[DET/MIL] Pistons say "**** it."

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

With nothing to play for, the Pistons sit Hamilton and R. Wallace, and also play their other three starters minimal minutes against a Bucks team that was playing for playoff positioning. The game was, predictably, a blowout, although I have to say that I was impressed by Maxiel.

Pacers fans can't be too happy, though; now they lose the tiebreaker to the Bucks *AND* the Wizards...

 

[Kings113]

Maxiell is indeed a pretty good prospect.

 

[piksi]

With nothing to play for, the Pistons sit Hamilton and R. Wallace, and also play their other three starters minimal minutes against a Bucks team that was playing for playoff positioning. The game was, predictably, a blowout, although I have to say that I was impressed by Maxiel.

Pacers fans can't be too happy, though; now they lose the tiebreaker to the Bucks *AND* the Wizards...

Pacers seam to want to play Heat anyways - the won 14/16 against them

 

[bozzwell]

Orlando took Bulls to OT. Apparently the news that ORL is out haven't reached central Florida yet. Good for them and their youth movement.

 

[Kings113]

That was a good game, and a great gritty win by the Bulls heading into the playoffs. Love 'em.

 

[kingkung]

With nothing to play for, the Pistons sit Hamilton and R. Wallace, and also play their other three starters minimal minutes against a Bucks team that was playing for playoff positioning. The game was, predictably, a blowout, although I have to say that I was impressed by Maxiel.

Pacers fans can't be too happy, though; now they lose the tiebreaker to the Bucks *AND* the Wizards...

It's amazing to see the creative ways the Pistons screw the Pacers over every year... wonder what they're going to do next year... bait Peja into taking steroids?

 

[Kings113]

I'd love a Pacers/Heat series, one of my favorite match-ups over the last few years.

 

[jacobdrj]

It's amazing to see the creative ways the Pistons screw the Pacers over every year... wonder what they're going to do next year... bait Peja into taking steroids?

Think simpler: signing Peja... wouldn't that be akward?
Ooh, I got it: getting Reggie outta retirement.
No, wait, getting a 3 way trade with New York to somehow get Larry Brown back as Pacer HC.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

And how would helping the Pacers finally get over the hump and win a championship screw them?

 

[jacobdrj]

It's amazing to see the creative ways the Pistons screw the Pacers over every year... wonder what they're going to do next year... bait Peja into taking steroids?

Think simpler: signing Peja... wouldn't that be akward?
Ooh, I got it: getting Reggie outta retirement.
No, wait, getting a 3 way trade with New York to somehow get Larry Brown back as Pacer HC.

And how would helping the Pacers finally get over the hump and win a championship screw them?

Wow, I just re-read my post and I understand where you misinterpreted:

In summary:
Creative ways the Pistons screw the Pacers over:
1)Pistons can sign Peja, wouldn't that be akward?
2)Pistons can get Reggie outta retirement
3)Well, this one is self explanitory

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Evidently, it is *not* self-explanatory," as that was, in fact, the comment in particular to which I was replying.

 

[jacobdrj]

Well, since you asked, I do belive Larry Brown was once the coach of the Indiana Pacers. His tenure ended with Reggie Miller on the virge of retirement (along with the arson situation, but I digress) and Larry Bird/Rick Carlisle taking virtually the same team to the NBA finals. And if you didn't notice, he is in pretty bad health shape right now in NY, and having lost some credibility, some how, creatively having the Pistons derail the Pacers' season, it would be funny to somehow have Isiah Thomas trade, through the Pistons, Larry Brown to the Pacers, and than Larry leaving the team because of health problems would be ironic. This kind of independent of my feelings of him as a coach (again, his predecessor didn't have Rasheed or James).

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

His "predecessor" wouldn't have won, anyway. The only thing that Carlisle has proven as a coach is that his teams can't *quite* get there.

Carlisle has never led a team, as a head coach (I still don't buy into this "assistant coach who 'really' coaches the team" bs) anywhere that Brown has failed to, and until he does, you'll never convince me that he's better than Brown, let alone that replacing him with Brown is somehow a downgrade.