Dear Spurs, please beat those smug Detroit Pistons...

[Jimcs50]

Most professional athletes have some arrogance or iness in them. Pistons are no different. And, outside of Rasheed and sometimes Rip, most of the Pistons players are quietly and humbly confident. The Spurs are very humble and modest, but that's more of the exception than the rule when it comes to pro basketball players.

As for shutting their pie holes once and for all, even should the Spurs beat the Pistons this year in the Finals, don't expect Rasheed to shut up. Shaq hasn't won a le in three years, and he still talks more than any other player in the league. Pro athletes don't shut up just because they lose.

And, if that's directed towards Pistons fans who talk a lot of smack, don't expect them to shut up either. If the Spurs do win, the smack-talking Pistons fans may be quiet for a few weeks, but there will several others that will make excuses and continue to talk how the Pistons were the better team but just didn't win. I suspect there will be several Spurs fans who would do the same should the Pistons beat the Spurs. That's just how it goes.

I like the Pistons' fans actually. You are some of the best fans in the NBA, and I enjoy your takes.

I just can not stand Rasheed at all.

[DarrinS]

I hate Detroit more than I ever hated the Lakers or the Jazz.

They are pompous asses, and that Championship belt crap they pulled out in 04 was proof of this.


The Spurs will kick their asses again and hopefully shut their pie holes once and for all.

I've never hated ANY team more than the Lakers. I don't especially like Rasheed Wallace, but the Pistons are a great team.

I know that David Stern doesn't want to see Spurs vs. Pistons in the finals, but I'd love to see these two teams in the finals again.

If ANY team in the west has ANY CHANCE of beating the Pistons, it's the Spurs.

[Jimcs50]

I've never hated ANY team more than the Lakers. I don't especially like Rasheed Wallace, but the Pistons are a great team.

I know that David Stern doesn't want to see Spurs vs. Pistons in the finals, but I'd love to see these two teams in the finals again.

If ANY team in the west has ANY CHANCE of beating the Pistons, it's the Spurs.

The Lakers were hated because they always beat us, but they were really pretty good guys(except Kobe). You had to respect Magic, Kareem, Big Game James, Coop, Scott and even Rambis.

Plus I partied with them, so I liked them.

[nkdlunch]

That's ridiculous to hate the Pistons. For what reason? they play awesome team ball. they are like a snake with multiple heads.

People that hate the Pistons might as well hate the Spurs too, cause we inflict fear and play the same way. Spurs - Pistons finals would be awesome, and it's looking more and more likely

[leemajors]

maybe the cavs would have better luck vs the pistons in checkers or connect 4.

[Jimcs50]

That's ridiculous to hate the Pistons. For what reason? they play awesome team ball. they are like a snake with multiple heads.

People that hate the Pistons might as well hate the Spurs too, cause we inflict fear and play the same way. Spurs - Pistons finals would be awesome, and it's looking more and more likely

RASHEED and BEN

Nuff said.

I hate them.

[nkdlunch]

RASHEED and BEN

Nuff said.

I hate them.

So a Piston fan would respond:

Duncan and Manu.

Nuff said.

[Jimcs50]

So a Piston fan would respond:

Duncan and Manu.

Nuff said.

TD and Manu are NOT assholes to the nth degree....

A plague on your house for even trying to compare them!!!!!!!

[Dunc]

Ben and Rasheed are assholes?? Maybe Rasheed (much as I love the guy, I can't disagree), but to say Ben is an asshole is bull . Maybe if you partied with Ben like you party with the Lakers you'd have an idea?

[nkdlunch]

TD and Manu are NOT assholes to the nth degree....

A plague on your house for even trying to compare them!!!!!!!

I am not the brightest but even I can understand some ppl fans of other teams hating Manu for flopping and Duncan for being so boring and complaining about every ref call.

I don't hate the Pistons, because even though I agree, they might be cheesy and over the top when they speak and act(celebrations,etc) when it comes time to play, they become a TEAM, props for that.

Open up your mind a little Jim, it will help you in your life and business.

peace

[Jimcs50]

Ben and Rasheed are assholes?? Maybe Rasheed (much as I love the guy, I can't disagree), but to say Ben is an asshole is bull . Maybe if you partied with Ben like you party with the Lakers you'd have an idea?

Ben refusing to go into a game, when Flip tried to put him back in, showed his true colors.

Plus he is the one that started the Brawl in Detroit that ruined the Indy franchise.

[Jimcs50]

Open up your mind a little Jim, it will help you in your life and business.

peace

My mind is very open. I like people and always give the benefit of the doubt, but I have seen the Wallaces' act too many times to count and it is sorry, and does not deserve my respect.

