There is more to loving a team than winning.

You know what was one of the best moments of the year for me? that game in LA where Amir and Samb played together and started creating havok inside and owning Bynum. They were hopping all over the place...... and we LOST that game! but it was still exciting as hell.

OTOH winning 50+ games and getting to the ECF are terribly blase and boring things now. Some will say we're spoiled, but i think the dirty secret is, the reason it's so ho-hum is this group of players and their personalities. They're just not fun, other than last second heroics there's nothing to get excited about. The 2002-2003 playoff run, I remember that run, that was FUN and EXCITING, I got more thrills out of seeing a rookie come off the bench and own T-Mac and that Philly series than the last 3 years combined. And THAT run ended with a SWEEP in the ECF, but that was so much more exciting than these last few years.

The best part of these playoffs was clearly Rodney Stuckey. the Stuck-ster.

I don't care if we only win 45 games and get bounced in the semis, I think we should dump our old guys, particularly in the front court, and roll with Amir, Max, and even Samb. Move Stuck to starting lineup, and bring Afflalo out of the mothballs. Get a coach who's a good teacher who's willing to institute inside-out system to take advantage of the mismatches.

Admit it, even though we'd lose a TON of games, it would be exciting as hell at times... because lets face it winning 55+ wasnt THAT exciting to begin with. Were you really excited about this year's Philly or Orlando series? I really wasn't, it was just killing time to see if we'd choke in the ECF again. It's the playoffs and we didnt give a crap about the 1st two rounds!!!

What these Pistons have taught me with their listless don't-give-a-crap attitude, is that there actually IS more to sports than just "winning"... You need a reason to WANT THESE GUYS to WIN, this is why people latch on to McDyess so much, Does Rip or Sheed getting another ring really matter to anyone? Are any of these starters going to get better or do amazing things we've never seen before? No chance in hell.

Amir. Stuckey. Maxiell. Samb. Afflalo. These are pretty much the only Pistons I want to see now.