For whom the Drum rolls: 2013-2014 Detroit Pistons Thread
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pawdalaw
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I know, i rather see Lambier, Salley... Hell let Chauncey retire and take it over. all I can do is shake my head at that shyt. WTF has Zeke done that makes someone want to hand the keys over to him? He fucced up the Raptors and the Knicks still aint recovered from his fukkery. Woodson? what aboout Hollins?Zeke as the next GM?
I think I may be to the point where I'm not interested in a former player being our gm. And I know for a fact I damn sure ain't interested in Zeke and Woodson coming here.
Pretty sure I'm gonna hate the Gores era of Pistons ownership if this is the kind of moves he's thinking about making. Why oh why didn't she sell the team to Illitch? Just hopping on the Lodge for 10 mins to go hit a Pistons game?!
Pretty sure I'm gonna hate the Gores era of Pistons ownership if this is the kind of moves he's thinking about making. Why oh why didn't she sell the team to Illitch? Just hopping on the Lodge for 10 mins to go hit a Pistons game?!
eastside313
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I love Isaiah always have always will but this shyt is retarded. People calling into 97.1 talking like Isaiah has been a good gm
NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
I love Isaiah always have always will but this shyt is retarded. People calling into 97.1 talking like Isaiah has been a good gm
he's drafted well, and did get jobbed in Indy by Larry Bird after putting that squad together. The Knicks were already fukked up when he got there.
eastside313
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Matt millen drafted Calvin Johnson
Isiah is to New York what Matt millen was to the lions
eastside313
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Report: Pistons GM Joe Dumars expects to be fired
Joe Dumars may not be taking calls in Detroit much longer. (USATSI)
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Bleacher Report reports that Pistons GM Joe Dumars expects to be fired... and he's kind of cool with it at this point.
While reports dismiss the possibility of the Detroit Pistonssupplanting their current GM, Joe Dumars, with his former championship backcourt mate, Isiah Thomas, sources do not expect Dumars to stay in the position much longer—either he'll step down or owner Tom Gores will go in a new direction. Dumars, one source said, is weary of the criticism he has received in trying to rebuild the Pistons after constructing a franchise that went to the Eastern Conference Finals six years in a row (2003-2008). The criticism, the source said, fails to account for a dismal Detroit economy and restraints placed on Dumars while the franchise was up for sale and ultimately changed ownership hands. Dumars could not be reached for comment.
via Why Jimmer Fredette Never Had a Chance in Sacramento, and Why He Does in Chicago.
Dumars has taken a ton of criticism after building the 2004 championship team that made at-least the Eastern Conference Finals six years in a row. After that team's run was extinguished in 2009 by LeBron's Cavaliers, Dumars went out and used his cap space onCharlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon. That set off a new rebuilding project. When new ownership took over two years ago, Dumars was reportedly instructed to accelerate a rebuilding process that resulted in shelling out big money for Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings.
The results have been a disaster. The caveats Dumars wants put on his legacy are fair, there were legitimate restraints as the old ownership tried to move the team. But he had options this summer, and constructed an inefficient, undisciplined team with a coach who he had to fire halfway through the year.
It's a shame that few will remember how good Dumars was for much of the 2000's, but it's also hard to argue that a change isn't needed in Detroit.
The Pistons are 24-36, three games out of the 8th spot in the dreadful Eastern Conference.
eastside313
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Finally in the bottom 8
eastside313
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Get Better drum see you in October
eastside313
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I got the update on my phone I say damn they whooping the pacers by 30. Next update said going to overtimeThe No Poise Pistons
Drum, caught a bad one. He bout to get that Strasberg shutdown
eastside313
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new owners usually get a #1 pick Don't they?
Don't they?