As I said, i like the fans of Detroit in here and appreciate their basketball IQ and their classy behavior.

Props to them, but I hate their team

[Dunc]

Ben's refusal to go into a game is a different story than meets the eye. Nobody outside of that locker room knows exactly what happened, but he lit a fire under them and their play since then has shown that. And the Brawl was just the perfect storm. That dumbass at the Palace doesn't throw that drink, there's no brawl. Grasping at straws Jim.

[Jimcs50]

Ben's refusal to go into a game is a different story than meets the eye. Nobody outside of that locker room knows exactly what happened, but he lit a fire under them and their play since then has shown that. And the Brawl was just the perfect storm. That dumbass at the Palace doesn't throw that drink, there's no brawl. Grasping at straws Jim.

Look at the tape. Wallace charged Ron Artest, and had to be restrained, and that started the whole chain reaction. Wallace should have been tossed right then, then Artest would not have had to go to scorers' table, where he was in range of the fans.

[Tanya]

I hate Detroit more than I ever hated the Lakers or the Jazz.

They are pompous asses, and that Championship belt crap they pulled out in 04 was proof of this.


The Spurs will kick their asses again and hopefully shut their pie holes once and for all.

I can't believe you hate the pistons Jimc50. Everytime you start a post like "XXX is killing the pistons, the pistons usually win." I thought you were helping the pistons.

[CosmicCowboy]

I don't hate the Pistons but thought getting off the plane in SA last year during the playoffs wearing those stupid belts was really stupid and tasteless. It was fun sending them back to Detroit with the belts in their suitcases...

[Dunc]

Look at the tape. Wallace charged Ron Artest, and had to be restrained, and that started the whole chain reaction. Wallace should have been tossed right then, then Artest would not have had to go to scorers' table, where he was in range of the fans.

The event that started the chain reaction, if you want to go to the very beginning, was a hard foul from Artest with under a minute to go in a blowout. Then Ben shoved him back and charged him and was held back a bit by team personnel (or security, not sure), to a degree that if Ben had wanted to blow through the guy and continue at Artest, he could have. No, I'm not saying that he was without blame, but to put the blame for the brawl on his shoulders is ridiculous. And to call him an asshole for his role in the events is also ridiculous.

[Jimcs50]

I can't believe you hate the pistons Jimc50. Everytime you start a post like "XXX is killing the pistons, the pistons usually win." I thought you were helping the pistons.

I slew that demon already...I am no longer a jinx.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Ben refusing to go into a game, when Flip tried to put him back in, showed his true colors.

So one incident, as poor as it was, that got way overblown by the media is a better representation of who Ben Wallace is as oppsed to 10 years in the League without any negativity?

You obviously know little about Ben if you think that dispay showed his "true colors".

Plus he is the one that started the Brawl in Detroit that ruined the Indy franchise.

Again I have to disagree with you. Ben did not start a brawl. Out of frustration, he did vigirously foul Artest. He was out of line. There was no need for that foul, even if in his mind he was simply retaliating to Artest fouling him.

But that is not stsrting a brawl. 2 people were responsible for that. The cup throwing fan, and Artest. No one else.

Based on your logic, we should expect a brawl in every game that there is a hard foul.

Ben is in no way responsible for poor decisions others make.

Arterst is responsible is tearing down the Pacer franchise. Not Ben.

[Dunc]

I don't hate the Pistons but thought getting off the plane in SA last year during the playoffs wearing those stupid belts was really stupid and tasteless. It was fun sending them back to Detroit with the belts in their suitcases...

Lol, I hadn't heard they had the belts on getting off the plane in SA. But at that time, they were the champions, so they had the right to have swagger like that. Not so this year. Not yet.

[angel_luv]

Thanks. Nothing would make me happier than the Spurs beating Detroit again in the finals. A sweep would be ideal.

That would be our pleasure!

[Jimcs50]

The event that started the chain reaction, if you want to go to the very beginning, was a hard foul from Artest with under a minute to go in a blowout. Then Ben shoved him back and charged him and was held back a bit by team personnel (or security, not sure), to a degree that if Ben had wanted to blow through the guy and continue at Artest, he could have. No, I'm not saying that he was without blame, but to put the blame for the brawl on his shoulders is ridiculous. And to call him an asshole for his role in the events is also ridiculous.

Hey, you can hate my team, that is your prerogative, so do not take it personal if I hate you team....it is just sports...this is not real life.

[Dunc]

I don't hate your team. That's one of the reasons I like this board, becuase I like your team. I kinda like the fact that you hate my team, actually, but I don't understand your hatred of Ben. But you don't like him, it's all good, and that's cool.

[Jimcs50]

Agree to disagree

[Dunc]

Agreed.