Rip and Arnie are racing

Negativity seems to hanging over Pistons fans like a wet blanket, so here’s something to lighten the mood: trainer Arnie Kander and Rip Hamilton are apparently planning on racing this summer. Chris Silva first mentioned this over the weekend in the Detroit Free Press: Hamilton has challenged…

April 21, 2008, 11:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

Woodson motivates the Hawks

Former Pistons assistant Mike Woodson is leaning on his ‘04 championship experience to get the Hawks up for their series against the Celtics.

April 21, 2008, 7:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

Scott Perry’s homecoming

It’s official: Scott Perry is back as the new vice president of basketball operations.

April 21, 2008, 7:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

Maxiell 9th in race for 6th

The NBA announced it’s Sixth Man of the Year award today: predictably, it’s Manu Ginobili, while Jason Maxiell finished ninth. Celebrate by buying a t-shirt for both.

April 21, 2008, 7:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

Bunches of playoff previews

I’ve yet to do any playoff previewing here at DBB, but I got warmed up with this little nugget over on Yahoo’s Ball Don’t Lie: So what can we expect now that the games actually matter? For starters, forget what you saw in the regular season. Yes, the Sixers managed to win two of…

April 21, 2008, 7:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

Where “changing the rotation for no reason” happens

There’s no shortage of people screaming “complacency!” after last night’s game, both in the mainstream media and the comments of this blog. From ESPN’s Chris Broussard: I have no doubt that Detroit is good enough — on paper — to win the East. But for the…

April 21, 2008, 7:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

How important is playoff experience?

Just how important is playoff experience? I know as Pistons fans we like to think it gives our favorite team an edge over every other up-and-comer, but I’m not sure I buy it anymore. This isn’t a knee-jerk reaction to last night’s game — I actually made this idea the…

April 21, 2008, 6:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

ROY, MIP and COY rankings

We Rite Goode has Rookie, Most Improved Player and Coach of the Year rankings, as voted on by basketball bloggers.

April 21, 2008, 5:31 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

Day 3 NBA Playoffs

Let me explain to you why I HATE LeBron James. We both graduated high school in the Spring of 2003 yet I'm pretty sure he's made more money in the last year than I will ever make in my life time.  Sure sure, maybe he's the next Jordan, maybe he's going to end up the Hall of…

April 21, 2008, 5:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

Hornets-Mavericks: Monday news wrap

Another day, another seven billion articles and blog posts about the Hornets-Mavs series. Here's me helping you get caught up.First off, Henry Abbott has his own Hornets-Mavs bullets over at ESPN's TrueHoop this morning. Among Henry's own observations...I feel I have noticed a trend of…

April 21, 2008, 4:15 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog

2008 Playoffs: Game Ones

OK so the Spurs and Suns go double OT, the Jazz beat the hottest team in the West, and the Sixers steal game 1 from Detroit. I really only caught the Houston/Utah game on tv, and it seemed that the Rockets dug themselves a big hole and spent their energy trying to catch up. My [...]

April 21, 2008, 2:15 PM ET from KnickerBlogger.Net

Hornets Asylum: The new Hornets Message Board on the block

At the beginning of the season, it was easy to keep track of Hornets blogging on these here internets. There was Hornets247, and then there was Philip Langer's german-speaking Hornets blog. It was lonely. Fast forward to right now, and the web is buzzing with Hornets talk. Nowadays we've…

April 21, 2008, 11:15 AM ET from Hornets247.com Blog

BlogABull roster evaluation: take one

[If this is your first visit to the site since the upgrade, visit this post first.  Though suggestions for the tech team are encouraged, don't be whiny about the change -ed.] As it's the start of the offseason (for the Bulls, anyway), I felt the need to post my…

April 21, 2008, 01:30 AM ET from Blog a Bull

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Pennsylvania woman in Jordan case out of jail
Coach K to stay involved in USA hoops revolution
Bucks, Warriors to play 2 games in China in Oct.
Can Europe afford the NBA's biggest stars?
Police: Duckworth died of congestive heart failure
Versatile Brown returns to Hornets' backcourt
Celtics' offer brings Miles out of two-year hiatus
Oklahoma City set to announce name on Sept. 3
Officially back: Mavericks re-sign forward George

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