Detroit Pistons Prepare for Seventh Eastern Finals, Second Title in Six Years

"Detroit’s window has closed. Detroit’s too old. Detroit’s not hungry enough. Detroit’s too predictable." I have been hearing these arguments for three years now, and I still fail to understand how people across the league consistently count the Detroit Pistons out of the championship talk, year after year, despite overwhelming success and an incredibly well-constructed team. This is my first article, and I hope it is strong enough to help answer some questions people may be having about the ’09 NBA Championship. I hear these arguments every year and hold the people who make them in the highest respect, as everybody is entitled to their opinion and the reasons for the development of said opinion, especially seeing how the Pistons did eventually falter in the end. However, this is one year where I cannot even begin to agree with any negative talk about how far this Pistons team will go in 2009. This team has the potential to be an even greater team than 2004, and the ... (link)