In an alternate universe somewhere

[ShoogarBear]

Dwyane Wade and the rest of his Detroit Piston teammates have just swept through the Eastern Conference and are waiting to see who will come out of the West to upset the three-time defending champions.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Did you have to actually throw the kick in the balls on top of what we are having to watch?

[ShoogarBear]

Detroit is playing like stool and only down 2.

[boutons_]

"only down 2."

... only down 2 ... games. :)

[Winnipeg_Spur]

Is this the same alternate universe where Josh Howard and the rest of the Spurs are taking on the Suns right now?

[JamStone]

Yeah, in that alternate universe, Josh Howard and Leandro Barbosa would be kicking the crap out of the Detroit Pistons bench in the NBA finals.

[ShoogarBear]

Ouch. :lol

[1Parker1]

Yeah, in that alternate universe, Josh Howard and Leandro Barbosa would be kicking the crap out of the Detroit Pistons bench in the NBA finals.


:lmao Sadly :owned

[DarkReign]

I actually almost lost it last night. This whole series, I have been thinking..."Man, the Pistons need a go-to scorer. A guy who gets points exactly when you need them."

All the while, I was watching him shred the Pistons. Fucking Darko. Coulda had CB4, too.

[texlawman]

I was laughing yesterday watching the game thinking how the Pistons ownership must be feeling after picking Darko and passing on Anthony, Bosh, and Wade. Truly sad.

[1Parker1]

I actually almost lost it last night. This whole series, I have been thinking..."Man, the Pistons need a go-to scorer. A guy who gets points exactly when you need them."

All the while, I was watching him shred the Pistons. Fucking Darko. Coulda had CB4, too.


Billups has been your main go to guy and has come up big for you guys in MANY situations. He's just hitting a rough patch right now, at a bad time. He looks tired and lost out there.

[ShoogarBear]

Cheer up. I have it on good authority that we live in the ONLY universe where the Washington Wizards haven't been starting a front line of Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, and Chris Webber for the last decade.

[JamStone]

But, could that Washington Wizards frontcourt really compete with the Chicago Bulls frontcourt of Elton Brand, Ron Artest, and Brad Miller?

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I actually almost lost it last night. This whole series, I have been thinking..."Man, the Pistons need a go-to scorer. A guy who gets points exactly when you need them."

All the while, I was watching him shred the Pistons. Fucking Darko. Coulda had CB4, too.

I dont understand how you can say yall dont have a go to guy? Billups and Hamilton are almost undefendable go to guys.

There are two things at play here that are causing the downfall of Detroit (and CBF mentioned both of them early in the season):

1)Playing your 5 starters 40 minutes for the entire season has caused your guys to slow down
2) Flip. Saunders.

I cannot fathom how a team with Richard Hamilton could ever be desperate to get points. Just fuckin give him the ball off a curl and he gets his money shot.

[1Parker1]

:lol CBF is right. Billups and Rip are more than two viable go-to guys. More often than not they've come thru for you guys. Right now they're tired, Flip isn't exactly coaching great, and Pistons seemed to have fallen in love with the 3 point shot, which was falling for them in the regular season, not so much in the playoffs which hurt their offense even more.

[JamStone]

Regular season:

Chauncey Billups: 36.1 mpg, 81 games
Tayshaun Prince: 35.3 mpg, 82 games
Richard Hamilton: 35.3 mpg, 80 games
Ben Wallace: 35.2 mpg, 82 games
Rasheed Wallace: 34.8 mpg, 80 games

Dwyane Wade: 38.6 mpg, 75 games
Shawn Marion: 40.3 mpg, 81 games
Dirk Nowitzki: 38.1 mpg, 81 games
LeBron James: 42.5 mpg, 79 games
Kobe Bryant: 41.0 mpg, 80 games
Lamar Odom: 40.3 mpg, 80 games
Elton Brand: 39.2 mpg, 79 games

[ALVAREZ6]

Regular season:

Chauncey Billups: 36.1 mpg, 81 games
Tayshaun Prince: 35.3 mpg, 82 games
Richard Hamilton: 35.3 mpg, 80 games
Ben Wallace: 35.2 mpg, 82 games
Rasheed Wallace: 34.8 mpg, 80 games

Dwyane Wade: 38.6 mpg, 75 games
Shawn Marion: 40.3 mpg, 81 games
Dirk Nowitzki: 38.1 mpg, 81 games
LeBron James: 42.5 mpg, 79 games
Kobe Bryant: 41.0 mpg, 80 games
Lamar Odom: 40.3 mpg, 80 games
Elton Brand: 39.2 mpg, 79 games
unreliable source :spin

[SAGambler]

Detroit is playing like stool and only down 2.

