NBA/Pistons Thread 2015-2016

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:49 pm

I know tSwill is pumped for the Pistons opener tonight! Basketball

Pistons @ Hawks 8:00pm
Cavs @ Bulls 8:00pm
Pelicans @ Warriors 10:30pm

Anthony Davis = MVP?

by **Death Roe** Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:57 pm

Gonna give up football for the 'Stones again? Wink

by Guest Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:33 pm

2015-16 NBA Preview: The Pistons Could Stop Being Terrible

I think Stanley Johnson is going to be a beast and they get to .500.

It’s been a rough few years — really, almost a decade — for the Detroit Pistons, who haven’t had a winning season since the dissolution of their mid-2000s quasi-dynasty. And superficially, coach Stan Van Gundy’s first season at the helm last year wasn’t much better, resulting in a 32-50 record. But Detroit did markedly improve its point differential last season, to the point that the team scored exactly as many points per game as it gave up after the All-Star break. And the Pistons at least have some interesting pieces to work with now (not least of which is rookie Stanley Johnson), though they must also cope with the loss of free-agent big man Greg Monroe, who signed with the division-rival Bucks over the summer.

What’s in store for the 2015-16 Pistons, according to our CARMELO1 player projection system? The model expects them to go 38-44.

by Guest Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:58 pm

NBA>NCAA Basketball

Source: Pistons season ticket holder for 10 years

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by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:36 pm

Death Roe wrote:Gonna give up football for the 'Stones again?

Not this year..

But. I do think the stones make the playoffs this year. Like Loose said, I feel like Stanley Johnson will surprise many, Reggie Jackson will play as well as he was at the end of last year, and Drummond will Drummond. I'm a big fan of KCP also.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:38 pm

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:34 pm

Pistons looked great in the first quarter until Steve fucking Blake and crew showed up

by **The_Dude** Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:37 pm

Come on Detroit...close this out. Would be a huge first win in Atlanta a top 4 team in East.

Pistons have some young talent...fun to watch. Van Gundy is a solid coach. Best Pistons coach since Brown for sure.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:10 am

Boom great win.

by Guest Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:42 am

NBA Overnight: The Divergent Nights of Stephen Curry and Anthony Davis

There were signs of a modern offense in Detroit last season during president-coach Stan Van Gundy’s first year at the helm: Detroit finished just outside the top 10 in 3-point attempts and took the league’s third-fewest midrange jumpers per game. But Van Gundy still had to deal with the first 28 games of Andre Drummond, Greg Monroe, and Josh Smith — and the lingering stench of their three bodies jammed airtight in a meat locker for too long.

With time, as we all expected, the fat has been trimmed. What Detroit has this season shares an uncanny resemblance to the most successful team of Van Gundy’s professional career: the 2008-09 Orlando Magic,

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:38 pm

Anthony Davis didn't impress last night - but it's a long season and next game he'll make it a point to attack the paint more. He started off the game trying to prove he had that jump shot down.

Loved what I saw from the Stones, outside of some of the bench players. I'm looking at you Steve Blake. Illyasova hit some shots and we rebounded well. When does Jennings get back? Would love for him to be our 6th man.

Home opener tonight at 7:30.. NBA/Pistons Thread 2015-2016 55953254

by **The_Dude** Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:40 pm

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Anthony Davis didn't impress last night - but it's a long season and next game he'll make it a point to attack the paint more. He started off the game trying to prove he had that jump shot down.

Loved what I saw from the Stones, outside of some of the bench players. I'm looking at you Steve Blake. Illyasova hit some shots and we rebounded well. When does Jennings get back? Would love for him to be our 6th man.

Home opener tonight at 7:30..

Did you see his little Euro step finish? It was nice. Morris also made some key shots last night as well.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:46 pm

Morris needs to shave his beard so I can stop confusing him with greg Monroe.

His problem. Not mine.

by Guest Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:53 pm

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Morris needs to shave his beard so I can stop confusing him with greg Monroe.

