Remembering "The Alternatorz"

[Zekyl]

Thanks Glenn.

[Glenn]

WE NEED KSTAT

Also, my memories of the Alternatorz were Barry, Corliss, Zelly and that's about it.

Maybe Brian Cardinal or Damon Jones?

[Fool]

Don't forget Mike James, Darvin Ham, Elden Campbell, and Bobby Sura.

Those were all bench contributors during that pre-Championship team, but I can't remember exactly who the bench 5 were that were mentioned in that context.

IMO the Alternators died when Barry left 02-03 and none of those 4 were on the 02-03 team. They all came in 04. Mike James was a Pitbull not an Alternator.

Damn these split threads. I agree with Z because Z agrees with me.

[Glenn]

From Barry's Wiki, I didn't write this, but I wish that I had.

Jon's most memorable time as a player came in his two seasons playing for the Detroit Pistons. In 2001-02, Barry enjoyed a good season off the bench, co-leading "The Alternatorz" with 6th Man of the Year winner, Corliss Williamson. Barry, Williamson, Zeljko Rebraca, and Damon Jones made up the foursome off the bench that Rick Carlisle went to almost exclusively at the beginnings of the 2nd and 4th quarters.

[Glenn]

p.s. I'm going back and editing "z"'s onto the end of all of my Alt. references.

I thought it had a z, but wasn't sure.

Please take note for your posts.

[Zekyl]

Atkins wasn't an Alternator, he was a starter. Cardinal wasn't because he didn't play.

They used to have the old rosters and stats on their website but I can't seem to find them anymore.

[Glenn]

We need a Kstat signal similar to the old giffman signal:



What would Kstat's look like though?

[Zekyl]

N Player Ht Wt Ag DOB YRS Draft

3 Ben Wallace C 206 109 29 1974 7 -
30 Clifford Robinson PF 208 102 37 1966 14 36-89
12 Michael Curry SF 196 95 35 1968 9 -
32 Richard Hamilton SG 201 87 25 1978 4 7-99
1 Chauncey Billups PG 191 92 27 1976 6 3-97

13 Mehmet Okur C 211 113 24 1979 1 38-01
34 Corliss Williamson SF 201 111 30 1973 8 13-95
22 Tayshaun Prince SF 206 97 23 1980 1 23-02
20 Jon Barry SG 196 95 34 1969 11 21-92
7 Chucky Atkins PG 180 73 29 1974 4 -

39 Zeljko Rebraca C 213 117 31 1972 2 54-94
5 Danny Manning F - C 208 106 37 1966 15 1-88
52 Don Reid PF 203 113 30 1973 8 58-95
44 Hubert Davis G 196 83 33 1970 11 20-92
6 Pepe Sanchez PG 193 88 26 1977 2 -


The 2002-2003 Roster

[Zekyl]

The 2001-2002 Roster, which is when Barry joined the team. Not sure if he made up the nickname in his first or second season.

3 Ben Wallace C 206 109 28 1974 6 -
30 Clifford Robinson PF 208 102 36 1966 13 36-89
12 Michael Curry SF 196 95 34 1968 8 -
42 Jerry Stackhouse SG 198 99 28 1974 7 3-95
7 Chucky Atkins PG 180 73 28 1974 3 -

39 Zeljko Rebraca C 213 117 30 1972 1 54-94
31 Mikki Moore C 213 104 27 1975 4 -
34 Corliss Williamson SF 201 111 29 1973 7 13-95
20 Jon Barry SG 196 95 33 1969 10 21-92
14 Damon Jones PG 191 84 26 1976 4 -

44 Ratko Varda C 216 120 23 1979 1 -
9 Victor Alexander PF 208 120 33 1969 5 17-91
35 Brian Cardinal PF 203 111 25 1977 2 44-00
5 Rodney White F 206 108 22 1980 1 9-01
1 Dana Barros PG 180 75 35 1967 13 16-89


Also, Dana Barros started 20 games for us that season. Ugh!

[Fool]

That Barry quote about the lineup is talking about 01-02 exclusively then because Jones left that season and so wasn't on the team for Barry's second year. 02-03 Chucky had been replaced in the starting lineup by Chauncey and so was part of the 2nd squad.

It might be better to limit it to just 01-02 though because from what I remember the Alternatorz that year were like having two starting lineups (because our real starting lineup wasn't that great offensively). By 02-03 we had Rip, Billups, and then in the playoffs Tay in the starting lineup (Ben had already been in the starting lineup for a couple years) so we had a clearly better starting core than our bench.