:motown owns:


Anyone else think that the Pistons will be extremely focused in trying to win that Cleveland game tomorrow?

Yes.

I have a feeling the Nuggets take this. They're fighting for their playoff lives, and the Pistons have LeBron tomorrow night. I could be wrong, and if that's the case I'm deleting this post.

:motown owns:

Denver never seems to matchup well Vs. us. They are still awful defensively and we've beaten them 12 out of the last 14...

I like Detroit here...

Chucky Atkins sighting!! Hopefully Linas Kleiza doesn't torch us for 2 minutes like he did last time we played...

This one's in HD (FSD) and so is tomorrow's game (ESPN).

Holla.

We're also on ESPN on Sunday Vs the Wizards...

HD Galore!

I went to the game here in Denver (when we beat the Nuggs). They really don't match up with us well because they are probably the closest bunch of whiners to us. Gaymart, Melo, AI and JR do nothing but complain all game. All you have to do is stop the open 3 point looks from JR, Kleiza and Najera and we should be fine. When we played good defense they focused on the refs and didn't play team ball. Their bench (besides JR) play team ball, but the starters can be rattled.

Kleiza is in my Fave Five players of all time

Kleiza is in my Fave Five players of all time

Where's the banstick?

I'll be in the house for this one, again.

You should totally take a sign that says "WTFDetroit.com" on it.

OR :motown owns:

I'll be in the house for this one, again.

Well, that helps me with my vote in the poll.

I'm guessing that Maxiel and Amir will play a total of 8:35 today vs the nuggets.

I mean it makes sense according to his rotation theories.
1. If the starters are playing bad, leave them in as long as possible.
2. If a bench player makes a mistake, yank him asap and kill his confidence and do not allow him to play through mistakes.
3. If a bench player plays a great game then the next game his minutes are cut by 90% because of "fatigue". Ala, Maxiel playing 25 huge minutes last yr vs Cleveland and having a huge game, only to get like 7 minutes the next game.
4. Don't play the youngsters (Amir, Stuckey, Afflalo) because it's all about getting that extra 2 wins in the regular season that matter the most.

jenks,

I like your cynicism.

hopefully we can hold the nuggets to a few less points than the great seattle supersonics did.

denver put up over 1,000 points on them the other night when they played.

jenks,

I like your cynicism.

It's so true though, that is the saddest part about it. I swear Flip Saunders is like an old ass computer that freezes when you have more than 1 program open.

Whenever the other team makes an adjustment, he is completely stunned because he is trying to follow his "non-adjustable" game plan. He just looks dumbfounded and it's like his hard drive just crashed. What a moron.

And yet he has a better winning percentage than any Pistons coach ever....

Not bad for a moron.

Hereeeeeeee we go!

Pistons fans don't understand why we don't bench our allstars more. On any other team's message board they would be seen as trolls, but in the D they form the majority.

GOD DAMNIT AMIR NEEDS 50+ MINUTES A NIGHT!






























:motown owns:

And yet he has a better winning percentage than any Pistons coach ever....

Not bad for a moron.


I guarantee I could win at least 40 games a yr as a coach with the the team he has had. The players pretty much coach themselves anyways, so I'm sticking by my comment that he is a moron.

And yet he has a better winning percentage than any Pistons coach ever....

Not bad for a moron.


I agree. While I'm not the biggest Flip Saunders advocate, I still think he gets a bit too much undeserved heat.

Not to mention, it's not like there is a better option out their on the market anyway. Who ya gonna hire??

Rick Carlisle???
Mike Fratello??
Ron Rothstein???
Lenny Wilkens???
Randy Ayers???
Garfield Heard???

Carlisle, out of those guys.


Gar Heard...hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

Who owns/wins?

MoTown
Atticus771, e-ray, MoTown, RegicideGreg, Sir Douche Baggins, Wil Ledezma

Glenn? Chris? What the fuck???

It's official. Glenn is now your enemy here.

I agree. He's done.

And yet he has a better winning percentage than any Pistons coach ever....

Not bad for a moron.
0 Finals Wins
0 Finals Appearances
1 disappointing exit to an inferior team with an early lead in the series and homecourt advantage.


Fuck-A-Flip.

I guarantee I could win at least 40 games a yr as a coach with the the team he has had. The players pretty much coach themselves anyways, so I'm sticking by my comment that he is a moron.

