1995 was a good draft for Detroit
This is a random, silly post with no actual point beyond some slightly interesting trivia. In today’s Monday Bullets on TrueHoop, Henry Abbott wrote that a reader pointed out how more than a sixth of all players drafted in 1996 have played for the Knicks. The Pistons can boast the same using…
June 11, 2007, 8:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons included in Grant Hill rumors
USA TODAY: Could a return to Detroit be in [Grant Hill’s] future? “I’m keeping myself open,” Hill says. “I’m going to see what Orlando’s doing but if people come knocking, I’m going to listen. I’m still trying to figure it all out.”
June 11, 2007, 8:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Did the Pistons make a promise to Rodney Stuckey?
For the majority of the year, I’m willfully ignorant of college basketball. I usually participate in a tournament pool with some friends, but even then my entire bracket is based on how teams are seeded. So with that in mind, I’m usually a step behind many of you when it comes to…
June 11, 2007, 8:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
On blowing up the team
Henry Abbott emailed me asking my thoughts about the Pistons’ future, specifically whether Joe Dumars might actually break up the team’s core by pulling off a major trade. My answer? Maybe. Okay, it was a little more detailed than that: Short answer: I don’t know if he will, but I…
June 11, 2007, 7:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Rasheed Wallace to the Knicks?
The offseason has barely started and there’s already been a ton of trade rumors, most of which I haven’t really addressed here. In addition to the Zach Randolph stuff (which I don’t put much weight in), there’s now this: the New York Daily News reports that Isiah Thomas…
June 11, 2007, 7:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
TBJ on the NBA Finals
Did you swear off reading any NBA Finals previews? That’s fine … but what about listening to previews? Tas Melas, J.E. Skeets and SI.com’s Kelly Dwyer break down the Cavs-Spurs matchup on (the always outstanding) The Basketball Jones podcast.
June 11, 2007, 7:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Terry Porter probably isn’t going anywhere
Looks like Terry Porter is out of the running for the vacant head coaching job in Sacramento — especially amid reports that Stan Van Gundy might have it already locked up.
June 11, 2007, 7:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
C-Webb isn’t happy with Flip’s speech-making abilities
Should the Pistons re-sign Chris Webber this summer? Hell, would Chris Webber even want to return? The guy was on the bench during most of the clutch moments of the playoffs and didn’t always look the part of a happy camper. To his credit, though, he never said one word about it to the media,…
June 11, 2007, 7:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
NYT on Bill Laimbeer
Henry from TrueHoop spotted an excellent article about Bill Laimbeer in today’s New York Times. I’ve been letting the makings of a Laimbeer post simmer in my head the past couple of days, but this is a good appetizer.
June 11, 2007, 7:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Minor details while waiting for the big stuff
Kind of interesting — Chauncey Billups signed a “lifetime” deal with adidas: He is covered through his career and after retirement. Billups said in a phone interview that he and his agent, Andy Miller, approached Adidas with the deal. “I wanted to sign for the duration of my…
June 11, 2007, 7:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
On Cheikh Samb’s development and potential
Ever since the Pistons acquired the rights to the 7-foot-1 Cheikh Samb last year, fans have been curious about his potential. Unfortunately, most of us in the U.S. are relatively ignorant about the ins and outs of European basketball, and updates on his progress have been few and far between. But…
June 11, 2007, 7:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Odd happenings at the Palace today
A. Sherrod Blakely has an interesting observation from the Palace today: I’ve been covering this team since 2000, and have been at every one of their season-ending pow-wows just before the players head off to parts unknown, for the summer. But this one was unlike any I had seen before. For…
June 11, 2007, 6:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Flip Saunders has no quarters
The Pistons are the topic of MJD’s always-excellent Debriefing column over at the FanHouse, and he comes up with the best metaphor I’ve seen for Flip Saunders, calling him “a kid in an arcade without a quarter. He was at the machine, he was pressing buttons and moving knobs, but…
June 11, 2007, 6:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Joe Dumars confirms that Flip Saunders will return
As I just posted on the FanHouse, Joe Dumars held his annual end of the season press conference today, and in it he confirmed that Flip Saunders will in fact return as head coach next year: “Just because we haven’t gotten to the finals, it doesn’t mean Flip has done a bad…
June 11, 2007, 6:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Cleveland finally creates history
Why are fans in Cleveland so excited? Because this is the first time anything topped the Miracle of Richfield. For the sake of the fans, congrats: your team now has a legitimate place in NBA history.
June 11, 2007, 6:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Antonio McDyess: “I’m never going to win”
Like many fans, one of the players I feel for the most right now is Antonio McDyess, especially after reading his comments from after Game 6: “I feel like I’m at the end of my career and it just ain’t gonna happen,” said McDyess, 32, who has a contract option to return.…
June 11, 2007, 6:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Done.
