OT: Pistons. I can't look.

I was at the game tonight.

It really was a fun, great game to watch.  The last time I saw Blake Griffin in person he was kicking Zack Novak in the face during and-ones.  Tonight he was embarrassing NBA players during and-ones.

I feel like I've come full circle.

Back when the Pistons signed Ben Gordan their were some excited fans on this site. As a Bulls fan and watching the dude every night said thank god. Please take him away from my team and D.Rose. He was a "me" type of player for the Bulls and they didn't even bother to match the offer. I tried to warn people that he is nothing more than a avg NBA player who may save your ass a night here and there with some hot shooting. A under sized guard who plays 0 defense. 

The Pistons didn't help things by signing a bargain bin coach. They are a complete mess roster wise. Good luck.

Frowny face :(

$90 million on Gordon and CV31 ruined us. Just ruined us.

Don't cry for me Argentina.   I'm a Cavs fan who had to make MY "decision" on season ticket renewal last January BEFORE LeTraitor made his.  So I'm now stuck paying over 13k this year for two great seats to watch really shitty basketball.

1. No true point guard. Stuckey, McGrady, and Gordon are all combo guards that can create for themselves, but nobody else. I would take Stuckey on me team any day....if he was coming off the bench. He'd be a great 6th man, but we have to depend on him as our starting PG.

2. To post offense. Again, we have three players that are very similar. Wallace and Maxiell are undersized post players that play good defense because of their energy. They offer little to nothing on the offensive end. Monroe plays decent D and isn't a threat to score on offense. He is a pretty decent passing big man though. Then there's CV. I don't think I've seen him post somebody up all year. He's a poor man's Sheed (in his last couple years with the Pistons when he spent the majority of his time floating around the perimeter) except with no D. 

3. Our effed up rotation. I look at the box scores every game and it seems like there is no consistency when it comes to minutes. Monroe will play 12 minutes one night and 25 the next. When Daye plays, he usually plays alot, but some games he doesn't see the floor at all. I know it will be different every game b/c of matchups, but you'd think there'd be a little consistency.

I think the greatest need the Pistons have is at point guard.  Of course, there are numerous other problems like the complete lack of intensity  (I personally stopped watching when they blew a 20-point lead to the Raptors a few nights ago -- I was disgusted).

Believe it or not, I think there is some potential on this team.  The Pistons picked up two guys who could shoot it from outside (CV and BG), another with a decent 3-ball (Daye) and a big man with passing skills (Monroe).  My guess is that, with the pickup of the shooting bigs, the plan was to stretch the floor and play more of a finesse game.  Tayshaun, McGrady and Hamilton are all on the downward slopes of their careers, but they can also shoot the ball.

The problem is no one can distribute the ball to the shooters properly.  The best point guards can create opportunities for the shooters and then dish it out at the perfect moment.  Stuckey, who like Billups began as more of a combo guard, never made the necessary transition to the point guard mentality.  He's a shoot-first, pass-second sort of player.  Bynum has started to make that shift, although he's undersized and too turnover-prone.

I have no idea why we have not drafted a legit  point guard in ages.  We need to blow up the season, play the backups, get a good spot in the lottery so we can get the next John Wall.

The Pistons faded when they traded Chauncey for AI

It killed the team, they made the playoffs, but were swept by the Cavs. I wish Chauncey was still a Piston. :(

Gone are the days of DEEEEEEEEEEEE-TROIT BASKETBALL™

The selfish careless culture started w players like rip and sheed after they won the title. Ever since then they have thought they are better than they are. I believe this has poisened players like stuckey who don't play with any heart. I hate this team and I hope they just get rid of everyone and start over. Keep Jerebko but that's about it.

Tayshaun to Orlando for Gortat and Brandon Bass. Orlando gets a player at SF who can make their front line really long defensively (which is what got them to finals with Hedo at SF). Pistons get a couple of solid bangers.

Rip (with Terico White, Summers) to Chicago for Taj Gibson (with Ronnie Brewer, C.J. Watson, Kurt Thomas). Chicago fills its hole at SG. Pistons get one of the only truly promising young big men in the game--would pair well with Greg Monroe.

PG: Stuckey, Bynum

SG: Gordon, Brewer

SF: Daye, Jerebko (next year)

PF: Gibson, Villanueva

C: Gortat, Wallace, Monroe (starting next year)

Not competing for a championship, but lower-seed playoff team, at least. Nothing can be done to make this team a contender anytime soon, save a miraculous success in the draft.

I used to watch every Pistons game in the 04-05 season, when I was in 5th grade. I liked basketball but I was never as big a Pistons fan as I was Red Wings.  It may have been because that was the year of the NHL lockout, but the NBA was still fun to watch then. Then in 05-06 I went back to watching the Red Wings for the most part but still watched the Pistons (I think that was the year they won something like 60 games?). Since then I've never really watched the NBA at all and now it's like watching friggen poker. I'll stick with college basketball now.