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LOS ANGELES -- Once again, the Pistons have added a high-reward, low-risk big man with the re-signing of Theo Ratliff. He's not that much of an upgrade over Dale Davis, but he does have more length defensively and now gives Detroit a true shot-blocker, something no one else on this team really is. And maybe most important to Joe Dumars, he won't take minutes away from Jason Maxiell or Amir ... [link]

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Amir Johnson had a head cold?
Published 2/29/2008 by Natalie at Need4Sheed.com
... .......And maybe most important to Joe Dumars, he won't take minutes away from Jason Maxiell or Amir Johnson, who had a serious head cold the other night before the Utah game when I talked with him. He should be good to go on Saturday against the Clippers. Via MLive ...

Amir’s absence explained
Published 2/29/2008 by Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys
... regarding why Amir Johnson didn’t get into Wednesday’s game against the Jazz, but A. Sherrod Blakely cleared the air today: ...

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2.27.08 Jazz vs. Pistons

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