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Here is your Episode 109 Comment Post.

Chauncey is in the Western Conference battling cousin Kobe to make it to the NBA Finals.

Are you still down with Mr. Big Shot?

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Also let’s get a little free agent talk going:

-Pistons Will Go After Utah’s Bigs It appears Lil’ Richard is right…

-2009 Mock NBA Draft: The Pistons taking a (Point) Guard!

Like I said on a recent show, I think we will draft a PG at 15 because will get one these potential NBA Starters: Jonny Flynn, Eric Maynor, Ty Lawson.

(Also if Tyreke Evans is there, draft him because he is huge athletic combo guard that you have to snatch up!)

I know we dont need one but you take what you can get.

We really need Blake Griffin or Thabeet lol but unfortunately the Pistons didn’t suck that bad.

All that said, I’m sure Joe D has a master plan!

Peace,

John W. Davis

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I really feel bad for Kobe (aw).

He’s not an original like Lebron is.

Kobe has spent his entire career trying to be like Michael Jordan. As we can all see, he’s no MJ.

*Here are a few areas where Kobe’s attempt to better MJ has failed:

First- It took Jordan only 4 years to understand that he could not do it by himself. Kobe is almost 30 and still, at times, seems to be playing his own game separate from his team mates.

Second- He doesn’t make players around him better. Sure others benefit from all the attention that Kobe gets, but how many player’s talent seems to flourish from being on the same court with Kobe?

*Because of Jordan, Scotty Pippen is one of the greatest 50 players in NBA history. Not to mention all of the extras that he had playing the best basketball of their freaky lives. Like; Paxton, Kerr, Perdue, Buechler, and Longley-just to name a few.

Because of good ole Mike, I don’t even have to say their first names. Otherwise, we wouldn’t even know who in the hell they were. If you can name ONE player that Kobe has made better, I’m listening.

Third- Kobe and MJ’s games are pretty much the same (Kobe has a slight edge in 3pt.shooting and ball handling). But, as much as Kobe’s game seems to mirror Jordan’s, they are totally opposite in the way they use it. Kobe, no matter how you play him, tries to do what he wants offensively even if it’s a bad shot.

Of course with his talent, he’s still good enough to make a lot of his ‘bad’ shots and it’ll make the ESPN highlights. But what that does is it disconnects him from the rest of his team and it also makes what they’re trying to do, a little more predictable. Jordan, on the other hand, adapted his game to fit however you were trying to play him.

*For example, if you stop the drive, he would kill you with a jumper. If you played him tight, he didn’t force up a Jumper, he would drive by you. He had developed his skills to exploit what ever you gave him (how many times have you seen MJ force anything?). Throw in his extras that made shots ‘or else’, and you see why he was the worse disease opposing teams had ever faced in NBA history.

*Kobe could have been better, and because of these 3 points, Lebron still can.

Peace,

Deven Khrucell

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Last weekend, the Detroit Pistons exited the NBA Playoffs before reaching the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since the 2001-02 season. After getting swept by King James and Co., it’s likely that the series officially marked the end of a remarkable era in Pistons’ basketball.

Since Joe Dumars brought Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton to Motown in the 2002-03 season, the Pistons won at least 50 games a year, made it to six-straight Eastern Conference Finals, appeared in the NBA Finals in back-to-back seasons (including a championship in 2004) and led the league in attendance five times, selling out every regular-season home game from the 2004-05 season through the 2007-08 season.

For years, the Pistons would pride themselves on playing great team basketball. Without a true superstar on the roster, Detroit remained an elite team year after year by playing gritty defense and attacking teams with a multitude of scorers on a nightly basis, with Billups as their even-tempered leader at the point. He earned the nickname “Mr. Big Shot” for his ability to come through in the clutch for the team, including a 2004 NBA Finals MVP award after the Pistons dismantled the heavily favored, star-studded Lakers in five games.

All of that changed this season, in large part due to the trade Dumars made in November when he dealt Billups to the Denver Nuggets for perennial scorer Allen Iverson, one of the best individual talents to ever grace the hardwood. The key word here is individual.

Trying to fit Iverson into the Pistons’ lineup is like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. It just doesn’t work. Detroit never regrouped after their captain was traded, stumbling to a 39-43 regular-season record, their first losing season since 2000, when none of the current Pistons were even on the roster.

That record was good enough for Detroit to make the playoffs as the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference; however, they were stopped dead in their tracks by the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. The Pistons entered the postseason without Iverson, who had been suffering from back problems since late February and saw limited minutes once he returned to the court in late March. The lack of playing time and sixth-man duties prompted Iverson to declare he would “rather retire” before coming off the bench again.

