First Cup: Monday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Chris McCosky of The Detroit News: "The NBA is littered with players who talk about making sacrifices and being team players. Tayshaun Prince isn't one of those guys. He never talks about it. He just does it, game in and game out, year in and year out. And for his efforts, Prince, universally regarded as one of the most diversely skilled small forwards, will not be selected to the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the sixth straight year. 'I am never going to be recognized as an All-Star player unless I put up numbers,' Prince said after practice ...
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PistonsNationBlog.com —
... “At the end of last season, Joe Dumars made our off-season mantra to instill youth and energy into this team,” Hammond said.Wear and tear on the starters was one concern, but their age was another. Hamilton turns 30 next month, Billups is 31 and forward Rasheed Wallace is 33.
“We didn’t want to reach a point where we had to tear down the roster and completely rebuild,” Hammond said.
Chris McCosky continues his defense of Tayshaun Prince:
Understand this: If Prince wanted to, he ...

