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New Podcast Coming Soon!  (Episode 108)

Peace,

John W. Davis

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What’s Going on World?

We wanted to give you a true taste of a Pistonscast show before a Pistonscast show.

Deven and I always feel like there are two Pistonscast episodes.

The one you hear and the one you dont hear.

Check out the Pistonscast Behind the Scenes Episode in Show 107.

On this Episode we discuss the NBA Playoffs with Uncut and Unedited ideas on Chauncey, Kobe, Lebron.

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Also enter the contest announced on the show.

Follow the rules and you can win a chance to guest host Pistonscast with Deven Khrucell and John W. Davis.

To enter call (313) 384-8458.

Peace,

John W. Davis

www.pistonscast.com

Got a question for Pistonscast.com? Send it to John W. Davis. And for Pistonscast news and updates follow John on Twitter.

Got a question for Pistonscast.com? Send it to John W. Davis. And for Pistonscast news and updates follow John on Twitter.

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

www.pistonscast.com

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There are no tricks we’re going to add,” Rasheed Wallace said. “Just straighten on up.”

James scored 38 in the series opener.

“We didn’t make him take the shots we wanted him to take,” Curry said. “He got eight (of his 13) baskets in the paint and he was 11-for-14 at the free-throw line. That pretty much sums it up. We have to keep him out of the paint more than that.”

“He’s very tough when he puts his mind to it,” center Zydrunas Ilgauskas said Sunday when asked if James was impossible to cover. “He can do everything on the floor, including passing. You pick your poison. Teams want to give him different looks. He’s seen everything.”

Via DET NEWS

Episode 102! Deeetroit Basketball!

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What’s Going On World?

The Pistonscast Plan is simple.  Play DEE-Fence not D’fense.

What does that mean?  Listen to Episode 102 and find out!

Peace,

John W. Davis

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What’s Going on World?

John W. Davis here.

It’s game time and I wanted to share Mr. Rasheed Wallace’s take with you.

Rasheed’s 1st Round take:  ”It’s going to be a good challenge,” he said. “They’ve got a pretty good record, a pretty good home record and I know they are feeling themselves right now. So I guess it’s going to be like David vs. Goliath.”

That’s pretty much sums it up… 

But if the Pistons are your team you are supposed to believe no matter what.  We can be down 3-0 in the series and down by 10 in the last 3 mins of game 4 and I will still believe. 

If you call yourself a Pistons fan and you are saying this playoff series is over before it even starts then YOU ARE NOT A DIE HARD FAN! 

Check out the Pistonscast Playoff Preview Show!

We have no reason to DIE OR GIVEUP YET! 

This will be a battle just like David and Goliath!  Episode 101 Baby!

Peace,

John W. Davis

www.twitter.com/johnwdavis

What’s Going On Pistonscast Posse?

It’s time to face our fears and take on the Cleveland Lebrons Cavs.  (Cavs v. Pistons Schedule via DBB)

What else can we do but play every game like its our last! (Thanks AI aka Motivational Speaker Number 3 lol)

Let’s take a trip around the net and see what the media has to say.

RealGM.com: says Cavs in 5…

FREEP.com: Pistons  have no chance…

Bleacher Report.com A Short Playoff Ride for Detroit!

Pistons.com The Cap Room take!

ESPN.com: Its time NBA Draft time.

At Least Dave Dial thinks we have a chance!  Via: Mlive’s Full Court Press (A MUST READ).

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John W. Davis takes… I say “Remember the Knicks of 1999″.

The Message Board Messiah jogged my memory today and gave me and hopefully you some hope!

1999: Unforgettable Run to the Finals

The Knicks made two big trades, yet they barely made the playoffs. While there, they lost their captain to an injury. And they still found a way to become the first No. 8 seed in history to reach the NBA Finals.

Two weeks before the season, New York acquired Latrell Sprewell from Golden State for John Starks, Chris Mills and Terry Cummings. Months earlier, the Knicks got Marcus Camby in a deal that sent Charles Oakley to Toronto. After all the changes, the rotation took time to form and New York stumbled to a 27-23 record in the regular season.

Watch: Knicks Become First No. 8 to Reach Finals

From then on, it was a different story.

New York was matched against top-seeded Miami in the first round. The series went to a deciding Game 5, won by the Knicks on Allan Houston’s running one-hander with 0.8 seconds to play. The game-winner bounced off both the rim and backboard before dropping through.

New York swept Atlanta in the second round as Camby emerged as one of the most exciting players of the 1999 playoffs. Camby’s playing time was erratic for most of the season, but there was no holding him back after he notched 11 points and 13 rebounds in Game 2 of the Atlanta series. For the remainder of the postseason, his rebounding, shot-blocking and highlight dunks energized the Knicks.

Patrick Ewing’s season ended after Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against Indiana. (STILL MADE THE NBA FINALS) The Knicks captain had been playing despite a painful Achilles injury, but was relegated to the sideline after doctors discovered the tendon was partially torn.

The Knicks needed a magic moment in Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, and they got it when Larry Johnson broke a 1-1 series tie with his game-winning four-point play. New York clinched in Game 6 despite losing Johnson to a knee injury in the first half. He was able to play in the Finals against San Antonio, but the injury limited his mobility.

Despite Sprewell’s 35 points and 10 rebounds in Game 5, the Spurs wrapped up the title with a 78-77 victory. Sprewell (26.0 ppg) and Houston (21.6) formed a high-scoring duo in the Finals, but the Knicks missed Ewing in the paint and were no match for San Antonio’s Twin Towers, Tim Duncan and David Robinson. — Courtesy Knicks.com

LET’S GO BABY!!!!!   DETROIT BASKETBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peace,

John W. Davis

www.twitter.com/johnwdavis