Well it's excusable they are both......................................

...........tall.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:30 pm

LooseGoose wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Morris needs to shave his beard so I can stop confusing him with greg Monroe.

Well it's excusable they are both......................................

...........tall.

BOB!!!!!

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:05 pm

Trey Burke has a turrible tat that I believe is supposed to be of an infant.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:06 pm

2-0! Playoffs. Calling it now.

by Guest Thu Oct 29, 2015 9:47 am

Jamie's blog: 5 reasons to be optimistic about Pistons

In Stan Van Gundy's first year on the job, the Pistons started 5-23.

Barring a 3-23 stretch starting Friday night against the Bulls, Year 2 under Van Gundy is off to a substantially better start. Week 1 shouldn't tell us all that much about the long term success of the team. But staying in the playoff race until the calendar flips over to December would be a welcome change as well.

There is simply no doubt that Van Gundy has a plan. He has focus. He has direction. The question remains whether or not he has the players to arrive at his desired destination and whether or not his plan is the right one to get this group of players there. Detroit doesn't have unbridled optimism for this version of the Pistons. Neither do NBA experts, most of whom have the Pistons missing the postseason for the seventh straight year. But there are some signs of hope, some reason for optimism. And they start with the fact that this is Year 2 of the Van Gundy era.

by Guest Thu Oct 29, 2015 9:56 am

Seidel: Pistons' Gores can see something special brewing

Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores clapped his hands Wednesday night, standing on the sideline in the Palace, as his team was introduced before the home opener against the Utah Jazz.

It was like being in a spaceship. It was loud with bright flashing lights, and the air was filled with smoke, and Gores smiled and turned around and gave out high-fives.

Clearly, he likes this team.

Clearly, he likes the direction of this franchise under Stan Van Gundy.

"The biggest thing I believe in is what Stan is doing," Gores said in a news conference before the Pistons won their second straight game, 92-87. "I think we are making tremendous progress. I expect this team to be a championship team. This is why we are here."

by Guest Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:09 am

Jodie Meeks suffers broken foot in Pistons' win over Jazz

AUBURN HILLS -- Jodie Meeks can't seem to shake the early season injury bug in his Detroit Pistons tenure.

The backup shooting guard left Wednesday's 92-87 win over the Utah Jazz in the second quarter with an injury to his right foot. He never returned, and after coach Stan Van Gundy said X-rays showed a Jones fracture.

In other words, he has a broken foot.

"We'll get further assessment and know better on a timetable in the next couple of days," Van Gundy said. "But they, they X-rayed him, he's got a Jones fracture."

by Guest Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:08 pm

Really, really interesting Pistons article....didn't know most of this.

Pistons leaving no game unwatched in hopes of uncovering the NBA's secrets

There will be 1,230 NBA games this season. The Detroit Pistons want to watch every one.

The Pistons have four pro scouts, and that’s their job: Watch basketball. A lot of basketball. Two or three games a day, all season. Last year, they watched between 90-95% of NBA games, and for each one, they evaluated every player in the game in several categories, and entered their scouting reports into the team’s database. The Pistons want to know everything relevant about every player in the league—and really, about every NBA-quality player in the world.

It’s an enormous and unprecedented effort that could change how business is done in the NBA.

You know… if it works.

In the spring of 2014, Stan Van Gundy pulled out of the Golden State Warriors’ coaching search to take full control of the Pistons. Outsiders tend to look at these jobs simply as vehicles for winning games, and by that standard, Van Gundy made a mistake. The Warriors have already won a championship. Nobody knows if they would have won it with Van Gundy coaching instead of Steve Kerr, but they would have had a great shot. Just about everybody in the NBA agrees Van Gundy is a terrific coach.