Coming into Game 6, the Pistons were determined not to let LeBron James single-handedly destroy their NBA Finals hopes by allowing him to waltz through the paint all night long completely unscathed. Well, mission accomplished, I guess, albeit in a U.S.S. Lincoln kind of way. LeBron was held to a…
June 11, 2007, 6:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
1995 was a good draft for Detroit
This is a random, silly post with no actual point beyond some slightly interesting trivia. In today’s Monday Bullets on TrueHoop, Henry Abbott wrote that a reader pointed out how more than a sixth of all players drafted in 1996 have played for the Knicks. The Pistons can boast the same using…
June 11, 2007, 3:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Rumor: Jason Richardson for 5th Pick (Yi Jianlian), Theo Ratliff, and Sebastian Telfair
Rumour-monger Sam Smith shared these "insights" on the Warriors under the "original" section heading "Golden State of mind" in his piece today for ChicagoSports.com: One of the most intriguing players remains Yi Jianlian. The 7-foot Chinese would appear to…
June 11, 2007, 3:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
The Yi Movement Gets Junkdafied
GSoM friend Marcus Thompson from the Contra Costa Times gave The Yi Movement a shout out on his blog Hoop Junkie. Is he feeling the movement? OF COURSE! Golden State of Mind started The Yi Movement, a pretty cool catch phrase for hype to get Chinese center Yi Jianlian to the Bay. …
June 11, 2007, 3:00 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Kobe's jersey: No. 1
Apparently Kobe Bryant knew what he was doing from a business perspective when he changed from No. 8 to No. 24: The NBA just announced that Bryant's jersey moved to the top of the sales chart for this season, knocking out Dwyane Wade after his long run at the top dating back to 2005.
June 11, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
SB*Nation Dot Com : of, by, and for the fans
A brand spanking new SBNation.com just launched. Definitely make the mothership a frequent stop for all your sports needs. Also, for all you true hoops junkies out there I want to encourage you to make the other SBN Basketball sites a frequent destination. You can pick up a lot of…
June 11, 2007, 2:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Knicks 2007 Report Card (A to Z): Mardy Collins
KnickerBlogger: Mardy Collins’ first season was almost a disaster. As late as mid-February it seemed as if Collins would be remembered as a seldom used rookie that triggered the fight with the Nuggets. However injuries down the stretch ravaged the Knicks backcourt, and Collins was thrown into…
June 11, 2007, 12:30 AM ET from KnickerBlogger.Net
All those tattoos prepared him for this
Auburn Hills, Mich. -- So I was wrong guessing Larry Hughes was taking a handful of Advil and limping around out there for Game 5. I asked him about the foot this morning at shootaround at the lovely Palace of...
June 11, 2007, 07:30 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
Relive it
Watch LeBron's 25 straight points and follow my breakdown along below (thanks to Henry at Truehoop for the link). End of regulation 2:17 -- James nails a 3-pointer from top of key over a leaping Rasheed Wallace, cutting Pistons' lead...
June 11, 2007, 07:15 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
Things will change in Game 2
San Antonio -- Can't speak for all of you, but this series is already getting a little tiresome for me. Oh, there's only been one game played? Wow, you could've fooled me. Two days with this much attention makes the...
June 11, 2007, 07:00 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
Witness to history
Auburn Hills, Mich. -- What can I say about Game 6? I pretty much used up all my adjectives in the paper. I tried my best to put it in perspective in everything LeBron James has done in his career...
June 11, 2007, 06:45 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
Can they win it all? Why not?
San Antonio -- So are the Cavs just happy to be here in the NBA Finals? Well, let's see, when the Spurs finished practice today at the ATT Center, they did their media interviews and left. When the Cavs were...
June 11, 2007, 06:30 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
Prepping for another round
Some things I've been thinking about The Finals and other stuff, in random order: --You know I like to keep weird stats. I've decided what I'm going to track in this series, who flops more: Anderson Varejao or Manu Ginobili....
June 11, 2007, 06:15 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
First and a long way to go
San Antonio -- So the Spurs are pretty good. Here's the scary part Cavs followers: in the 85-76 loss in Game 1, the Spurs played about average. They played good defense, Tony Parker was the fastest guy on the court,...
June 11, 2007, 06:00 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
The no excuses team won
Say what you will about the Cavs and their offense, Lord knows I've said and written a lot about it, but they are a world class defensive team and have one of the most talented players the game has ever...
June 11, 2007, 05:45 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
So, maybe things won't change in Game 2
San Antonio -- This was a whipping, nothing else. I've seen them before in the ATT Center and I'll see them again probably. Not only are the Spurs the better-looking team after the 103-92 Game 2 win, they are playing...
June 11, 2007, 05:30 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
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