Take two: Pistons try pull even with Sixers
(Anyone object if we hit the reset button and start over? What, that’s not allowed? Damn it. If only the NBA were a video game.) The Pistons and Sixers will square off in Game 2 tonight. Flip Saunders called it a must-win, but Chauncey Billups disagrees. Is that some of the team’s…
April 23, 2008, 9:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Game 2 Aftermath: Wednesday news wrap
More thoughts, reactions and opinions from around the web after the Hornets Game 2 win yesterday. Let's dig in.If you read just one recap of Game 2 today (besides mine, of course), make sure it's the one delivered by the infamous GreyTone tag-team over at SLAMonline.com. Some gems from…
April 23, 2008, 8:45 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Worst of the worst
The Wages of Wins Journal rates this year's Sonics team among the worst teams in league history, according to their statistical analysis.
April 23, 2008, 5:45 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
OPEN THREAD: Day 5 of the 2k8 NBA Playoffs
Whatever you do, don't play horse against this guy. In fact, some playoff team should bring this guy out during halftime for entertainment. So far these playoffs have been very entertaining. That Spurs-Suns series is just a ton of fun to watch. Watching Chris Paul absolutely…
April 23, 2008, 5:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Preparing for possible summer sales
When watching the playoff games, it's tough to completely think through a Bulls-eye lens as to who I'd rather see win or lose. When I'm watching it's mostly instinct, like giggling while Detroit loses. Or simply hoping that each series go as long as possible so there's just more playoff…
April 23, 2008, 4:30 PM ET from Blog a Bull
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 23, 2008, 4:15 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Welcome to the new Blog a Bull and SB Nation
Hey Blog a Bull, Today is the big day. We've switched your community over to the new SB Nation sports blog platform. My name is Trei, and I'm here to help you get adjusted to the new home we've built for you. If you have questions or trouble with the new system, post a comment in this thread…
April 23, 2008, 4:00 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Guys, I'm starting to worry about our guy Paxson here
Especially weird Pax-speak after the Boylan wake on Thursday: Paxson claimed to have no timetable and no preconceived leading candidate for the job. When he addressed the media at the Berto Center, Paxson made it sound as though he'll accept the best sales pitch. "I'm not going into this…
April 23, 2008, 3:45 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Report: Bulls fire Boylan
So reports KC Johnson. No official word from Paxson yet on Boylan or his staff.Good riddance.
April 23, 2008, 3:30 PM ET from Blog a Bull
The prophecy, or just awful symmetry
We've been hearing reports now that Skiles knew 'something' was up with this team in the preseason that foretold doom.But meanwhile, I saw worriesome things regarding Skiles himself, especially when he was entertaining the idea of starting Aaron Gray.And lo and behold, by the end of the season,…
April 23, 2008, 3:15 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Open Game Thread #82: Bulls vs Toronto Raptors
Ah...finally this awful, awful season is over.And so is the season of the open game thread, specifically the last game thread on the `old' SBNation platform (BaB is migrating this weekend).Special thanks to those who helped me this season in writing previews for each game. As you can likely…
April 23, 2008, 3:00 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Our last glimpse of Durant?
Those boys from the Seattle Weekly stay busy. Here they document Seattle Sonics players returning to Boeing Field from the team's last game of the season in Golden State, a 126-121 victory. It's worth checking out.
April 23, 2008, 3:00 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
The last great night of Chris Duhon's Bulls career (?)
Sham with the fitting eulogy: The first 20+ point and 20+ assist game in Bucks history was undermined somewhat by Chris Duhon's statline of 15 assists with 0 turnovers, along with scoring 22 points on 9 shots. All of this took place in 14 less minutes than what Sessions played. Had he played…
April 23, 2008, 2:45 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Exit interviews
Paxson gave out some media morsels on Monday (and we all talked it out today), with the announcement that a meeting with the Boylan Bunch will take place Thursday, followed by the players on Friday.And then came the PaxSpeak: Several players recently have suggested a massive overhaul…
April 23, 2008, 2:30 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Open Game Thread #81: Bulls at Milwaukee Bucks
I know I made the joke somewhere else in this space before that the Bulls weren't going to catch the Bucks at this brief tank-a-thon because the Bucks have so much more practice.And with a new GM and a completely mucked-up salary structure, Milwaukee will likely be looking to make some major…
April 23, 2008, 2:15 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Open Game Thread #80: Bulls vs. Orlando Magic
[ed. note: Thanks to chgobr for today's game preview. -Matt]A loss tonight ties us with Charlotte and puts us two games behind Jersey with two games left. Tie breakers are broken by drawings so we will not be penalized by having won the series with Charlotte 3-1. The 8th pick is…
April 23, 2008, 2:00 PM ET from Blog a Bull
A few weekend thoughts
Man, not only a post on the weekend, but in bullets... After reading the game thread comments, I taped the replay of the Bulls/Cavs game from Friday night. Unfortunately ESPN cuts up the replays so I didn't get to see everything, but it was a fun game to watch considering how well Tyrus and…
April 23, 2008, 1:45 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Open Game Thread #79: Bulls vs. Cleveland LeBrons
[Thanks to bullshooter for today's game preview. -Matt]Playing out the StringOh yeah, there is a game tonight. That's been the prevailing feeling for the last few weeks now that Bulls have gone into unequivocal tanking mode. Not coincidentally, most of you should feel lucky that you…
April 23, 2008, 1:30 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Open Game Thread #78: Bulls at Orlando Magic
Go Magic, Go Bobcats.
