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Tuesday’s Layup Drill
Detroit Bad Boys — ... Rasheed also appeared on WDFN’s Stoney and Wojo show and didn’t hold back dumping on Flip Saunders. You can listen to the whole segment here, but here are some highlights: ...

Second Cup: Training Camp Tuesday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Philip Zaroo for MLive.com: "Rasheed Wallace finally admitted that Flip Saunders approach didn't keep the players disciplined enough to garner their respect. 'No, he wasn't (tough enough). In my opinion, he wasn't. He let too many things slide. And that goes as far as myself, and what some of my teammates have done. With L.B. (Larry Brown), I think really, honestly, it was a respect level. Everyone respected Larry. Even though then, we had more of a veteran team, but everyone respected Larry, and everyone respects Mike (Michael Curry) now.'" ...

ESPN's John Hollinger breaks down the 2008 Detroit Pistons
Full-Court Press — ... The Red Wings have won 4 Stanley Cups the last 11 seasons in a league that has gone through earthquake-like changes and where one hot goalie from a sixth seeded team can take a series almost single-handily. There cannot be any real comparison to those two franchises in the manner attempted by Mr. Hayes. Hayes does make some good points, but there is a difference between pessimistic fans who have been disappointed the past four seasons and wanted Dumars to make a change and "haters". Rasheed Wallace in his interview with Stoney and Wojo was brutaly honest. He gave both hope ...

The Highlights
BallerBlogger.com — ... Philip Zaroo of MLive.com:  “Wallace finally admitted that Saunders approach didn’t keep the players disciplined enough to garner their respect. “No, he wasn’t (tough enough). In my opinion, he wasn’t. He let too many things slide. And that goes as far as myself, and what some of my teammates have done. With L.B. (Larry Brown), I think really, honestly, it was a respect level. Everyone respected Larry. Even though then, we had more of a veteran team, but everyone respected Larry, and everyone respects Mike now.”" ...

Flip Saunders (Not So) Dearly Missed by Some Veteran Detroit Pistons
Empty the Bench — ... trade, but nothing transpired to his liking. All of the regulars are back for what could (finally) be there last chance to win it all, again. To hear the players say it, there’s a renewed sense of dedication, enthusiasm, and team unity under Curry. Oh, guys like ‘Sheed and Billups and Rip Hamilton have fully accepted some of the blame for what happened against the Celtics, but this week Wallace and Hamilton have made clear their disdain for how Saunders ran the team. Here’s what Rasheed Wallace had to say: “No, he wasn’t ...

The Pistons fired Michael Curry and his beautiful suits today
It's Just Sports — ... Pistons fans had longed to hear: "the young guys will play" and "Sheed will stay in the post more" and "we want to be both good and consistent." The man hit all of his talking points and hit them well. He was confident. He had played the game recently, making it seem as if he had both the ability to relate to the players while at the same time restoring the mental toughness the team showed during the Larry Brown and Rick Carlisle eras. No, it seemed, Rasheed Wallace would not be pouring coffee on Mr. Curry's desk . It was all very exciting. In fact, I got ...