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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

VIA Pistons.com Text Message:

The Pistons have announced due to problems with Iverson’s return from injury, he will miss the rest of the season.

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What’s Going On World?

See this is what I’m talking about. The truth shall set you free!  Allen Iverson will miss the last two weeks the rest of the season INCLUDING PLAYOFFS!

Hopefully, Joe D can work some magic on AI’s head (and back.)

I just talked to Deven and he brought up a good point.  Joe D is showing future superstar players that he can handle difficult situations gracefully.  This is important if you want Chris Bosh, Amare or any other superstar in the near future.

Joe D… you are always two steps ahead!

*Pistonsnationblog.com checks in with their take…

*Check out Need4Sheed.com take…

*Detroitbadboys.com take…

*PistonsPowered.com opinion piece…

Peace,

John W. Davis

www.pistonscast.com

Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince said after Tuesday’s loss to the Bulls that the team needs to play perfect basketball in order to win despite all their injuries.

“We really need those guys back, but at the same time we got to figure out a way; obviously with the situation that we have, that we almost got to play perfect basketball,” said Prince.

Detroit has been playing without Allen Iverson, Richard Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace as of late.

The Pistons are just a game ahead of the Bulls for the seventh seed in the East, and three games ahead of Charlotte, who is currently in ninth place.

VIA DETROIT FREE PRESS:

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Preach Pootie Tay!  We need you to take over for the rest of the season!  If you aren’t going to do it we might as well mail in this season.  There is no point of making the playoffs and losing in 5 games in Round 1.  We might as well go fishing!

Peace,

John W. Davis

www.pistonscast.com

What’s Going on World?

John W. Davis here. I have something I want to get off my chest. See I’m mad. You want to know why? Of course you do, that’s why you are reading this.

I’m not mad at the players anymore. I think the trade deadline will bring them closure and comfort in knowing that they are Pistons for rest of the 2009 season.

I’m mad that guys don’t know when they are going to play. I’m also mad that guys who are obviously not cutting it (Stuckey), get all the playing time in the world and guys like Afflalo get DNP-CD’s for no apparent reason.

See I thought it could happen and would happen to my boy Amir and it did. But Afflalo not one minute of the game when you have guys on San Antonio like Mike Finley and George Hill (a rookie!) are making us look silly.

1. What do you think is up with Coach Curry?

2. What would you do to fix it?

Peace,

John W. Davis

www.pistonscast.com