April 23, 2008, 1:15 PM ET from Blog a Bull
It's all Noc's fault
[ed. note - I was thinking of writing something similar this week, so I both damn and praise Sports2 for this work. Of course, it's not "Noc's fault", but Paxson's for overpaying for intangibles.Beyond the inherent problem with a tax-conscious team paying for a bench guy, there's the on-court…
April 23, 2008, 1:00 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Open Game Thread #77: Bulls at Miami Heat
[Thanks to wjb1492 for today's game preview. Go Heat and Bobcats. -Matt]How great is it to cheer for a team that plays hard and plays together? That makes its free throws? That, when it stares into the jaws of defeat with just 2 minutes to play, locks down on defense and outscores…
April 23, 2008, 12:45 AM ET from Blog a Bull
Cross one off the list
I didn't pay attention enough to know if John Calipari coached well or not in Monday night's championship game.But I do remember, while seeing some key free throws clank, when weeks ago he started really bristling at the questions regarding his team's shooting from the line: "We've been about…
April 23, 2008, 12:30 AM ET from Blog a Bull
Open Game Thread #76: Bulls verses Washington Wizards
[Thanks to chgobr for tonight's game preview. -Matt]The Thursday Cleveland game exposed my emotional fragility. Of course I know losing solidifies our chances for the 9th pick as well as maintains hope that Charlotte makes up 1½ games and we get the 8th pick. However, I couldn't control…
April 23, 2008, 12:15 AM ET from Blog a Bull
Open Game Thread #75: Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers
[Thanks to bullshooter for tonight's game preview, even though he's a pain in my ass in the comments section :) -Matt]Top 10 Reasons to watch tonight's game: The youngsters. Noah, Sefolosha, and Blogabull favorite son Tyrus Thomas have seen their minutes go up as the Bulls have fallen…
April 23, 2008, 12:00 AM ET from Blog a Bull
So you wanna trade Gordon or Deng?
As you may have noticed, the 'what I'd do this offseason' diaries and comments have started to accumulate on the site. Usually they include the Bulls giving an opposing GM Rohypnol, and then having their way with their roster while only giving up Andres Nocioni.But if such a grand plan must…
April 23, 2008, 11:45 AM ET from Blog a Bull
The Don Nelson Show (4/17/08)
"Avery- you gotta check me out on my show!" The final Don Nelson Show with the The Razor and Mr. T of the 2007-2008 Warriors season is up over at KNBR. Use your hops for some notes from the final segment. Here some interesting points from the interview: Nellie…
April 23, 2008, 11:30 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
League of Extraordinary Bad Boys champ
Several readers and I participated in a fantasy hoops league this year, the League of Extraordinary Bad Boys (though, to be honest I was “that guy” who forgot to update his roster for most of the year). Giving credit where credit is due, DBB readers Tiny and JackDutch tied for the…
April 23, 2008, 07:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Zeke’s next move
Now that he’s been relieved of head coaching duties by the Knicks, what’s Isiah Thomas’ next career move? NBA Comix has the odds.
