Basketball!

I think everyone that wants too, should give some updates on their perspective team, or any other teams they want to do. We also need a predictions thread, sometime soon. I'd like to hear the insider fan thoughts on SA, HOU, LAL, and any other i may be forgetting.

Detroit Pistons- Michael Curry does seem like a good coach. He is obsessed with defense and man to man. And you are gonna see very little zone from the pistons this year. We'll see in the playoffs how good he really is. Given time, i think he has the potential to be a top coach. He entered the nba on a 10-day player contract. Adn they say he was immediately assuming leadership roles among the team.

Stone fans are still split on Rasheed. Half (probably more than half) think he is a cancer, and half think, he will be focused this year. Every year, Pistons are trying to get him on the block more. but not this year. Curry intends to having him floating out even more often, and keeping the post area that much more open for drives and other bigs to work. Like the coach, rasheed is an x factor. We'll see what we got come playoffs.

Rip is rip, chauncey is chauncey, prince is prince.

The most interesting thing is Pistons are giving the very raw Amir Johnson the start. He lead nba in block per minute and rebounds too, (i hear, im not looking this up). I imagine he also lead in fouls per minute. He is learning how to curve his aggressiveness just a tad so he can stay in the game 20-25 minute a night. Not sure how many teams he would be a starter on in the NBA. It'll be very interesting to see if he rises to the challenge. Word from staff is he had the best camp on the team. And a great preseason.

Mcdyess is on season 4 (i think) with the pistons. He was definately better coming off the bench than starting, plus he is more comfortable coming off the bench. That is why he is there this year. He may even get mroe minutes than amir, they'll prob be pretty even.

Jason maxiell i think kinda plateaued last year. He was effective, but it seemed like he finally stopped progressing at a rapid rate. He is working on shooting, especially freethrows. I never thought, before the year, that amir would start over maxiell. I don't know if they jsut think amir will be better than Jason or they just like how the game changes when jason comes on the court as a reserve.

Rodney Stucky is awesome. I can't wait to see him in his first full season! He jsut needs to improve on floor management. When to shoot, when to set up others, etc. He will be playing 25 minutes a game probably.

Well, thats the top 8 players, the guys that'll have 20 or more minutes a night.

As always, i think the pistons have an alright chance. if i had to make a prediction, i think it is not too unsafe to say conference finals loss, lol. I still think we are better than Lebron and the Lebronaneers. I hear peopel saying philly is better too. I'll be pretty embarresed if that happens. i won't bite a fishes head off, or anythign like that though.

peace, and good luck to all your shitty teams ya suckas!

How's Yao?

I love Yao Ming. When Shaq was in his final 2 yrs w/ the Lakers, I'd have traded him + the rest of the team (minus Kobe) for Yao. He does seem to be jinxed by his gifts though. I'm just curious what Rocket's fans think. I know you love the guy but is he right for Adelman? The only similarities I could think of was Vlade/CWebb on the Kings. Vlade was old & CWebb had horrible knees so neither one was Carl Lewis but they had some success.

I saw this from Simmons today in his Fantasy column:

42. Yao Ming - Forget that he missed at least 25 games in each of the past three seasons or that supertall guys age worse than porn stars or that he doesn't fit in with the speed/defense/athleticism/flexibility Rockets at all unless they're planning on using him the way Cleveland uses Ilgauskas ... which means Yao will play 25 minutes a game, slow them down and force them to play the wrong style. I happened to catch him lumbering around in a preseason game and sent the following texts to torture my buddy who loves the Rockets: "When did you sign Gheorghe Muresan?" ... "Is there any reason you guys dipped his sneakers in concrete?" ... "He's going to get dunked on so many times this year that we should start calling him 'The Big Coffee.'" ... "Can you have Yao's translator send me the Chinese letters for 'Ewing Theory?'"
My buddy's eventual response: "White flag!"