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if it doesnt work out, we'll look back and cite a couple of turning points. he really refused to "bottom out completely" by not trading larkin. and instead of making signings of guys he could move for picks, he signed copp, compher, and chairot in an attempt to bring in veterans to make the team better. he didnt want "to be buffalo", a team with a terrible culture but always a nice prospect list. instead they achieved what you always warned against: the mushy middle. not bad enough to get a star and not good enough to make the playoffs. larkin and raymond are good players. but for the wings to win they need to be great players. and theyre not. but when people will look back, it will be copp, compher, and chairot. why sign those guys? to get the 8th seed? whoo hoo.

they'll give it to draymond, or whomever led the league in blocks.

i think we place too much consideration on it, not that it deserves no consideration. as i said before, pistons fans think about the pistons and not the rest of the league. jb did a nice job, but for me, others should be rewarded for the better jobs they did. blink.

and they still won 68 games and should rightly be considered one of the best regular season teams in nba history. the coach of that team should be the coach of the year. imo we place too much consideration on "we thought they would be bad but instead theyre ok, what a coaching job." reward excellence.

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waive him and eat the money. he's finished.

you think they really soak tourists? try living here! 😀 the 18.5% tax on hotels doesnt help. nor does one of the nation's highest sales tax.

hawks win in a shootout.

there are some low income subsidized apartments right over there. right next to million dollar homes and half million condos. welcome to the city.

most places in the nicer parts of town are ridiculously expensive right now. lots of townhouses and single family homes over there. i used to live a few blocks from there in a cheap tiny condo. walking distance from really nice areas. half acre brewery restaurant is right there. right between lincoln square and andersonville.

"Winning 50 in a tougher conference is impressive." how about winning 68 with the best scoring differential ever?

and tarasenko scores the eng that clinches it. even when he scores he hurts the team.

not bad if you avoid the low income housing. why?

and montreal scores. high fives all around for the refs.

i dont think i can ever forgive jt compher for missing a wide open empty net from 10 feet in the most important game of the year. he's fallen roght below gustaffson and tarasenko on my most disloked red wings list.

hawks up 3-2 late in the 3rd montreal and get called for a bs penalty. refs know the assignment.

idiots. jesus effing christ. LOSE YOU MORONS! WHO ARE YOU, THE PISTONS?

3-2 hawks in montreal...

not that i would ever root for the blackhawks but the freak out possibility would be too good to miss. plus habs fans can be very annoying. the blackhawks dont really have fans until theyre winning. well, at least none that live by me, but i live in the nice part of town and not the white trash part of town.

10th is better than 12th, no?

STOP WINNING NOW THAT IT DOESNT MATTER!!!!

angel reese sure will

who buys a lamelo ball jersey?

do i remember last year? yes. competent coaching, a healthy cade, an out of his mind malik beasley, and jumps from young players combined to take the pistons from horrifically bad to slightly above average. that's a wonderful thing. i love it. i am not discounting it. but i'm also not discounting the coaching job it takes to come within 2 games of setting the league record for wins in a season and having the highest scoring difference in nba history. that's amazing. perhaps it comes down to the fact that i find the criteria of "coach whose team wasnt regarded highly enough" wins coach of the year to be faulty. i'd rather reward excellence. or perhaps some folks just really pay attention to their own team and not the rest of the league, and consequently overrate them. im guilty of that all the time. i would put JB third. that's awesome.

miami is not a good team anymore. i hope they can beat the bulls but i dont expect it. so much of their offense is watching tyler herro jack up shots now. no more playoff jimmy.