Larry Brown had a worse winning percentage, and he had a younger team with Ben Wallace still in his prime.

0 Finals Wins
0 Finals Appearances
1 disappointing exit to an inferior team with an early lead in the series and homecourt advantage.


Fuck-A-Flip.

Larry brown had so much playoff luck on his side.

He went through injury-ravaged teams in 2004, and went down 3-2 to Miami the next year until Wade went down and he got the last two.

Flip hasn't had the same luck in the playoffs. he had to coach against HEALTHY opponents.

As much Larry brown ass kissing that goes on, nobody thinks that Malone's injury and Kobe and Shaq basically feuding on the floor just might have had a little bit to do with it as well.

And in the 2005 finals, I'm just guessing that Flip would not have chosen to guard Tim Duncan with tayshaun Prince in the second half of game 7.

FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!

SPECIAL K FOR THE WIN, BABY. SWISH. DAGGER. GAME OVER FAGGOTS!!

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KSTAT JUST FUCKING OWNED LB AND HIS PLASTIC HIP.

As much Larry brown ass kissing that goes on, nobody thinks that Malone's injury and Kobe and Shaq basically feuding on the floor just might have had a little bit to do with it as well.


Malone's injury had a little bit to do with it, but I don't want to hear the whole Kobe vs Shaq thing. Obviously they got along well enough to get through SA (down 2-0 in that series) and Minnesota, en route to the Finals.

Glenn? Chris? What the fuck???

Well, I was planning this little surprise addition to the poll, and I was going to announce it at 5:37 pm, but now the cat is out of the bag.

I hope you still enjoy it.

Not sure what Chris' excuse might be.

At this point, anything he does will look like it's to make-good.

I don't think they would have gotten past a healthy Minnesota team. The loss of Cassell and Hudson was huge.

The Lakers needed a lot of luck (0.4) just to make it to the conference finals. They were by no means clicking on all cylinders when they got to the finals.

Chris is about 13 years younger than you. He needs rest.

Does Sheed hit a half court shot tonight?

Cassell moreso than Hudson obviously, but I don't know if I agree or disagree. When did Cassell get hurt in that series?

He played one game hurt, struggled his way through the game and that was it.

K, you've got the best memory ever or something.

I deleted that post!

I can remember Celtics nba finals games from 1965 and I wasn't even born yet.

It is crazy how much Cousey and Nash play exactly the same style. I'm serious. They both use the same exact technique.

Do you remember what Jesus told you after he was crucified?

I checked a wrong box. I fail.

I'm not a Flip supporter. I haven't been one since he (and the boys, to be fair) blew a 2-0 lead against the Cavs for the second straight year. Initially I was in favor of him being named the coach here (can even ask Bubbles).

I didn't even h8 on him after the loss to Miami, which I came to accept after the Heat won the title (it was apparent nobody was going to stop Wade from getting calls and getting to the line 25 times a game).

If he just GETS to the Finals I will be happy.

I'd be happy making the finals. I want to win it, but making it would also be a plus. It'd take some heat off Flip. Until then, I think he either doesn't react or ends up overthinking and screwing up.

I'd prefer to win it over just getting there as well.

I don't think they would have gotten past a healthy Minnesota team. The loss of Cassell and Hudson was huge.
They might not have beaten a healthy pistons team in the 87-88 season, or we might not have beaten a healthy lakers team the following year, or they might not have beaten a healthy sixers team. Doesnt matter, title still goes down as a title last i checked and all the glory and parades that come with it. Injury ifs and guarantees arent really the way to go.

Its an excuse in the end. When billups went down i took it as it was and the nets deserve to beat us. No "billups getting injured was huuugggeeee"... The reality of that laker minnesota series was that Flip chose to double team shaq. the lakers were unbeatable when you made that your philosophy. Larry Brown cut back severely on the double teams and said "let shaq try to score 100 if he can"...call the injuries you want, but there were flaws and exploited advantages that came into play beyond that. Choking everything down to "who was injured" is weak. Its weak if any piston fans did it when the nets beat us, and its lame to try and use it as legit factors in why LB has a title and Flip doesnt.

Larry brown had so much playoff luck on his side.
.

Larry Brown squeezed blood from stones to even get to the playoffs
Flip Saunders is known for a career of playoff chokes with TALENTED teams.