Yeah...only down 2.....

And playing like they don't know where they are....


:lmao :lmao :lmao

Pistons got to believing the hype that they were as great as the press made them out to be.

Anyone that watched the team after the ASB should have realized that's what it was....Pure fucking hype.

[ShoogarBear]

Yeah, in that alternate universe, Josh Howard and Leandro Barbosa would be kicking the crap out of the Detroit Pistons bench in the NBA finals.

Then of course there's universe #3453005-B, with Howard, Barbosa, and Nocioni.

76-6.

:spin

[JamStone]

Pistons were fine after the ASB. It's been in the playoffs the Pistons have really sucked it up.

20-9 after the all star break. And, three of those nine losses were in the final four games when homecourt was already decided and in which the starters were right in the game if not leading before the reserves lost the games in the fourth quarter against the other teams' starters.

The only bad regular season losses after the all star break were against the Lakers on the road, Denver on the road, and the Wizards on the road. But, I guess you can believe what you want to believe.

The Pistons have been horrible in the playoffs. I don't know how anyone could really say they were hype after the ASB in the regular season.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Yeah...only down 2.....

And playing like they don't know where they are....


:lmao :lmao :lmao

Pistons got to believing the hype that they were as great as the press made them out to be.

Anyone that watched the team after the ASB should have realized that's what it was....Pure fucking hype.


Sounds a lot like the Spurs....

[ShoogarBear]

Pistons were fine after the ASB. It's been in the playoffs the Pistons have really sucked it up.


Sounds a lot like the Minnesota Timberwolves 2000-2004.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Sounds a lot like smack talk between two teams out of the running unexpectedly early...

[ShoogarBear]

I really do want the Pistons to win.

On the other hand, there is undeniable satisfaction to calling my shot about Flip before the season began and maybe getting it right.

[ShoogarBear]

However, in that alternate universe, even Flip can't screw up a backcourt rotation of Billups, Hamilton, and Wade.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Are you sure about that?

[ShoogarBear]

How can you screw that up? You not only have the best backcourt combo in the NBA, you have the best THREE combos. :lol

[JamStone]

How can you screw that up? You not only have the best backcourt combo in the NBA, you have the best THREE combos. :lol


Would Wade be satisfied with 20-24 minutes per game and not playing in crunchtime in the fourth quarter? Or would he become a malcontent?

Would Wade stay with the Pistons when his contract was up knowing he wouldn't start over Chauncey and Rip?

Sure, it would be a nice luxury to have. But, other problems would arise. And, you simply cannot constantly cry about spilled milk.

It didn't happen. Nothing we can do about that now but dream about what could have been.

[1Parker1]

Mavs suck, go Pistons! :elephant

[DarkReign]

And, you simply cannot constantly cry about spilled milk.

You are right. But damnit! It makes me feel better!

Could have picked anyone in the Top 8 and it would have been better than that fucking puke of a player.

Alas, it almost seems we deserve to lose to DWade or LeBron. DWade is playing in a contract that pays him less because he went #5. Jesus Christ....CB4!!!!!! Kaman!

Anything but fucking Darko!

:madrun :madrun :madrun :madrun

[jochhejaam]

In an alternate universe somewhere...


Rasheed says to the Refs after each foul "thank you sir, may I have another", hugs and slaps Flip on the butt when he gets taken out with too many fouls and asks Danny Crawford, Steve Javie and Ron Garretson to be in his family portrait.

[ShoogarBear]

Would Wade be satisfied with 20-24 minutes per game and not playing in crunchtime in the fourth quarter? Or would he become a malcontent?

