<p>I wasn't speaking about this year's coach of the year. My text was speaking about the coaching changes that each team made heading into the 05-06 season, meaning I was speaking about the 04-05 COTY. That was Mike D'Antoni.</p>
<p>Suns are looking good right now. I love their style of offense, and their management is severly underrated.</p>
<p>What state are you in A2? B/c I think you don't like the Pistons b/c your stupid home team didn't make it. Ha :p</p>
<p>I am from Michigan.</p>
<p>The Suns tied it up tonight, 2-2.</p>
<p>A2 your joking, right? OMG! You damn traitor how could you. You are such a jerk man! That is wrong!</p>
<p>Oh sorry A2.</p>
<p>I'm a traitor and a jerk because I realize that this team is falling apart before my eyes? Wow. Do you listen to AM 1270 by any chance? If you think i'm a traitor for saying that... then you need to listen to more people who are actually passionate about the teams (not people on college message boards) talk about basketball. This is funny... I cheer for the Pistons, but because I realize that the series is over and that they won't be going to the championship, and that they are in trouble this off-season, that means i'm a traitor? Give me a break. It's not like i'm becoming a Heat fan.</p>
<p>Yeah I think you are becoming a heat fan! And you should support your team even on a dang college board! So what you are saying sounds like you just agree with some guys on a radio station???? pshhhh thats so lame.</p>
<p>I'm not unsupporting my team. I'm just keeping things in perspective, and not thinking delusional, stating stupid things like "THE PISTONS ARE GOING TO WIN......YOU ALL ARE DUMB!!!!". 95% of the 3-1 series go to the team with 3 wins. Detroit isn't taking this series. They haven't been close in these games.</p>
<p>I'm not saying that at all about the radio stations. You're misinterpreting me, but I have to run back to class so i'll elaborate in an hour.</p>
<p>Yeah please do elaborate.</p>
<p>How did Pistons fans not see this coming? Name one above-average NBA starter on this Cavs who is not named LeBron. Got one? Didn't think so. Maybe Z on a good day. The Cavs took them to seven games. SEVEN! They almost won the series!!!</p>
<p>Not many big men are good free throw shooters. Kareem was pretty good, but offensive juggernaut Wilt was pretty miserable, and Bill Russell was also pretty bad. That being said, Ben Wallace is just miserable. When teams with a lead are fouling you away from the ball and putting you on the line because they're better off with you there than actually playing defense, that's pretty pathetic.</p>
<p>Whoever said to look at the stats and said Ben Wallace favorably compares to Shaq is an idiot. Additionally, stats don't always tell the story. Just as Russell's stats are pretty underwhelming (they didn't count blocks), Shaq's stats don't tell the whole story (nobody keeps track of triple teams drawn).</p>
<p>In summary, Dwyane Wade is amazing.</p>
<p>My point about the radio is that when you listen to it, you get a broader opinion about the fan base, and what they think of. It's much different listening to 35 year olds talk who understand the game of basketball than your classmate, who is a delusional fan.</p>
<p>So A2 are you calling me a delusional fan????</p>
<p>Reading Comprehension. Read what I wrote, then think for about 2 seconds.</p>
<p>Yeah okay, whatever will just see how things turn out. Really I don't care what happens, to me they made it this far and thats all that matters could have been like any other sucky team that didn't make it. And fans do still look up to them even if they lose b/c like said "They made it this far". So okay, thats all I have to say and want to say. </p>
<p>P.s </p>
<p>There is always next season.</p>
<p>Pistons Beat Miami!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I'm saying ppl care that they made it to were they are and thats all!</p>
<p>Pistons will win this series A2 and you don't know **** about b-ball so you can go on praying that Michigan football will make the Rosebowl next year. Detroit did it against Orlando a few years back and they will recover from their 3-1 deficit again this time against Miami. I can't believe you said the team is falling apart when they had the best regular season in franchise history you idiotic moron and even when we look long-term in the small chance that they get eliminated in the playoffs this year, the Pistons have a great bunch of young players who feed off each other's energy and PLAY AS A TEAM thus promising dominance in the future. There's a reason that Detroit this year had 4 ALL-STARS out of its starting 5 and it's not because they are "falling apart".:rolleyes:</p>
<p>If you think a few losses on the road and an unfortunate loss at home signifies doom for the Detroit Pistons franchise then you're smoking a helluva lot of something. No 2-man team is going to knock out the Pistons this year baby...Shaq and Wade have nothing on the Pistons except a few lucky shots and soem fortune considering Detroit's been shooting like 30% from the field this series. The Detroit Pistons will be the 2005-2006 NBA champions and that is A RASHEED WALLACE GUARANTEE MY MISINFORMED FRIEND!!!!!;)</p>
<p>DETROIT BASKETBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Thank You Gurl Next Door! Detroit Basketball!!!!!!!! A2 You Don't No Jack!</p>
<p>My predictions:
Dallas over Phoenix in 6, although I really want Phoenix to win.
Miami will beat Detroit on Friday. (Detroit is the least likeable team in the NBA, IMO)</p>
<p>And in the end, I think Dallas will win. </p>
<p><em>sigh</em> If NBA finals go to 6 or 7 games, I'll miss the last games. </p>
<p>Hopefully next year, my Warriors will be in the playoff picture!</p>
<p>LOL! Like I would ever cheer for Michigan football.</p>
<p>Delusional fans... like i'm saying...</p>
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Detroit did it against Orlando a few years back and they will recover from their 3-1 deficit again this time against Miami.
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If you think that Miami is the same caliber of a team as Orlando was, you've got to be kidding me. The Magic had one player, and when he wasn't on, the team wasn't good. </p>
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I can't believe you said the team is falling apart when they had the best regular season in franchise history
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This team was going out to the media talking about their coach and questioning his moves. They had lost 3 of 4 games to a team, and 6 of their last 9. And you're still clinging onto "They we're good in the regular season!". Please. The playoffs are a different game buddy. Flip has only made it out of the first round once, and has never made it to the finals. </p>
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the Pistons have a great bunch of young players who feed off each other's energy and PLAY AS A TEAM thus promising dominance in the future.
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Really? Rasheed is 32. Ben is 32. Chauncey is 30. Rip is 28. Tayshaun is 26. The Pistons have the oldest roster in the league, and you're telling me of all these "great young players". What player under 25 years of age do the Pistons have? And what team doesn't have a "promising future" and doesn't play as a team? You can make that argument for any team in the league. </p>
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There's a reason that Detroit this year had 4 ALL-STARS out of its starting 5
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Yeah... they were wasting their energy putting up statistics while other teams would be using their depth, resting their starters late in games when the game was out of hand, and giving depth players minutes, something that Flip Flop doesn't understand. </p>
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If you think a few losses on the road and an unfortunate loss at home signifies doom for the Detroit Pistons franchise then you're smoking a helluva lot of something.
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No, I think that going down 3-1 (95% of teams that go up 3-1 win the series), losing home court advantage, and questioning your coach spells doom for the team.</p>
<p>And I don't even need to respond to the rest of your message. You're just making a fool out of yourself.</p>
<p>Next victim....</p>