April 23, 2008, 07:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Maxiell 1st when it comes to 7th
Jason Maxiell may have finished 9th in Sixth Man of the Year Award voting, but that’s because guys who should be starting like Manu Ginobili, Leonardo Barbosa and Jason Terry dominated the voting. A bunch of bloggers voted on the Seventh Man of the Year to recognize true spark plugs off the…
April 23, 2008, 07:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Cross your fingers, but Chauncey’s banged up
From Dana Gauruder’s blog for the Oakland Press: The last thing the Pistons need after losing Game 1 is an injury to one of their regulars. That’s why it was alarming to see Chauncey Billups walking slowly and flexing his right knee after practice. According to Billups and Flip…
April 23, 2008, 07:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Remembering Terry Mills
As I’m sure most of you know, the Detroit Free Press has been running old Mitch Albom columns. Today’s piece (and I use “today” loosely — it originally ran on October 1, 1992) is a reaction to the Pistons signing Terry Mills. I guess I forgot how controversial his…
April 23, 2008, 07:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
In defense of young legs
I realize this horse I’m beating has long since moved to the great pasture in the sky, but here’s another take from Henry Abbott of TrueHoop: Studies have shown that, in general, if you want to win now, you play veterans. They know the game best, they play the right way, they have the…
April 23, 2008, 07:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
It’s not complacency, but it’s not just bad luck
Chris McCosky has a nice take down on the complacency argument, and finishes his post with this: Why do we always look to pin blame on intangibles? The Pistons are a great team, no question. We are looking at all-star players out there. But all-stars miss layups and free throws sometimes. It…
April 23, 2008, 07:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Flip Saunders: “The game should be fun”
From Ryan Pretzer on Pistons.com: And that’s why Wallace’s own coach, Flip Saunders, has a similar view of Wallace’s court behavior. “He’s caught some criticism from people from the last game, but I thought he had a great game,” Saunders said. “That’s his personality. The game…
April 23, 2008, 06:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Tracking Rasheed’s wisdom
Speaking of Rasheed Wallace quotes, you might want to bookmark this page on Google News, which tracks the most popular quotes by Rasheed that appear in news articles indexed by Google. (Hard to explain, easy to understand when you see it.) Consider it an always-updated version of DBB’s Sheed…
April 23, 2008, 06:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Obama: Hillary couldn’t even make the playoffs in the Eastern Conference
I know Barack Obama loves his basketball, but I still cracked up to see his campaign using NBA analogies while cracking on Hillary Clinton: “Behind in delegates and sporting a 14-30 primary record (not good enough even to make the playoffs in the NBA Eastern Conference), the Clinton campaign…
April 23, 2008, 06:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Rasheed is blogging (!?)
This ranks very high on the list of things I didn’t expect to see today: Rasheed Wallace has officially joined the blogosphere. Nothing interesting yet, but this is a potential gold mine of awesomeness. (via, of course, Need4Sheed)
April 23, 2008, 06:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
On arrogance
Continuing in a series of cameos by DBB readers, here’s Sauce1977 — MW By Sauce1977 Arrogance: an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions. Chauncey Billups, on whether or not the better team won in the Pistons-Cavs Eastern Conference…
April 23, 2008, 06:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
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 23, 2008, 06:15 AM 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 23, 2008, 06:15 AM 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 23, 2008, 06:15 AM 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 23, 2008, 06:00 AM 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 23, 2008, 06:00 AM 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 23, 2008, 06:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
League of Extraordinary Bad Boys champ
Several readers and I participated in a fantasy hoops league this year, the League of Extraordinary Bad Boys (though, to be honest I was “that guy” who forgot to update his roster for most of the year). Giving credit where credit is due, DBB readers Tiny and JackDutch tied for the…
April 23, 2008, 05:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Zeke’s next move
Now that he’s been relieved of head coaching duties by the Knicks, what’s Isiah Thomas’ next career move? NBA Comix has the odds.
April 23, 2008, 05:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Remembering Terry Mills
As I’m sure most of you know, the Detroit Free Press has been running old Mitch Albom columns. Today’s piece (and I use “today” loosely — it originally ran on October 1, 1992) is a reaction to the Pistons signing Terry Mills. I guess I forgot how controversial his…
April 23, 2008, 05:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
The Hornets beat the Mavericks; lead series 2-0
I just got back from watching a near-flawless performance by our New Orleans Hornets in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs. They came out breathing fire in the first quarter and dumped 39 points on the freshly adjusted Mavericks. A nice start indeed, but a basketball game is made up of four of those period…
April 23, 2008, 03:00 AM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Munson on Schultz
If you’re looking for some legal “x’s and o’s” analysis to clarify today’s lawsuit filing by Schultz, I suggest you read this article written by ESPN legal analyst Lester Munson. Memphis Grizzlies’ owner Michael Heisley addresses his team’s future in…
April 23, 2008, 02:30 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Schultz lawsuit
Here's a copy of the lawsuit filed today by Howard Schultz.
April 23, 2008, 01:30 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Announcement: blog will be down for maintenance
1-3am tonight.
April 23, 2008, 01:15 AM ET from Blog a Bull
Ceis on Schultz lawsuit: 'Working in concert'
I had a chance to talk with Seattle deputy mayor Tim Ceis about Schultz filing, along with a couple other things, and here’s what Ceis had to say. REACTION ON SCHULTZ FILING THE LAWSUIT “I definitely think he’s working in concert with what we’re doing. Having Howard back…
April 23, 2008, 00:45 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
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