A Quick Sneak Peek Draft Prospects
With the Twenty-Third Pick the New York Knicks Select… While we are still in the midst of playoff fever I wanted to post a position-by-position thumbnail sketch of the players Isiah Thomas is most likely to consider at #23. (Of course, as Thomas proved by selecting Renaldo Balkman last June…
May 02, 2007, 9:45 PM ET from KnickerBlogger.Net
Post Game 5 Links
The Good: Last night the Warriors rallied back from a 21 point deficit and led by 9 points with just a few minutes left. The Bad: The Mavs finished the game on a 15-0 run. The Ugly: How the Mavs are going to feel after Thursday night in Oakland. That ref ejected Action Jackson for…
May 02, 2007, 8:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
We finally (sort of) know what time Game 1 will start!
Here’s the scoop on what time Saturday’s game will start, courtesy of the Freep: The Pistons will host the Bulls on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on TNT if the Utah-Houston AND Dallas-Golden State series reach Game 7. The Pistons will host the Bulls on Saturday at 7 p.m. on TNT if one of…
May 02, 2007, 8:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Could Grant Hill return to Detroit?
It’s a topic Ian and I have debated with each other as far back as last year: could Grant Hill finish his career in Detroit? He’ll be an unrestricted free agent this summer, and after banking plenty of coin over his career it’s possible that he’d accept less money to play…
May 02, 2007, 7:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
The birth of the Pistons-Bulls rivalry
Pistons.com takes a look at the start of the Pistons-Bulls rivalry with their first ever postseason meeting in 1974.
May 02, 2007, 7:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Andres Nocioni likes being in newspapers (and on posters)
Courtesy of Andres Nocioni, we have our first bulletin board material of the series: “We are going to win. We are going to win, of course,” Nocioni said flatly Tuesday at the Berto Center. “I believe we can win. We are going to play seven games, and we are going to win (Game 7) in Detroit.…
May 02, 2007, 7:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
On driving and kicking and horns
OK, first things first: the powers that be have decided that the Pistons and Bulls will officially renew their playoff rivalry this Saturday in Detroit. Game 2 will be on Monday, and both games will be televised by TNT. What times will the games start? Um … yeah, nobody knows that quite yet.…
May 02, 2007, 7:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
So, when does the next round start?
The Pistons still have no idea when they will be kicking off the second round. Chris McCosky explains in the Detroit News: It cannot start before Saturday; that much is certain. Pistons executives think it will be a Saturday-Monday start for games 1 and 2, but that is up to the networks. If they…
May 02, 2007, 7:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Lindsey Hunter may be retiring (and I’m getting old)
From SI.com: Looks like this will be Lindsey Hunter’s last hurrah in Detroit. Hunter, one of the genuine good guys in the NBA if not all of sports, has an offer on the table to join the Pistons front office after the season and says he is likely to take it. Hunter has been a valuable role…
May 02, 2007, 7:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Tayshaun Prince is All-Defense
Tayshaun Prince was named to the NBA’s All-Defense second team today. It’s the third time he’s received the honor.
May 02, 2007, 7:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Ticket info for Games 1 and 2
From the Freep: “The Pistons originally posted on their Web site that the lottery for $18 tickets would be held today, but it actually is on Tuesday. So here’s the new, correct information: 500 tickets to Games 1 and 2 of the Pistons’ second-round series will be sold via lottery…
May 02, 2007, 7:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Rivalry renewed: Pistons and Bulls
(photo credit: MichSt) The Pistons and Bulls are meeting in the playoffs for the first time since Chicago swept Detroit in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals en route to the first of six NBA titles under Michael Jordan. We’ll be covering this from all angles between now and Saturday’s…
May 02, 2007, 7:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
What the first round taught us
The Pistons swept the Magic on Saturday, and as I’m sure you’ve already heard three dozen times this weekend alone, it was their first playoff sweep since 1990. But even though the Pistons won all four games (or rather, eight, if you include the regular season), the series was more…
May 02, 2007, 7:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Comparing attendance: Red Wings and Pistons
How comes the Pistons still sell out games and the Red Wings don’t? Christy from Behind the Jersey takes a look at that question. Personally, I think ticket prices have a lot to do with it, but I’m also not convinced the Pistons’ sell-out streak is 100% legit — there were a…
May 02, 2007, 7:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons go for the sweep in Orlando
Here’s to hoping I didn’t just jinx it — as usual, leave your thoughts in the comments. Update: No jinx — Pistons 97, Orlando 93.
May 02, 2007, 6:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Sonics might raid Detroit’s front office … again
According to published reports, both Tony Ronzone, Pistons director of basketball operations, and Scott Perry, Pistons director of player personnel, are candidates for Seattle’s now vacant general manager job. (Ironically, the man who held the position up until last week was Rick Sund, who…
May 02, 2007, 6:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
“I don’t get any of that fancy ‘le poo poo’ stuff.”
Rasheed Wallace on avoiding food poisoning on the road: “I don’t get any of that fancy ‘Le poo poo’ stuff. I keep it simple.”
