Comments on: Darkest day in Detroit Pistons history?

By: gmehl1977

gmehl1977 — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:32:28 +0000

Oh i forgot he also gave crazy money to Rip before he gave it to CV and BG. I suppose you have to add Max to the list too.

By: gmehl1977

gmehl1977 — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:30:17 +0000

Hey he gave crazy money to CV & Gordon so maybe he should of given crazy money to Ben after all. Ben got hurt whilst he was gone so if he had of stayed who knows he might of been worth it.

By: Rodman4Life

Rodman4Life — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:22:08 +0000

Even though the writing was on the wall, Rodman leaving for San Antonio stung. And Sean Elliot, what a chump. Man we got bamboozled in that deal! Rodman was so iconically Detroit. Losing Ben Wallace hurt too, but I could see that one coming due to the money/respect aspect (which I still side with Dumars on not giving him that crazy money).

By: gmehl1977

gmehl1977 — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:47:00 +0000

I was going to say this too but for me it is clearly Rasheed leaving Horry open. I still can’t bring myself to watch footage of it. As for blowing the pick on Darko which i think set the team back 3-4 years it definitely ranks up there with the rest of everyone’s comments. Darko’s bitch ass has a lot to answer for in my books. He couldn’t even man up enough to earn back up minutes.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:44:13 +0000

A dark day was passing on Carmelo and taking Darko. Carmelo, combined with Chauncey, Rip, Sheed, Tay, and Ben could have kept that group going for a bunch more years and maybe have pushed us over the top to get another championship or two. Of course that is all speculation, but to me it was a difference between one championship and perhaps a string of them.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:59:51 +0000

Maybe it's just me, but I actually think Allan Houston leaving was a darker day than Hill.

Houston/Hill was supposed to be the duo that took them back to elite status, and it seemed like as soon as Houston emerged as a legit player, he bolted. Of course later it came out that he and Hill did not like each other that much, but I was shocked when he left at the time.

With Hill, it was certainly disappointing when he left, but it was also clear that the Pistons had maxed out their ceiling with him, and it was first round exit. It wasn't a huge shock that he decided to go.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:52:45 +0000

I like the list, but Isiah recovered form the elbow, what ended his career in was the achilles tendon injury.
I would also add Isiah’s ankle injury in game six, 1988 final.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:43:45 +0000

This isn’t THE darkest moment in my experience as a pistons fan (sheed leaving horry open); but having been in a stroller for the Laimbeer days, Lebron’s 48 special is a dark mark on my memory. That night glavanized cleveland and deflated the Pistons, depriving us of the rubber match with San Antonio and giving Sheed the opportunity to make up for leaving Horry open. I couldn’t watch the finals after watching the pistons blow it that year.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:42:59 +0000

1. Rodman’s insane decision to pull up for a jump shot near the end of Game 7 of the ’88 Finals. I think this one seemed extra painful to me because of …
2. Losing Game 6 in spite of Isiah scoring 43 on a bum ankle. (Curiously, I don’t remember the call against Laimbeer, per se, so much as I remember hating Dick Stockton because it seemed to me he was ignoring all kinds of terrible calls.)
3. The Steal. I didn’t even see the game. I got the paper the next morning and read about it … and it still broke my heart.
4. The Shot / The Missed Assignment. I remember being doubly embarrassed because of the way “Pound-For-Pound” threw ‘Sheed under the bus. Not that he didn’t deserve it. I think the agony of this particular defeat was offset by the fact that I really believed, given the way the Pistons had been going throughout the playoffs that year, that they would somehow win Games 6 and 7.
5. Malice at the Palace.
6. The Strike. I just found it really embarrassing for a franchise as proud as the Pistons, and for a figure as legendary and respected as Dumars, to have been reduced to that.
For some reason the loss in ’87 Conference Finals, although quite depressing, didn’t register at the same level as these things. I guess I didn’t really expect them to win yet – I mean, the Celtics just seemed invincible – and the whole head butting thing was so goofy, I didn’t have as big a let down.

By: David

David — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:25:45 +0000

Phantom call on Laimbeer is #1 for me. Hands down. Left me bitter to this day on how the league is officiated, the way stars like Kareem get calls and players like Laimbeer get the shaft. Laimbeer simply didn’t touch him.

I was 10.

#2 is definitely Sheed leaving Horry open in Game 5. I let out a loud, guttural “Nooooooooo!!!” before the ball was even in Horry’s hands. Irks me too that some folks view the ’04 team as an anomaly, one of the rare times a ‘star’-less team won it all. Back-to-back titles obviously changes that viewpoint. Horry’s (and why him of all people?) shot was such a punch to the gut.

No way of knowing how those series would have played out with a no call and Sheed’s head in the game, but I can’t help but ‘feel’ they cost us rings. Five banners in the rafters sure sounds nice. :)