Comments on: Tayshaun Prince, jack of all trades, even the ones he didn’t necessarily want

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:30:12 +0000

Tay will be back after his career is over. Front office for him and maybe coaching?
Ultimate teammate

You will always be my dude Tay Tay!

By: I HATE FRANK

I HATE FRANK — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:30:08 +0000

dont know if I agree… unless you are talking about practice and reputation…I feel Jonas, Daye and Jerbko would all have taken Prince spot based off of minutes and overall production

By: Clint in Flint

Clint in Flint — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:10:58 +0000

The first time I saw Prince I wondered why we drafted this bag of bones,I figured he would be on the injured list most of the time. I don’t remember the number of games he played before missing one but I believe it was over 400. I’ll miss him.

By: sloppy joe

sloppy joe — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:54:23 +0000

bad boy*

By: sloppy joe

sloppy joe — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:53:44 +0000

Have always loved prince, and I will miss seeing him play. Age means nothing to me. Sure he was in his 30′s but the guy could play solid defense and was always a staple on the offensive end.

Most of all I will miss seeing his lanky ass trotting down the court. To be honest I will even miss his mad at the world I hate everything and am better than everyone attitude. Kind of brought the bad by element to the Pistons for all these years. I think we will miss the playoffs without him.

I hope he gets along with his new teammates He can play better defense than Gay so I would love nothing more to see this Grizzlies improved with Prince in the starting lineup and win the Championship.

May his legacy be remembered as more than just the first black guy on the planet to have freckles.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:24:54 +0000

while it was clearly time for tay to go, this pistons fan will definitely miss him.
in lots of ways, he was my favorite member of the title team, especially because of the way he crashed into the starting line up in the orlando playoff series.
he was crucial to shutting tracey mcgrady up that series, which was especially sweet cause mcgrady has long been one of my least favorite players.
i always thought that the team ultimately misused him – so what else is new? – as i thought he could be a sixth man of the year because of his extreme versatility.
your point guard getting burned?
tay could replace him and run the point for a quarter and play sticky defense on most guards.
going small?
tay could slide over to the PF spot for a while.
your shooting guard not shooting well?
tay could take over at the 2 spot for a while.
your SF need a blow?
he could play his natural SF spot.
he ended up doing all of those things, while a starter, but he could have been even more valuable, imho, off the bench, because he could provide whatever was necessary.
so yea, his absence will take some getting accustomed to.
but the team will definitely pick up its pace and the other guys will develop faster as they won’t always defer to tay and the coach won’t be able to just toss the ball to tay when he needs a bucket.
now, i’m just waiting for the day when he returns as coach of the pistons.
he’s one of those guys you can easily see – like derek fisher – sitting on a bench as an nba head coach.
and he’ll probably be a damn good one. one other thing i’ll miss are the incredibly subtle, but stilleto-focused jabs he took at every piston coach after larry brown. if you didn’t listen or read the words carefully – except for the buffoonery comment – most times you’d never know he’d just thrown his head coach under the bus.

By: Mr.BlockedShot

Mr.BlockedShot — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:02:28 +0000

Thank you for the memories Tayshaun. Bad to see the last member of the ’04 championship team leave the organisation but I think this was the best move for both him and the team. He will have another runs for the tittle in a better team. Good luck in the playoffs

By: frankie d

frankie d — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:08:37 +0000

off topic, but espn has a huge spread on drummond this morning. this is a link to just one of the articles on him.
he’s hit the big time.
maybe the coach will notice.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/Rookies-130201/detroit-pistons-andre-drummond-path-greatness

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:01:51 +0000

Prince departure says to me that the Pistons believe that Singler is ready to fill that role. I hate to see Prince go, because I think he was a force of stability for a long stretch. I also appreciate how tough it must have been to have played for John Kuester. Looking forward, the Pistons free up a lot of money and seem content with thier SF options. Prince will get to compete in the playoffs, and I expect he will gel fast with his new team.

By: Ryank

Ryank — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:44:37 +0000

I’m wondering who’s going to take the clutch shots now. Tay seems to find the ball in his hands late in games and late in the shot clock on a regular basis. Both Stuckey and Knight have taken and made shots down the stretch in the past, but they will now need to perform in the clutch on a regular basis. We’ll see who’s up to the challenge.