That was a sweet catch and shoot by KMart

No wonder the Nuggets are so fucking terrible defensively. Their best defender, Camby, just sits there and watches Rip dribble and shoot a wide open 3 like he's at the drive in.

Holy shit.

If Rip had missed that three, he'd have heard about it for a long time.

I bet Denver is shooting 80% off our turnovers and long misses, and 17% off the half court.

Jarvis is a mad man.

Does anyone remember if Flip put Stuckey on Atkins or did Atkins come in after Stuck was already in.

Cuz I'd like to give Flip a lil credit for that if he did. I mean Atkins is the kind of guy that has hurt a lil here and there and Stuckey is the kind of guy to put the kabash on Atkins.

Jarvis is a mad man.

she said that too

I bet Denver is shooting 80% off our turnovers and long misses, and 17% off the half court.
yea they look a lil uncomfortable in the half court, w/o iso plays anyways.

she said that too

Any reasoning behind that?

I bet Denver is shooting 80% off our turnovers and long misses, and 17% off the half court.

Pretty much the way Denver goes about things, iirc.

The fuciin Zoo crew could kick Bostons/Cavs and anyone elses ass right now.

Fortunately Codename's prediction of Jarvis going 1-10 tonight isn't correct.

Hayes finally realized that if he doesnt dribble, his shot looks way better.


As i say this he takes it off the dribble. :(

Pressed his luck with that one.

Fortunately Codename's prediction of Jarvis going 1-10 tonight isn't correct.
I made no such prediction. I said he's the man until the next time he goes 1-10.

Next time is the next game when it comes to Jarvis.

Mo Evans and Carlos Delfino can tell you all about that.

WTF IS THE BENCH DOING IN?

WE NEED TO WIN!!

holy shit, I keep missing long parts of this game and every time I come back we leading by more.

I missed about all of the first half. :(

boy this was fun to watch, Denver playing zero D, the guys scoring at will...

haha, Amir just threw a towel over Cowens head while he was doing the half time interview :D

Lead is down to 16..

10.

Stuckey is playing very very confident. Even calling for the ball on jumpers.

Of course Dungver is playing a horrible zone. I think they may have switched it, but before the middle was constantly open.


Maxiell likes to talk trash after blocks i'm starting to notice. Swatted Kenyon Martin and politely explained to him it was all ball.

Hayes remember just catch and shoot. Nothing else.

Maxey with the slam jam off the alley.

Kstatistician must be having a great time. Probably pounding down some hot dogs and drinking soda, like a bad ass.

That commercial where Chauncey Rip and Tay rise in the middle of a basketball court in a concert-ish venue is fucking retarded and annoying.

I agree.

I've been meaning to say that.

That commercial where Chauncey Rip and Tay rise in the middle of a basketball court in a concert-ish venue is fucking retarded and annoying.

Spoken like a true expert.

I do notice that atleast Flip has realized that Theo has no place in games against running teams. I hope.

I'm glad our team name isn't a Nugget.

Hey do you pull for the Nuggets? Its kind of like what rabbits leave behind or something.

Houston Boston entertaining

Not thrilled with all the turnovers and sloppy defense tonight, but whatever, I'll take it...

George Karl needs to be canned if the Nuggets ever want to be taken seriously...

Laurence Fishburne had another great game tonight.

Kstatistician must be having a great time. Probably pounding down some free hot dogs and drinking free soda, like a bad ass.

Corrected.

I found my way into a lower-level suite tonight. Man, those things are incredible.

Shit, they even hand you the current game stats at halftime.

Oh, one more thing.

17-1.

I'm 6-3 this year @ the Palace...who did you see them lose to Kstat??? I saw them drop to Utah, Chicago, and Sacramento

I had tickets to the Boston game.

I'm 0-2 by the way. I saw them lose the Boston game and a preseason game to Utah. I think that counts. . .

I'm 0-2 by the way. I saw them lose the Boston game and a preseason game to Utah. I think that counts. . .


I suggest you stay away from the Palace come May.

If only Jarvis could continue this...

I'm 5-0 with only a Nets game on a Friday left.

I thought Vinny and I were friends.

17-1...Kstat is reaching New England Patriots territory.

Even though it looked like him (and whoever it was played like him), Rip did NOT play last night!

http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/01/01/20080319134009990043

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/03/19/now-starting-for-the-pistons-rip-hamiltion/