Would Wade stay with the Pistons when his contract was up knowing he wouldn't start over Chauncey and Rip?

Sure, it would be a nice luxury to have. But, other problems would arise. And, you simply cannot constantly cry about spilled milk.

It didn't happen. Nothing we can do about that now but dream about what could have been.

Uh, ^Rip^Wade methinks.

[JamStone]

In an alternate universe, Larry Brown would still be coaching the Denver Nuggets to this day.

[WayDowntownBang]

Dwyane Wade and the rest of his Detroit Piston teammates have just swept through the Eastern Conference and are waiting to see who will come out of the West to upset the three-time defending champions.


This is the same alternate universe that has the Detroit Pistons employing Miss Cleo. No one on earth without true psychic ability saw Wade over Darko in that draft at the time of the draft. Hindsight rules.

[bdubya]

However, in that alternate universe, even Flip can't screw up a backcourt rotation of Billups, Hamilton, and Wade.


I betcha Brown coulda. Just say this 82 times in a row: "Billups 38 MPG, Hamilton 38 MPG, Wade DNP-CD"

[CubanMustGo]

I betcha Brown coulda. Just say this 82 times in a row: "Billups 38 MPG, Hamilton 38 MPG, Wade DNP-CD"

:lol too true!

[ShoogarBear]

The whole point of this thread is to cry over spilt milk. If you got no tears, then GTFO.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Yeah,

http://www.aitinstitute.org/Index%20Page%20art/crying%20boy.jpg


http://www.mattlum.com/_images/spilled_milk.gif

Bitch.

:rollin

Jeez, can't we all just get along?

http://www.unitedwaybattlecreek.org/campaign/images/Sugar-bear-and-Dylan.jpg

[JamStone]

The whole point of this thread is to cry over spilt milk. If you got no tears, then GTFO.


Good point.

In some alternate universe, Robert Horry never hits that 3-pointer in game 5 of the 2005 NBA Finals, the Pistons win in 6, and the prospect of losing to the Miami Heat in the Conference Finals doesn't feel so bad after winning back-to-back NBA titles.

:spin :spin :spin

[MadDog73]

Good point.

In some alternate universe, Robert Horry never hits that 3-pointer in game 5 of the 2005 NBA Finals, the Pistons win in 6, and the prospect of losing to the Miami Heat in the Conference Finals doesn't feel so bad after winning back-to-back NBA titles.

:spin :spin :spin


DamnStone does it again... :lol

[ShoogarBear]

Good point.

In some alternate universe, Robert Horry never hits that 3-pointer in game 5 of the 2005 NBA Finals, the Pistons win in 6, and the prospect of losing to the Miami Heat in the Conference Finals doesn't feel so bad after winning back-to-back NBA titles.

:spin :spin :spin

Wrong again, this is about lineups, not plays.

Methinks you're starting to crack under tonight's impending stress.

[ShoogarBear]

http://www.unitedwaybattlecreek.org/campaign/images/Sugar-bear-and-Dylan.jpg

That costume is nowhere near as cool as the cartoon character.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Regular season:

Chauncey Billups: 36.1 mpg, 81 games
Tayshaun Prince: 35.3 mpg, 82 games
Richard Hamilton: 35.3 mpg, 80 games
Ben Wallace: 35.2 mpg, 82 games
Rasheed Wallace: 34.8 mpg, 80 games

Dwyane Wade: 38.6 mpg, 75 games
Shawn Marion: 40.3 mpg, 81 games
Dirk Nowitzki: 38.1 mpg, 81 games
LeBron James: 42.5 mpg, 79 games
Kobe Bryant: 41.0 mpg, 80 games
Lamar Odom: 40.3 mpg, 80 games
Elton Brand: 39.2 mpg, 79 games


my bad
was only 5 off :elephant

[Leetonidas]

In another alternate universe, Tim Duncan went to Boston and they've won 7 straight championships and have never lost to the Spurs in the regular season since.

[ShoogarBear]

Yeah, that one's been discussed. the only problem with that universe is that Tim Duncan is now in Orlando, as he bolts Boston and cold weather at the first available opportunity.

[SA Gunslinger]

You guys have been watching the Science Channel on Tuesday nights.

:lol