Detroit Pistons vs Washington Wizards Tuesday October 19 7:00 pm Local TV: Nat'l TV: Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket
No TV for this game either? Man...does anyone other than me wonder what the League has been thinking over the last 5 years? It seems like they have essentially hidden the preseason from the public. Did something happen, that I missed, in recent years to bring this on? I used to look forward to the preseason getting started. It kind of let you know what to expect from your team this season. Seems like you get less than half of the preseason on TV now...or is this just because I'm not in MI?
Since NBA TV isn't available overseas (atleast not in Sweden) and the International League Pass is still unavailable there is no legal way to catch preseason games at all here. Not even the free radio pass works here. I would gladly pay a small sum instead of having to rely on veetle, atdhe and sites like that but the NBA just won't let me.
I agree. This is disappointing. I'm not sure what the trend was in previous years, but I'm only seeing 2 preseason games this season on Fox Sports Detroit.
I heard on WWJ a bit ago that Bynum and Wilcox are game time decisions due to sore hammys. Now, Wilcox, he simply is never healthy, not yet anyway as a Piston. I see coach is thinking all wrong. No, there is no deadline. Competition for playing time can, and should, extend into the season. Further, as to power forward minutes, Summers is on the team too. Not to mention him when it comes to who is competing for minutes there is to ignore reality. No, Daye did not all the sudden go from someone barely sizeable enough to play small forward in the NBA to being able to play power forward without getting hurt. Further, Ben Wallace is just getting older. He should be playing less minutes, and after that, hey, there are plenty of minutes to go around. Assuming Diogu does not make it into the rotation, and Wilcox also never gets healthy, we just have 3 guys who can play any center - Ben Wallace, JMAX, and Monroe. That is not much in way of depth. At power forward, without injury, you can add Summers and CV to the mix, to come to a total of 5 bigs. About just right. For now, they can all play around the 20 minutes range, and let it shake out over the course of the season about who gets minutes when and in what player combinations. Around playoff time, at earliest March 1, is the first time you should be talking about shortening up a rotation. Why put this post here? Last year, at this very time, Kuester announced he was done, and from then on the regular season rotation would be out on the floor. This season, he is apparently pushing this poor thinking two whole games out. Not much improvement over a year. Basically, I doubt he is trying to learn. Hard to learn if you don't think you need to. Guess, what, year 2 does not make Kuester a veteran coach. Someone should let him know: The season is a marathon, not a sprint. Take it easy on trying to make March decisions in October.
I see us losing the rebound and battle of the paint everynight with the bigs we have especially of Ike and Wilcox spend most of their time riding the pine..
Woohooo! For all non-americans, the international league pass is now available. I have just ordered mine and I'm eagerly awaiting the Pistons game. No more atdhe, veetle or other crappy streams.
Early on, The Stuck, attacking the hoop with reckless abandon, coaxed top pick John Wall into two quick personals. Richard Hamilton and Kirk Hinrich, who share an ancient rivalry, are really going at it so far! Let battle commence! "...This has the feel of a regular season game..." - Rockin' Rick Mahorn
Listening thru ESPN.com, listen link at score Rip misses Blatch hits Rip hits Hinrich, Blatch, Thornton, Wall, McGee Ben Wallace blocks They miss after getting it back from the block They foul Stuckey. Wall fouled him. We keep ball Rip hits 18 footer, 4-2 us Hinrich hits 3 Stuck gets Wall to foul him again. Shooting foul this time Makes both Wall hits Daye to Stuck, layup 8-7 Pistons Post score for Blatch, Daye can't guard him, fouls, to line 10-8 Wizards Rip toTay to Ben, layup They miss with Ben defending. We get the ball OB, back to us OB, again to us Tay misses but tapped in by Ben Wallace, 12-10 us Stuckey, Rip, Tay, Daye, Ben Wallace They miss, get it back. Travel on Mcgee Daye misses, Ben gets it, we miss a couple of times, Daye finally puts it in. Hinrich hits 3 Stuck misses, Ben bound. Rip misses. Rebound McGee Thornton misses, Rip bounds Swiped on pass into Ben They get dunk, 15-14 Wizards TO
Stuck hits step back from foul line 16-15 Pistons Hinrich misses 3, our ball Stuckey lays it in on explosive move Blatche misses Tay bounds Tay misses, Ben Wallace slaps the rebound back out to us Rodney to the rim, goal tend. Screen from Ben 21-16 Pistons Thornton misses, Rip bounds Tay misses Thornton fouled by Ben Wallace Thornton makes 1-2 They get bound off miss, Hinrich triples, 21-19 Pistons Monroe in for Ben Wallace. 3 to play in first, TO
Big Ben and Rodney have been tearing it up early! It seems the enemy has been too - Kirk Hinrich with 3 triples thus far. "Ben Wallace is everywhere tonight!" - George Blaha Any chatters tonight?
CV in. Hamilton, Stuck, Monroe, (Gordon) Armstrong, Young, Blatche, Hinrich Stuck hits again. 22-19 Pistons CV knocks ball off Blatche Monroe loses it Blatche scores Stuckey gets lob from Rip, touch up Stuck fouls Young, makes 1 24-22 Pistons Monroe gets rejected by Armstrong Hinrich misses They get it back. Armstrong is fouled by CV, splits They get rebound back off miss Blatch hits 25-24 Wizards Stuck palms Morrison lay in. Good pass from Blatch Hinrich strips Rodney, offensive foul on Wizards Daye in for Monroe for last 5 seconds of 1st. Rip fouled. Foul to give, 3 secs left Rip gets layin 27-26 Wizards We have 3 guards in, and can't get a rebound, not even off a ft miss.
Wall, Young, Morrison, Blatch, McGee CV, Daye, Gordon, Monroe, Tay, not, Gordon is the point guard 3 sec call on Washington Daye triples, 29-27 Pistons Young misses, Daye bounds Monroe is blocked by Blatch Young palms Lian in for the Wiz Monroe is blocked, but gets it back and scores McGee missed but is fouled by Gordonm makes both O foul on Monroe setting screen McGee dunks off setup by Wall 31-31 10 to go in half Monroe blocked but is fouled Misses first, and makes 32-31 Pistons Young hits 3 CV hits 17 footer Young misses, CV bound Gordon brings it up, misses Morrison hits CV misses Young triples on fast break led by Wall TO
Who is playing tonight: Gordon, Stuckey, Daye, Tay, Rip, Monroe, Ben Wallace, CV. Summers is also available but has not come in yet. Tay hits, and fouled, makes Ben Wallace, Tay, Gordon, CV, Stuckey Morrison misses, CV bound foul on Wiz Stuckey hits, 16 points now McGee jams Tay jams 41-41 Stuck hits again Ben Wallace steals We miss Lian misses, Ben Wallace bounds Ben blocked. TO. Our ball still 43-41 Pistons
Wiz ball. I was wrong. Last OB to Wiz Big Ben pokes ball away, Gordon to CV for dunk Hamilton at small forward. Stuck hits 13-2 run for Pistons Lian misses, they bound Hinrich hits 3 47-44 Gordon misses OB off Wall pass, our ball, 3 to go in half, TO
