Comments on: Dominant shot-blockers Kyle Singler and Greg Monroe not enough to lead Pistons past Rockets

By: Crispus

Crispus — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:07:27 +0000

Sometimes it seems like Daye is playing against the rim, not even the other team.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:52:51 +0000

But how does that affect the Pistons worse than any other team? How does it give anyone a competitive advantage. I never said that it was easy to find massive beds. I said that I doubted the fault was on the woeful incompetence of the Pistons organization. Because that would be the only explanation of how other teams would have an edge on Detroit in this regard.

By: gmehl

gmehl — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:29:54 +0000

Hey i say Joe has his gun locked and loaded. Be careful Lawrence…be very very careful
http://media.mlive.com/pistons_impact/photo/11078761-large.jpg

By: gmehl

gmehl — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:28:33 +0000

Mello would of left just like he left Denver as soon as he could of.

By: koz

koz — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:12:25 +0000

Anyone, everyone, how many more titles do you think the pistons would have won if Dumars had simply made the conservative choice of choosing one of the better small forwards to ever play the game Carmelo Anthony? I say at least three. I think they would have beat the Spurs in 2005, Miami and Dallas in 2006 and probably one more before Dumars would have traded him away for Iverson and Milicic when they didn’t win a fifth title and he was feeling the heat from detractors. That would have been a hell of a first seven: Wallace and Wallace, Rip and Billups, Anthony, Prince and Mcdyess. maybe one of the best ever assembled. If Dumars couldn’t make that “sure bet” decision then, well, it’s no surprise all the poor decisions that have followed from his office, coaches and players alike. To be fair he’s made some nice choices to win in 2004, but I think that was as much good fortune as it was being a savvy scout of the talent available.

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:53:09 +0000

Honestly, if you actually watch behind the scenes shows on the NBA channel, they talk about even the nicest hotels do not have beds to accomodate players larger than 6’5″. That’s a fact. Not some bs.

Don’t call out someone if you don’t read or watch what goes on behind the scenes. That might require some thinking on your behalf though.

By: koz

koz — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:51:48 +0000

@ Mel Ginobili was 57th pick

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:36:19 +0000

“The Pistons are… exhausted from being away from their own beds. They have been living out of a suitcase and have been sleeping in beds for 6’3 men.”

So do you think that the Pistons organization is just terrible at booking hotels that can accommodate big people in spite of the fact that they clearly have the money to shell out for big enough beds? If it’s not something especially bad about the Pistons’ travel planners, then what kind of excuse is that? They’re opponents are in the same situation. Whether people agree with you or not about the hardships of being an NBA player, I see no reason to think that it gives any team a competitive advantage over another.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:32:13 +0000

Oh yeah, for sure. If they have the talent of a 33 win team and get off to a significantly worse start, they probably won’t finish with 33 wins. But they will probably finish on a 33 win pace the rest of the year. In this case, of course, 33 is just a number I randomly chose. Nothing special about it. It could just as easily be 24 or 37 or whatever else.

But pride and determination are irrelevant to the discussion. If they are present, losing won’t make them go away. If they appear to go away, odds are you were seeing something else. And being “hot” or :cold” can change over the course of one game. The fact of the matter is that, for the most part, we already saw this team last year. So we know how good it is. Whether 4 games from now they are 4-7 or 0-11 doesn’t change that.

By: Piston Heel

Piston Heel — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:29:06 +0000

It was garbage time vs garbage players thats all imma say lets not get carried away