Posts tagged ‘Joe Dumars’

Listen as we take a look at both the small forward and power forward positions and find the one player that was able to make the biggest impact during his tenure with the Detroit Pistons.

Listen as we discuss whether the super sixth man Ben Gordon or the young talented forward Charlie Villanueva was the better off-season pick up for the Detroit Pistons heading into the 2009-2010 NBA season.

Listen to our predictions on which players we think will represent the Detroit Pistons in the 2010 NBA All-Star game!!

How would you rank the Pistons’ big men against the NBA’s top big men in the league?

Join us LIVE Sunday August 30^th at 8pm on blogtalkradio when we’ll take a look at the league’s top big men and see if Ben Wallace, Chris Wilcox, and Kwame Brown is enough to meet any challenge that the NBA has to offer

Is the return of Big Ben just over-inflated hype, or will his presence be strong enough to help Detroit regain respectability in the eastern conference?

Tell us what you think!!!

Join Pistonscast LIVE on blogtalkradio Sunday, August 23rd at 8:00pm when we officially welcome back Ben Wallace!

We’ll discuss Ben’s new role with the Pistons and what we can realistically expect out of his play.

Leadership is one of those words that can be difficult to nail down a concrete definition for. In terms of basketball, I believe a leader is the one who takes on the responsibility of successfully accomplishing the specific goal set by the team.

I think the question of leadership is the only difference between Rodney Stuckey and some of the NBA’s great young point guards like Chris Paul, Deron Williams, and Derrick Rose. All three are  proven leaders who’s play determines the outcome of games every night.

In only his rookie season, Derrick Rose was clearly the leader of the Chicago Bulls and the heart and soul of the team. So far, Stuckey hasn’t impacted his team quite as much as Rose has in Chicago, but he has shown signs of greatness.

In Stuckey’s defense, unlike the other guards previously mentioned, he hasn’t really had the same opportunity to be a leader. As a rookie, his job for Detroit was to be back-up to Chauncey Billups. The following season he had more opportunities but with the constant line-up changes, it still was some time before his role was clearly defined

Now, with the dawning of a new day in Detroit, is this the season for Rodney Stuckey or will another player step up and become the leader of the Detroit Pistons?

Join Pistonscast LIVE on blogtalkradio Monday, July 27^th at 6:00pm, when we discuss who the Detroit Pistons next number one guy will be.

How can Joe Dumars not keep a guy like this in house?

Join Pistonscast LIVE on blogtalkradio Monday, July 20^th at 6:00pm, as we take a closer look at the newest Pistons to see who has what it takes to help bring the title back to Detroit.

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The Suns completed a contract buyout for Ben Wallace on Monday.

Phoenix acquired Wallace from Cleveland in the Shaquille O’Neal trade last month.

They negotiated a $10 million buyout for a contract that would have paid him $14 million in 2009-10.

Via: Arizona Republic

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What’s Going on World?

John W. Davis here.

I wonder did Ben Wallace give Joe Dumars the heads up on this one…

In my opinion, in his prime Ben Wallace was one of the best defenders the NBA has ever seen.

He had the passion, the drive, and the skill that it took to contain any post player in the NBA.

It would be only fitting that Ben comes home to the Pistons plays a year or two and retires in the Pistons red, white and blue.

You may ask WHY?

BECAUSE!!!  The Detroit Pistons have lacked a defensive identity since he left.  I know he can’t play heavy minutes anymore but he can still lead this group of young, talented but misguided players.

No offense to John Kuester, but he’s a first time NBA head coach and Kuester has his Pros and Cons.

A guy like Ben can be the shinning example of how to do what Kuester wants to teach.

Kuester says his team will always be prepared for every practice, film session and game. (see video)

That’s fine and dandy to talk like that but we’ve all heard the “ACCOUNTABILITY” song and dance.

Ben Wallace can be a coach in the practice facility and we all know he was heart of DETROIT BASKETBALL!

Joe, do the right thing!

Peace,

John W. Davis

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