Jason Maxiell has some decisions to make
Detroit Bad Boys —
... As Chris McCosky of the Detroit News points out, Jason Maxiell has until the end of training camp (Oct. 31) to decide if he wants to sign an extension or test the waters next year as a restricted free agent: ...
Cowens on Detroit’s young bigs
Detroit Bad Boys —
This made me laugh:
Pistons assistant coach Dave Cowens had the quote of the day. Talking to a group of sponsors at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, he described Amir Johnson this way: “Amir does a lot of things you can’t coach and he can’t do a lot of things you can coach.”
Cowens, who knows a thing or two about being a productive big man in the NBA, also talked about Kwame Brown:
“He’s really fleet of foot,” said Cowens, who in Grand Rapids had said that in his time in the NBA ...
NBA Essentials: Family Time for the Shaqs
FanHouse —
... ESPN, via Deadspin. (Ironic, I know.) Kevin Garnett discusses some of his favorite sneaky defensive maneuvers, like "stepping on the guy's feet, holding his hand, then knowing when to let go at the right time so it's not a foul." 5. Hornets 24/7 and 3 Shades of Blue. One blog explains why the Grizz would be lucky to win 15 games this season. Memphis fans respond. 6. Detroit News, via Detroit Bad Boys. Piston assistant Dave Cowens on Amir Johnson: "Amir does a lot of things ...
The Hoop Doctors Daily Dimes: 09/18
The Hoop Doctors —
... Prescribed NBA reading from all over the world wide web
Pistons send Maxiell an offer; they’ll need more than that in an improving Eastern Conference
Dumars defends lack of roster moves
Reinsdorf expects Ben Gordon to be a Bull next season. Paxson may not agree…
Ben the Bull: Expect him to stay
The Hoop Doctors are backin’ Dimes preview. Cynical as he may be.
Dr. Dime’s NBA Season ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Chris McCosky of The Detroit News: “”I said we would look to make changes but we wouldn’t do a bad deal,” he said. “The deals that were presented were not good deals for us. You don’t make deals so you can walk in here on a day like today and say, ‘Hey, we made a deal.’ You want to resist that, and I did and I make no qualms about it.” Nor did he worry much about salving any bruised egos of his veteran players who were put on the chopping block. “There’s nothing to patch up,” Dumars said. “I’m ...
First Cup: Thursday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Chris McCosky of The Detroit News: "Both Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo raved about how different the atmosphere is around the practice facility. 'Our head coach believes in us 110 percent and he's going to give us the opportunity to showcase our talent,' Stuckey said. 'Things are different around the practice facility, a lot more upbeat. With Michael (Currry) around, there's just a whole different vibe. It's a lot of fun and we can't wait to get started. Afflalo put it this way: 'It's just about consistent behavior and having consistent habits all ...
Thursday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Chris McCosky of the Detroit News quotes Dave Cowens on Amir Johnson: "Amir does a lot of things you can't coach and he can't do a lot of things you can coach." (Via ...
Joe Dumars on His Not So Busy Summer
SLAM Online —
... “I said we would look to make changes but we wouldn’t do a bad deal,” he said. “The deals that were presented were not good deals for us. You don’t make deals so you can walk in here on a day like today and say, ‘Hey, we made a deal.’ You want to resist that, and I did and I make no qualms about it.” ...
Press clippings
PistonsNationBlog.com —
... JASON MAXIELL has until Oct 31st to decide whether or not he’ll accept the Pistons’ 3 year, $15mil contract extention or become a restricted free agent ...
Being GM means never having to say you’re sorry
Detroit Bad Boys —
... From DetNews.com: “There’s nothing to patch up,” Dumars said. “I’m the one who was upset, so who do I need to patch things up with? It’s been good. Guys understand that six straight years of making the conference finals and going to the NBA Finals only twice isn’t enough and I am not going to rest on that. What you do is keep pushing, keep moving forward.” ...
