Tayshaun Prince: Beijing Olympic Update
The Prince of the Palace waiting for his Olympic Coronation!
Whats Going on World?
John W. Davis here. Our boy Tayshaun Prince is back at it again. Showing the world that a true Detroit Piston player can always contribute, even on a world stage. His unselfish play is exactly why the Pistons are who they are and its exactly why we don’t get the national respect we deserve.
Coming off the bench is different for Tayshaun Prince because since his 2nd year in the league he has STARTED every game. Props to the Detroit Free Press, I really like the game by game coverage the FREEP has given the Prince of the Palace.
Hey, Tayshaun Prince had a triple-single in Team USA’s 116-85 win over Australia on Wednesday in Beijing — nine points, a rebound and a steal.
Prince is contributing but as a reserve, averaging 12.7 minutes a game, not the 32.9 he gets with the Pistons, and 4.7 points instead of 13.2. And he’s accepted his role on a roster with guys named Kobe and LeBron.
“The toughest part is trying to come in and really respond and help the team in any way you can,” Prince told the Lexington Herald-Leader, which wants his story because of his days at Kentucky.
“… Obviously, the caliber of guys that we have, we just have to be ready. And I think today I was ready. I think in the games I have been ready, whether it’s shooting the basketball or playing some defense or doing whatever.”
Whatever Coach K is selling, it’s been working. The Redeem Team is 6-0 going into the medal round.
“We’re not overlooking nobody,” Prince said. “You know why? Because we play the same way every game. … Everybody’s been playing hard and aggressive.
“So we’re gonna go down fighting, no matter what.”
Two more games until Gold Tayshaun, keep doing your thang!
Peace,
John W. Davis
www.pistonscast.com
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4 Responses
Ryan August 22nd at 7:30 pm
We took care of Argentina! (Though we made it close in the second after that explosive first quarter.)
One more game to go, let’s go USA!
John W. Davis August 22nd at 9:38 pm
Carlos Delfino! NOT!!! LOL
Ryan August 23rd at 8:30 pm
Haha! I don’t know if this stat chart will come out correctly, but I think you can probably follow it well enough to see:
NO. NAME MIN FG 3PT FT REBOUNDS AS PF ST TO BS PTS
10 *DELFINO Carlos Francisco 35:30 6/18 33 3/10 30 2/2 100 3 5 8 1 3 2 2 0 17
And we were talking to him about coming back to the Pistons for 08-09? That’s not the big “roster shakeup” we would’ve been looking for. (Though neither is Kwame Brown, or anything we’ve done so far.)
John August 24th at 3:10 pm
Haha his middle name is Francisco. LOL Anyway yeah he just wants to throw up a bunch of shots like Manu expect Manu makes more and thats not what we needed him to do when he was here. I hope he continues to enjoy the T-dot.