Despite the disappointment this past season has brought to Detroit, the future is bright for the Pistons. Although many have condemned the trade for Iverson, it was actually a win-win situation for both parties. Denver got their hometown hero to provide leadership on a young and talented roster. Detroit received one of the best scorers in the history of the game to possibly help lead them back to the Finals. If Iverson didn’t gel with the team, which he hasn’t, they can let him and his expiring contract walk at the end of the season.

According to USA Today, Iverson made almost $21 million this year. Rasheed Wallace, who came to the Pistons in a trade that helped them win the 2004 title, will also be a free agent this summer. Wallace, the second-highest paid Piston this season, had an annual salary of almost $13.7 million Past his prime and in decline at the age of 34, Dumars will likely let him go as well.

With over $34.5 million coming off the books from those two players alone, you can bet that Dumars will continue to tweak his roster this summer, either through trades or free agency to help get Detroit back to elite status throughout the NBA. Even though Detroit fans miss Billups, the bottom-line is that Mr. Big Shot has three years remaining on a five-year, $60 million contract that he signed with the Pistons back in 2007, including a guaranteed $46 million over four years with a team option for the fifth year, when Billups will be 35 years old.

Trading Billups while he was in his prime allowed the Pistons the flexibility they needed to grow in the future. With the emergence of guard Rodney Stuckey last season, just imagine where the Pistons would be two or three years from now with a budding star and an aging veteran in Billups playing at the same position. Putting him on the bench would only cause problems in the locker room, as it did this season.

Instead, Dumars pulled the trigger and traded Billups back to his hometown, in his prime. Now, Detroit has the money to go after the likes of Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh and several other big names that would love to play in a city with dedicated fans on a team that is one or two pieces away from a championship. Trust me. In the next few years, you don’t want to sleep on the D.

— Mike Bauman is the Assistant Sports Editor of The Independent Collegian and a junior at University of Toledo majoring in communication.

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This is the week to get our true feelings off our chest.

Don’t hold anything back!

The feelings of John W. Davis: “I’m glad we lost. I’m glad we got swept.  Hopefully this exposes all of the players that don’t DESERVE to be Pistons anymore!”

As for anyone who thinks we should have kept Chauncey: Episode 104 is here!

Also make sure you check out  Deven’s timely Chauncey Billups rant!

Chauncey will let the city of Denver and the State of Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana (and every other Mountain West Conference State without a NBA team) down, just you wait and see!

In other Pistons News:

*Curry Will Return As Coach In Detroit

*Curry Forecasts Big Offseason In Detroit

*Pistons Pick Up Team Option For Bynum

*Rasheed Never Asked Pistons For Buyout

Peace,

John W. Davis

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On the note of the Pistons-Cavaliers series — Rasheed is right. It’s all entertainment. The refs call NOTHING on the Cavaliers I.E. LeBron and his teammates traveling, LeBron and his teammates committing obvious fouls…

Delonte West OBVIOUSLY goaltending Rodney Stuckey’s shot — should’ve been an And 1, and he misses one free throw on the two shots he gets.

Cleveland committing offensive goaltends (tipping the ball in while it’s above the cylinder).

And don’t even get me started on the moron from Brazil.

Okay, I’ll get started.

He gets into EVERYONE’S face, TAUNTS everyone, yet the PISTONS get called for technical fouls, and the flopper (who repeatedly is flopping in this series) gets away with all the crap and is smiling about it.

Amir wasn’t going to take the idiot getting into his face - so he pushes him away.

TECHNICAL FOUL - #25, AMIR JOHNSON

He PUSHES Kwame…

TECHNICAL FOUL - #38, KWAME BROWN

Rasheed gets a tech from the bench, all the while the Cavs players are screaming at the referees at every foul they call.

“Hey, REF!!! Didn’t you go over Stern’s plans!? You call that on THEM for TOUCHING me, not ME for BULLDOZING them. Got it now? Okay, okay, I know you have to try to make the game LOOK fair, but you’ve already had us shoot 50 more free throws than them, so what’s the difference?”

Peace,

Ryan

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Check out Deven Khrucell!!!

Episode 103: featuring The Real Coach Curry!

Peace,

Pistonscast.com

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Whats Going on Pistonscast Posse,

It’s time to give up some of those B-Day wishes…

It’s the one and only, my Godson, DEVEN KHRUCELL’S BIRTHDAY!

Hey Pistonscast Posse,

Check out our new and improve myspace layout!  It’s officially going down at  www.myspace.com/pistonscast.  Special shoutout to DK who hooked up the background and special podcast player.

ADD US AS A FRIEND!!!!!

Peace,

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