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  1. buddha
    this is depressing.
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  3. buddha
    both jalen brown and jason tatum listed as questionable for this game. is THIS the day? can they end the losing streak against the best team in the east? against the old rival?
  4. buddha
    not so great without drew brees, eh sean?
  5. buddha
    they have a below 500 winning percentage as a franchise. i think we remember the "going to work" pistons because we are pistons fans but not many others do. the title over the lakers is seen as a fluke before you give way to the spurs, wade and lebron. that team is remembered nationally for the malice in the palace and little else. they had a couple good teams in the 70s with lanier and bing, but never made the finals or even really got close. prior to lanier they were god awful except for george yardley. following bing they were horrific up through isiah. they have one iconic player: isiah thomas (who is probably overrated) and one iconic team (the bad boys because they were the team that jordan had to "overcome" to be great). we'll just agree to disagree. but a good discussion! 🙂
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    the pistons have been around for 76 years. in that time they've made 42 playoffs, made it to the finals 5 times, and won 3. with a .473 winning percentage. the rockets have been around for 57 years, have been to the playoffs 34 times, made the finals 4 times and won 2 championships. with a .515 winning percentage. the sixers have been around for 75 years, made it to the finals 5 times, and won 3 championships. with a .522 winning percentage. the bucks have been around for 56 years, made it to the finals 3 times, and won 2 championships. with a winning percentage of .528. i'd say those teams are historically just as good or better than detroit.
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    are they more "storied" than the houston rockets? philadelphia 76ers? or milwaukee bucks?
  8. buddha
    JEIII could go one step further and say they were a "storied" franchise until they were bought by Tom Gores. but then his sources would dry up.
  9. buddha
    what does "its only suiting" mean?
  10. buddha
    i agree, but when they write about them, its in language that theyre "storied" because they've been so sucessful. for example: "Detroit has three NBA championships. Only five franchises have hoisted the Larry O’Brien trophy more. The Pistons won their three titles over three decades, starting in the late 1980s before briefly falling off and then coming back in the early 2000s to do it again. All different players from the first go-round. A whole new mantra and vibe. The true signs of a healthy organization. Do it, come back and do it again. Detroit also has five Eastern Conference titles. Only three rivals (Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat) have more." the "titles in three decades" thing is misleading. they won back to back in 89-90 and then were utter garbage for most of the rest of the 90s. the pistons were a dominant team for 5 years in 80s and 5 years in the 00s. other than that they've been mostly bad with some seasons of mediocre filtered in.
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    the tigers are storied because they've been around for a long time and have had a lot of great players. the pistons have been around for a long time and have had how many great players? one? they have one iconic team: the bad boys. the "going to work pistons" were not an iconic team, imo. the pistons have been in the league for 76 seasons. of the teams that have been around that long, only the kings are knicks have less division championships and playoff appearances. only the kings and hawks have a lower winning percentage.
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    the red wings are a storied franchise. michigan football is a storied franchise. the tigers are a storied franchise. the pistons? nyah. the lions definitely not. unless by "storied" you just mean old.
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    i keep seeing local writers referring to the pistons as "one of the most storied franchises in the nba." are they? i dont think of them that way. they've had two periods of success in 76 seasons. that's just a normal amount of success for a franchise that's been in the league for that long. lakers, celtics....maybe the bulls because of jordan and spurs because of lottery luck. the warriors because of their recent run. the pistons are also rans for a vast majority of their existence.
  14. buddha
    quick! let's give up the farm for 1/3 of a season of og anunoby! lol.
  15. buddha
    and they have a weird rivalry with detroit thanks to jalen greene being an ass. so they'll probably try to put it on us. and dillon brooks - also an ass - is on that team.
  16. buddha
    how each qb has played against the top defenses in point per drive this year:
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    that's the big problem(s). the obvious solution is to fire the coach. he's been terrible and he isnt getting anything out of his players. in any normal instance, he would be fired. but gores isnt going to eat $80 million and monty isnt going to walk away from that (yet). so were stuck. the other problem is that they have no assets. none. not only do they not have any extra first round picks, they OWE a first round pick to the knicks for the isaiah stewart trade. weaver's tenure has been a disaster. the only thing he's done right is take cade #1. thats it.
  18. buddha
    they've been really nice to wing stop by not having them have to give up free wings for a pistons win!
  19. buddha
    monty actually shortened his bench for the first time all year. and they were competitive. huh, who knew that playing the pistons bench less might mean a better chance to win? oh yeah, everyone. everyone knew that.
  20. buddha
    in fairness to monty, he didnt want the job. his wife is undergoing cancer treatments and he was going to get paid to do nothing. however! he took the damn job DESPITE your wife having cancer. the least you can do is pretend to try.
  21. buddha
    i'm looking forward to the beat writers tomorrow telling me how its all coming together now that bogey and cade are on the same page. if only livers were able to play troy's vision would have been complete!
  22. buddha
    they did it! i thought they might fail there at the end but they pulled defeat from the jaws of victory! the single season nba record losing streak! great job troy! wonderful work arn! i hope your son got some nice agent fees for the pistons drafting his clients! ok boys. TWO MORE and you set the all time record. si se puede! si se puede!
  23. buddha
    i feel bad for cade. he's doing it all and its still not enough.
  24. buddha
    when the pistons finally win, will the fans storm the court? will gores hang a banner?
  25. buddha
    i went to law school with a guy who went to notre dame. good athlete but but not a great basketball player. his intramural team was tapped to scrimmage against notre dame's women's team - which was pretty good at the time - and they routinely routed them. wasnt even close. in a game built on being bigger, stronger, faster, and the ability to jump higher, men will always win.
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