Hate to dog on a free gift, but this broadcast blows. They're barely showing the court...they're too busy doing interviews and showing features. Not quite what I was hoping for. It's like they offered free ice cream to us and gave us only a sample scoop once we got there. They look at us compassionatelessly and say, "Go home now. It's time for Seventh Heaven to start."
Yes but with 8 minutes left, I now know that I can get Pink hats, and I also feel like I am an expert on every event coming to the Palace over the next 12 years. LOL. This was a blatant pimp session. I'll wait for UncleTy's (Tyskillz) report.
Ouch whoa, that sounds like highway robbery. I knew something was up when they went to that new softer P.
Well, Blaha talked to Chris McCoskey for a while. And then we saw a feature about Ronald Dupree's "Flight of Champions" down to New Orleans, and then George talked to Dale Davis for a while, then they cut to the basketball court for a second, then they showed a feature about Rip and his hometown [i think...i left during this part], then George interviewed Chauncey. Then it was over. Occassionally, they would show some live basketball drills/scrimmage. Also, you could watch the action over Blaha's shoulder as he hosted the show and conducted interviews. Although, I can only vouch for the last 40 minutes. Maybe the first 20 were entirely about the practice. :suspiciou ...but i doubt it.
Dale Davis has to be the worst interview I have ever heard. He had to be lead on each question and repeated himself a lot. I did get the impression that Davis thought he would be getting some regular minutes, which should complicate the rotation if Darko is also supposed to get minutes. I like him, but I would much rather have heard an interview with Dice on his knee, Ben on his offseason program etc. Was it just me or did Sheed still look a little "full" and Prince basically the same size? I really liked how they kept talking about how Maxiell was so good and showed little of him (1 shot) or Acker/Johnson. Oh well. What do you want for free... LOL.
Practice In one of the few players they did show Delfino and he looked like he had some hops driving to the baskett. I would have been more peeved at that shame of a practice coverage . AS I did not tune in to see more Katrina coverage and McCoskys fat face if there was not a game later today. But there is so we will see all the progress these guys have made in a few hours.
Open Practice Video Footage Here is a link to some video I took of the open practice game tonite: http://www.damnnation.com/pistons/ I took my nephew out there and we had a pretty good time. These clips were shot on my digital photo camera and are in chronological order. I didn't have any time to edit or compress them, but I did sort out the important footage. The baskets scored account for about half the point-total of the game. There are also some good defensive highlights as well. Micro, Feel free to host these on your server if you like. Enjoy the footage! -Mister Z [micro: smaller download videos posted for members in Posts 39 & 40 of the Open Practice thread]
Amazing footage, thanks for sharing! Those Darko clips are great, those blocks he does give me high hopes.
