Thanks Joe Dumars.....

[Laxation]

Too long to post, but you should read this:

http://www.emptythebench.com/2010/03...ee-agent-bust/

That was very hard to read... The truth hurts.

[Joe Asberry]

depressing

RIP and Gordon aint working on this team, big suprise...

if you invest so much money, these guys should play 30+ minutes, its not like this team can get any worse...at least to get them out of their funk

the Pistons are the 2nd worst offensiv team in the NBA, dead last in 3%PT, 28th in 3 points made...if there is one thing these 2 guys can do, its shoot the 3, let them shoot as many as they want! so they can find a rhytm or sth, they can score why don't let them?


also, the Pistons are still playing a slowass halfcourt style- im guessing still top 5 in slowest pace in the leauge-, this is kinda retarded, this team suckz defensivly anyway, you have to run more, create more easy opportunitys to score, but as long as RIP& Prince are on this team i guess that wont happen...

[Pharaoh]

IMO:

Whenever you spend $10 mil on a player you better get a legit stud.

Right now the organisation pays 3 different dudes $10 mil or more and NONE of them are legit studs.

They're all quality players but we're spending so much of our cap on guys that are complimentary pieces despite us lacking ONE stud.

IF we had Tim Duncan we'd be fucking awesome. But we don't have Tim Duncan. Shit, we don't even have Al Jefferson.

We've got a bunch of decent players and unless we get lucky in the Lotto that ain't changing for a while...

Unless Joe can take his most prized asset (Stuckey or the Lotto pick) and combine it with Rip to get us a legit stud

[Pharaoh]

Just found this via some links regarding BG and Nova being shithouse:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...yhoo&type=lgns

It's all about how Joe could have positioned us as serious players in the 2010 off-season without being a pathetic excuse for a team...

Oh, and for the record:

We went into last off-season armed with over $16 mil in cap space and 4 draft picks. We needed big men but got none.

We go into this off-season armed with 2 draft picks and the MLE. We need big men.

Thanks Joe.

[Uncle Mxy]

the Pistons are the 2nd worst offensiv team in the NBA, dead last in 3%PT, 28th in 3 points made...if there is one thing these 2 guys can do, its shoot the 3, let them shoot as many as they want!

Rip's a spot 3P shooter... not a volume one.
He needs to stick to his mid-range game.

[D's Nuts]

Not sure if you guys are aware but there is a sports analytics conference being held in Boston right now. Guys like Cuban, Morey (Rockets), Pritchard (Blazers) and other team reps are there learning about statistical analysis and how to use raw data to better your teams etc. Guess what team isn't represented?

We have an old school mentality in our front office and it isn't getting the job done.

[Uncle Mxy]

http://www.sloansportsconference.com...-of-moneyball/

[RegicideGreg]

The best part is reading the multiple paragraphs about all the panelists. then seeing bill simmons only gets one sentence.

[Hermy]

Not sure if you guys are aware but there is a sports analytics conference being held in Boston right now. Guys like Cuban, Morey (Rockets), Pritchard (Blazers) and other team reps are there learning about statistical analysis and how to use raw data to better your teams etc. Guess what team isn't represented?

We have an old school mentality in our front office and it isn't getting the job done.

none of the teams there have won titles.

[Glenn]

Winning a title means you're smart.