Remembering "The Alternatorz"

[Zekyl]

Player G GS M P R A S B FG FT 3P
Zeljko Rebraca 74 4 16 6.9 3.9 0.5 0.4 1.0 50% 77% 0%
Mikki Moore 30 0 7 2.6 1.8 0.4 0.2 0.3 47% 77% 50%
Corliss Williamson 78 7 22 13.6 4.1 1.2 0.6 0.3 51% 80% 20%
Jon Barry 82 6 24 9.0 2.9 3.3 1.1 0.2 49% 93% 47%
Damon Jones 67 0 16 5.1 1.5 2.1 0.3 0.01 40% 73% 37%

I tried to make them as even as I could. Those are the Alternatorz 2001-2002 stats.


Dammit, all that work and the spaces don't even show so it doesn't line up

[DrRay11]

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.

Good points. It was the 01-02 team.

[MoTown]

I was about to kick you guys while reading the first couple of posts in this thread. The Alternatorz really was only one year: 2001-2002, the year the Pistons went back to red, white and blue.

It consisted of Damon Jones, John Barry, Corliss and Zelly. (I had the shirt somewhere). And it was a combined effort as to who came up with the name - Damon Jones and JB own the naming rights.

The next year we traded for Rip and signed Chauncey. The Alternatorz name didn't really stick around that year. However, at the beginning of the season, Carlisle didn't trust Rip and Chauncey to finish games off yet, so Chucky and Barry did a lot of the 4th quarters for the first 10-15 games.

[Zekyl]

Sounds about right for Carlisle, heh.

[Fool]

I didn't remember at all that it coincided with the end of the teal era. Wow. Talk about escaping to freedom.

[Zekyl]

I swear I remember Barry wearing a Teal uniform at some point.

[Timone]

Geez. For a Clevelander, you really know a lot about the Pistons.

[Zekyl]

I think we should bring back the Teal jerseys for 1-2 games per year, just to remind fans how lucky we are and how far we've come.

[DrRay11]

^^I agree. And for comedic purposes, of course.

[Glenn]

Some day, those will be our "retro" jerseys (ala the lightning bolts).

They won't miss the opportunity to try to sell some of those (even as a joke).