We’ve not had a dominant post player for a very, very long time. If this deal is possible, I get giddy over the possibility of adding Amare. I think he would instantly make us a threat in the East again. Amare is under contract through 2010, and we have mad cap room coming up – provided we can get rid of Rasheed and show Iverson the door. Rasheed’s huge contract is expiring, so this makes sense for the Sun’s too. If they demanded Stuckey, they would have their Steve Nash for the future.
Pistons Make a Lineup Switch: Rip to the Bench, Amir Johnson will start
Posted by Joe in Detroit Pistons Basketball on January 22nd, 2009
First year coach Michael Curry had to make his first tough decision today and decided to bench Richard Hamilton and start Amir Johnson. For how long? We won’t know for sure, but after a five out of six losing streak – something had to be done. During that stretch, the Pistons tried out a small ball lineup with Tayshaun Prince at the Power Forward 5 slot.
Obviously, this failed miserably as they could not rebound and lost to teams such as the Oklahoma Thunder. They were completely over-matched with this experiment and it showed big time. So, something had to be done.
But wait, NBA playas have egos… So? Who sits?? Well, Rip did the right thing and became the super-sub. He said that he wanted to do what was right for the team; despite reports last week that he did not want to come out of the starting five.
I think this was the right move for the team. However, I doubt that Amir Johnson is the answer to the size deficit in their lineup. Rasheed has looked even more apt to camp on the three point like this year and Amir has looked like a role player thus far. With Maxiel declining a bit after last year’s late push, I guess they had no other decision. Besides that, Jason does not have great size to play the five.
What about Antonio McDyess?? I think he’s best served on the bench. Altough, he seems like one of the only Pistons this year who wants to hustle this year.
Well good luck to them now. I think Rip will be good off the bench and maybe bring some spark. I hope it works because the Pistons have looked horrible for the past two weeks.
