Saunders plans to assess bench Unit contributed 43 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists and six steals in victory against the Heat. Eric Lacy / The Detroit News AUBURN HILLS -- Pistons coach Flip Saunders will spend much of the exhibition season analyzing his bench. With a muscled-up Antonio McDyess, injury-free Lindsey Hunter, newcomer Flip Murray and improving Carlos Delfino, Saunders should have plenty of capable reserves. Side note... McCoskey said in his weblog that he won't be covering the Pistons this weekend so he can help out with the ALCS... this explains this article coming from Eric Lacy
He should stay out in Oakland, the Lacy article was a lot better than anything McCoskey has done the past couple years.
McCoskey has a Tiger fetish. When he fills in for Bob Wojnowski on WDFN, he lights up talking about baseball, and yet his weekly Pistons updates make LB4LB sound tonally rich.
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Coincidentally, Skiles accused the Pistons last season of complaining more than any team in the league. On Thursday, Skiles didn’t buy the idea that the league instituted the anti-whining policy with Detroit in mind. “We just looked at the tape that the referees are going around showing to the teams and I’m trying to think if there was even one incident of the Pistons on there,” Skiles said. “It’s a league-wide phenomenon and most of the teams are guilty of it and hopefully this will stop it.”
Detroit Pistons games to air on area cable channel WNEM-DT THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION Friday, October 13, 2006 By Doug Pullen JOURNAL COLUMNIST Saginaw's WNEM duopoly has picked up the rights to 36 pre-season and regular season games, plus possible playoff games, starting with Tuesday's exhibition season opener against the dreaded Miami Heat in Puerto Rico. The bulk of the games will air on WNEM's new cable-only sister station, WNEM-DT, popularly known as My 5 TV (Comcast cable channel 4, Charter channel 6), part of Fox's new My Network TV system.
Former Pistons coach Daly is OK after colon surgery link: Former Pistons coach Daly is OK after colon surgery - 10/15/06 - The Detroit News Online
Hunter, Murray form solid backcourt off bench Monday, October 16, 2006 By A. Sherrod Blakely AUBURN HILLS -- Lindsey Hunter recalls how he and ex-Detroit Piston Mike James would come off the bench in 2004, and cause nothing but trouble for Pistons opponents. When they weren't playing suffocating man-to-man defense, they would tag-team ball-handers to create turnovers. On offense, they often made teams pay for leaving them open by making shots. Hunter hasn't had a reserve backcourt mate with those skills . . . until now.
[Detroit News] Pistons: Notebook Maxiell leaping toward minutes Saunders pleased with young power forward's consistent and sustained effort. Joanne C. Gerstner / The Detroit News AUBURN HILLS -- Second-year Pistons power forward Jason Maxiell guarantees he won't become a diva, even if he continues to pleasantly exceed expectations in training camp. He has Rasheed Wallace keeping him honest, critiquing Maxiell's moves with a non-stop stream of good-natured sarcasm during practice. And Maxiell himself wants to stay humble, as he knows he still has more work to do to improve as a player. [Detroit Free Press] PISTONS CORNER: Pistons let Delfino play through mistakes October 18, 2006 BY KRISTA JAHNKE FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER One thing was evident in Monday night's preseason win over the Utah Jazz. Carlos Delfino's shot? Not falling, not from outside, anyway. Five times, the Argentine forward hoisted a shot from beyond the three-point line. All five times, it clanked off the rim. A glance at the box score after the Pistons' 90-85 victory showed a pretty putrid night -- 3-for-11 shooting for six points. But that's not the whole story.
PISTONS CORNER: Johnson still growing into power forward role Last year, the Pistons asked then-rookie Amir Johnson to learn a new position. They looked at his 6-foot-9, not-exactly-meaty frame and projected he'd develop into a small forward. This season, with 2 1/2 more inches and 20 extra pounds on him, he's happy to hear that experiment is over. Coach Flip Saunders now wants the 19-year-old to develop into a power forward. link: PISTONS CORNER: Johnson still growing into power forward role Delfino, Maxiell part of Pistons' future link: Delfino, Maxiell part of Pistons' future
[Detroit BadBoys] Just a quick note. ESPN.com's Daily Dime solicited inputs from both Detroit Bad Boys and Need4Sheed for their Pistons Preview Edition.Big thanks to Henry from True Hoop for hooking us up. Check us out -- number 7 "Ask a blogger." The question we were asked: What ... Link To Original Article The Pistons lost to the Grizzlies for the second time in two weeks. Do you care? Of course not -- it's the preseason. The starters actually saw some semi-significant playing time, but it was obvious no one was really into this one -- the Pistons were leading in the third ... Link To Original Article Spotted at PistonsForum.com. Link To Original Article
Let me get this straight...your name (Roscoe26) is Natalie Sitto and you host a website called: need4sheed. Is this correct?
Joe D Gets His Guy By Keith Langlois AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Joe Dumars liked everything he saw in the lanky kid from Kentucky who defied positional pigeon-holing. The way he anticipated plays before they unfolded. His poise amid a game’s chaotic final moments. The ability to handle the ball, and pass it, and shoot it. His willingness to defend. Tay a future GM?
Pistons: Identity Crisis link: Pistons: Identity Crisis | HOOPSWORLD.com | NBA News and Information | powered by Basketball News Services Diamonds in the rough Maxiell, Johnson, Murray are pleasant surprises for Pistons link: Diamonds in the rough - 10/27/06 - The Detroit News Online No more of Big Ben no big deal for Pistons link: South Bend Tribune
[DBB] The Pistons blogosphere is growing I've noticed a couple of new Pistons blogs sprout up this past week: Basketballr, which appears to be written by DBB reader Mike Payne, and Human Victory Cigar, a companion blog to PistonsForum.com created by DBB reader TheMicrowave. Mason kicks off Flint radio show Pistons announcer John Mason, who spent decades on Detroit's airwaves before coining "Deee-troit Baaaaas-ketball!", is back in radio.
Looks like this writer isn't worried about sucking up to management. Window closing on Pistons Saginaw News - John Walker Saturday, October 28, 2006 Last year, I fully expected the Detroit Pistons to steamroll the NBA in the regular season. I also worried about new coach Flip Saunders' lack of playoff success. I predicted that the Pistons veterans would overcome any shortcomings and go all the way. Unfortunately, the Pistons hit a brick wall in the playoffs. After dominating the NBA for 100 games, they suddenly played poorly.
