A real contender wins more than one game in the playoffs...
The Nets team he is referring too were coming off back to back Finals appearances and, if I remember correctly, had the Spurs tied at 2-2 in 2003...
i agree with the disgruntled one, but i would have to say any team with ray allen on it is more dangerous than the nuggets. he is capable of taking over a game or series. btw, you with the millen haters? i can't believe that dude is still employed. too bad dumars can't pull double duty for lions and pistons...
Nope, because I am 99.9% sure Millen isn't going anywhere...
It's pretty funny to hear the Fire Millen chants at away games for the Pistons and Red Wings though....
what you said.....I would say his team is more comparable to the 1995-96 Chicago BullsThe Pistons are a le tested, defensive team. Could the Mavs or Suns hold the Spurs to an 8 point quarter? How about outrebound them by 27? Did those teams have anyone that could neutralize Duncan (ala Sheed). Dirk? Amare?To even suggest that what the Spurs did to the Suns/Mavs holds any weight when it comes to the Pistons is just crazy talk
The Spurs are a great team and another Spurs/Pistons series would be very close no doubt, but this thread is pointless.
These coaches are good, for goodness sake
By Marc Stein | ESPN.com
Playoff success is the only thing that has denied Saunders more frequent mention among the coaching elite, but perhaps we should count up how many times he lost a series in Minnesota that the Wolves were supposed to win. I would say none. At least one upset would have certainly helped his standing, but I would also say that playoff success shouldn't be a problem any more. As with the Spurs in the West, it's difficult to envision a scenario where Detroit doesn't get back to the Finals under its new boss, barring a major injury to a Pistons starter. Or a major surprise from the powder keg coached by the last guy on the list.
if you're trying to convince yourself that the Sixers and Nets are on the same level as the Nuggz and Sonics, you are sadly sadly mistaken
(for the sake of clarity lets say we are talking about last year's playoff-ready teams, since we are talkign about postseasons anyway)
if we are takling 2003 playoffs, then my bad, nets were a bad example, cuz making it to backtoback finals is a big accomplishment
sub the team Nets for any other lower seed of 2003 for Eastern Conference
Dude if Steve Kerr had not single handedly put on the greatest performance of all time, Dallas would be the 2003 NBA champions, period.
That team was elite, and would wipe the floor with the Pistons...you have no idea the 3 point onslaught they were capable of, every dallas-spurs game that season was a tonguebiter
right........ I agree, NOT
So, do you think Dallas was the better team in 2003? If you think it was only Steve Kerr that saved you in that series, you must think the Spurs would have gotten killed if Dirk didn't get injured and miss the last three games of that series.
That 2003 Dallas team may have wiped the floor with the 2003 Detroit Pistons. But, that 2003 Dallas team does not beat the 2004, 2005, or 2006 Detroit Pistons.
New Jersey Nets of 2002 and 2003 were better than the 2005 Supersonics and the 2005 Denver Nuggets.
Since the Pistons have beaten the Spurs 5 times in their last 9 games I assume you think that Dallas team would wipe the floor with the current Spurs team also.
Detroit also needs your goodluck...the season is long...the injury is just one click...
Don't be overjoyed....
ohh you mean mavs and suns the ones who never been to the finals right? what do they have to do with the pistons?pistons know how to play in the playoffs lmfao wow what a good comparison there (rollseyes)
I agree with 2005 and 6, but face it, the 2004 detroit team played an injured Lakers team for the le....and thats the only real "test" they had that postseason...That 2003 Dallas team may have wiped the floor with the 2003 Detroit Pistons. But, that 2003 Dallas team does not beat the 2004, 2005, or 2006 Detroit Pistons
I agree. But if you take the bottom half of the West playoff bracket and compare the bottom half of the East playoff bracket, the West would always have better teams. Or at least for the last, what, 7 or 8 years?New Jersey Nets of 2002 and 2003 were better than the 2005 Supersonics and the 2005 Denver Nuggets.
If they divided conferences north and south, maybe it would be different. But your conference is pathetically weak, has been pathetically weak, and shows no sign of becoming strong in the immediate future.
HONESTLY
look at history you guys
how do you think 2003 Mavs, 2003 Spurs, 2003 Lakers would have done being an 8th seed in the 2003 Eastern Bracket?
How do you think the 2004 Spurs would have done being an 8th seed in the 2004 Eastern Bracket? They would have at least made it to the Conference Finals, and by beating teams like the Sixers and Pacers
Heat, Pistons, and mayyyybe the pacers are all your entire conference has
I would love for my spurs to be in the eastern conference. Then I'd never get mad at a regular season loss EVER, cuz I'd be 100% sure my team would make it to the 3rd round with EASE, just like the Pistons.
That's what I was thinking. Mavs and Suns didn't play any defense. They have no prior Finals/Championship experience. Detroit already has won a championship with their current starting 5 and were 8 minutes away from repeating.
Although it is a long year and anything can happen, this new offensive Pistons team with its 20-3 record is very, very scary. They looked great out there on Sunday, and even if Manu had played, I still think we would have lost that game. Not to say the Spurs can't improve/beat them. It's just showing that the Spurs have a long way to go and have a lot of room for improvement. Luckily we still have about 70% of the season left!
making it to the finals is making it to the finals. conference is irrelevant at tipoff of the finals.
That same injured team beat San Antonio. And Detroit had injuries also. They are just never brought up.
Spurs vs. Pistons in finals again in 2006.
Both teams 100% healthy, Spurs win. Period.
2005 yes, not so sure about 2006
We'll see.
At least you have a built-in excuse prepared if the Spurs don't win. Neither team will be 100% healthy, you can bet on that.
If Manu, TD, and TP are healthy, Spurs win.
if Hamilton, Sheed, and Billups are healthy and don't have to play 45 MPG Pistons win, period.
Thank you, Ms. Cleo.
Uh, no one on that team was injured when they played us. Everyone was fine. I don't think Detroit had injuries that year, they seemed perfect to me when they were kicking the Laker's butts. I don't really care whether L.A. was injured, Malone was really the only one. Pistons won legitimately, they blew them out of the water. It was Detroit's year.
and if sheed doesn't get tossed from every game for being a lunatic, and if the new coach knows what to do in a really big game, and if Prince doesn't pull a disappearing act, etc.
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