May 02, 2007, 6:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Cheick Samb is going mainstream
When the Pistons traded Maurice Evans for Cheick Samb last summer, I figured it was little more than an effort to dump Evans’ contract for a long-shot prospect who might not ever play a single minute in the NBA. That still may be the case, but over the past year Samb has emerged from a…
May 02, 2007, 6:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Game 3 curse? Dead. Get the brooms ready
You could tell from the opening tip that the fans in Orlando were geeked about their first taste of playoff basketball since 2003. The crowd was rocking, easily drowning out the TV announcers several times in the early going, especially as the Magic scored the first eight points of the…
May 02, 2007, 6:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons look to end Game 3 curse
While previewing the series with Skeets and Tas, I predicted that Game 3 would be the one the Pistons lost, since they haven’t swept an opponent in the playoffs since I was in fourth grade, and have dropped six straight Game 3’s after going up 2-0. But man, I hope I’m wrong…
May 02, 2007, 6:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
OK, Lindsey Hunter likes The Cheesecake Factory, we get it
Does Lindsey Hunter have an endorsement deal with The Cheesecake Factory? Because he deserves one. Seems like every place I look today he’s there talking about it. From Pistons.com: “There’s no Cheesecake Factory here, so that’s the biggest thing,” Hunter said Wednesday by way of…
May 02, 2007, 6:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Carlisle and Brown on the move
In former Pistons coach news, Rick Carlisle was let go by the Pacers and Larry Brown received permission from the Sixers to interview with the Grizzlies. Chuck Daly, meanwhile, took in 18 holes of golf.* *(I’m guessing)
May 02, 2007, 6:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Could Grant Hill return to Detroit?
It’s a topic Ian and I have debated with each other as far back as last year: could Grant Hill finish his career in Detroit? He’ll be an unrestricted free agent this summer, and after banking plenty of coin over his career it’s possible that he’d accept less money to play…
May 02, 2007, 6:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
The birth of the Pistons-Bulls rivalry
Pistons.com takes a look at the start of the Pistons-Bulls rivalry with their first ever postseason meeting in 1974.
May 02, 2007, 5:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Andres Nocioni likes being in newspapers (and on posters)
Courtesy of Andres Nocioni, we have our first bulletin board material of the series: “We are going to win. We are going to win, of course,” Nocioni said flatly Tuesday at the Berto Center. “I believe we can win. We are going to play seven games, and we are going to win (Game 7) in Detroit.…
May 02, 2007, 5:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Roy should have swept ROY
Portland’s Brandon Roy was just named NBA Rookie of the Year and, like last year, the winner received all but one first-place vote. Somebody voted for Toronto’s Andrea Bargnani in what I assume is a move similar to some Utah...
May 02, 2007, 5:00 PM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell
On driving and kicking and horns
OK, first things first: the powers that be have decided that the Pistons and Bulls will officially renew their playoff rivalry this Saturday in Detroit. Game 2 will be on Monday, and both games will be televised by TNT. What times will the games start? Um … yeah, nobody knows that quite yet.…
May 02, 2007, 4:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Don't take it for granted
Washington -- It may have seemed routine and, all things considered, easy for the Cavs to dispatch the Wizards in four games. There was franchise history made tonight. The Cavs had never swept a series, they'd never even won back-to-back...
May 02, 2007, 1:30 PM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
The other series is dragging, eh
Toronto -- So I busted tail up here to T.O. after the Cavs took care of business in the lower 48 to watch what I thought was going to be a closeout game last night between the Raptors and Nets....
May 02, 2007, 1:15 PM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
NBA draft more fair to everyone these days
My, how the NBA’s player-personnel process has changed. I thought about that Tuesday night, listening to Mario Elie tell his story. Elie, a candidate to coach the Charlotte Bobcats, was a former seventh-round pick. The Milwaukee Bucks took him 160...
May 02, 2007, 12:00 AM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell
Pain in the paint
By no means am I the biggest Amare Stoudemire fan around. I think he's tremendously raw, not exactly devoted to his craft, not too bright and self-absorbed to the point that he will tire of being viewed as Steve Nash's caddy much quicker than Kobe Bryant tired of being Shaquille O'Neal's. That…
May 02, 2007, 05:15 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
PLAYOFF RECAP: Game 5: Warriors 112, Mavs 118 - We Got to Pray...
...just to make it today. MC Hammer, Pray (1990) Final Box Score Baron lead all Warriors with 27 points. (photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images) This has got to be the best series in the playoffs, hands down. Aside from the blowout at the Oracle, each game has…
May 02, 2007, 05:00 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Scouting fun
I always enjoy stuff like this, especially since I admittedly know little at this level of depth about game strategy:But now that Detroit has a best-of-seven date with the Chicago Bulls, let's take a look at how one Eastern Conference scout would defend the Pistons' popular "horns" set. "By horns,…
May 02, 2007, 03:00 AM ET from Blog a Bull
Mavericks, Raptors Stave Off The Grim Reaper
Down 3 games to 1, both the Dallas Mavericks and the Toronto Raptors won last night to force a game 6 in each of their respective series. The similarity didn’t end there. Both teams took double digit first quarter leads, only to lose them down the stretch. Dallas had to rally from a 9 point…
May 02, 2007, 03:00 AM ET from KnickerBlogger.Net
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