But after a Pistons practice recently, Van Gundy insisted, “If I had it to do over again, this is where I’d want to be.” He has a chance to do something that very few coaches ever get to do: Build an organization as he pleases. The Pistons’ owner, Tom Gores, has given him the budget and authority to do it.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:27 pm

NBA/Pistons Thread 2015-2016 Chromejersey_bg

Wearing these Friday against the Bulls, pretty sharp, no?

by Guest Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:33 pm

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

Wearing these Friday against the Bulls, pretty sharp, no?

I saw those during the broadcast last night, was kinda all meh about them. But I'm not a fan of alternate unis in general.

Big 1st place showdown though.

by **The_Dude** Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:36 pm

I love all the walvies who were pissed the Pistons took KCP over Burke...Burke will be out of the league in a few years and KCP seems like he's coming along quite nicely.

Also, the Pistons have a terrible logo. I know, I know. NBA/Pistons Thread 2015-2016 2102841802

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:40 pm

The_Dude wrote:I love all the walvies who were pissed the Pistons took KCP over Burke...Burke will be out of the league in a few years and KCP seems like he's coming along quite nicely.

Also, the Pistons have a terrible logo. I know, I know.

It's really just an updated version of this.. I don't mind the Pistons' brand overall. The blue and red fits nicely and the jerseys look good plus there is some history behind it with the run we had in the mid 2000s. Don't want them to change anything.

by Guest Fri Oct 30, 2015 1:45 pm

Keith Langlois ‏@Keith_Langlois 20m20 minutes ago
Make it a fracture of his fifth metatarsal for Jodie Meeks. A 12-16 week time frame means a March return possible.

by Guest Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:23 pm

Your undefeated 1st place Pistons.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:41 am

3-0!!!

by Guest Mon Nov 02, 2015 9:49 am

3-0 Pistons say only minor tweaks needed

Auburn Hills — The Pistons saw many of their offensive woes on video Sunday.

The problems are not major but they are preventing the team from exploding offensively. Maybe it was a player in the wrong spot. Maybe the group wasn’t spaced the right way or in the right alignment.

Sometimes it was two or three guys wanting to do the right thing but too often doing the same things. The Pistons walked away feeling they need minor tweaks to better their offense, not a major overhaul.

The newest version of the “Going to Work” Pistons of the early 2000’s is surviving through defense, rebounding and good old-fashioned hustle. That’s how they became the first to go 3-0 in the NBA. And they’re drawing attention from slumbering fans.

by Guest Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:28 am

5 things to watch: Detroit Pistons defend perfect mark; challenge the West

AUBURN HILLS -- The Detroit Pistons were one of the hot attractions with their 3-0 start in the first week of the NBA regular season. Here are five things to watch as they embark on week two:

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:47 pm

Fox sports Detroit plus against the 0-3 pacers.

11-9 pacers early.

by Guest Tue Nov 03, 2015 11:47 pm

They never could get close enough to make it interesting.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Wed Nov 04, 2015 5:00 am

LooseGoose wrote:They never could get close enough to make it interesting.

Bench got outscored 40-2... not going to win many games doing that. Drummond is just insane, has 25 points and 29 boards.

3-1

by Guest Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:27 am

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:They never could get close enough to make it interesting.

Bench got outscored 40-2... not going to win many games doing that. Drummond is just insane, has 25 points and 29 boards.

3-1

Drummond can't save Pistons as bench goes belly-up

The Pistons could no longer breathe and lost hope of winning during a brief but deadly 7:56 stretch of the first half when the Pacers scored 22 straight points. The reserves surrendered a 30-22 lead and trailed by 44-30 when Van Gundy disgustedly removed them from the game.

The Pistons' bench finally scored when Spencer Dinwiddie hit a layup with 10:15 remaining in the game.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Sun Nov 08, 2015 11:01 pm

4-1 Pistons @ Trailblazers on FSD now

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Sun Nov 08, 2015 11:56 pm

I wish I wasn't the only one who gave a fuck about the Pistons on tSwill.

Portland up 7 with 1:37 left in the 2nd Q

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:11 am

What in the fuck man. Inspired play the last few minutes. Mr. October looks like GD Mr. Big Shot.

(I bet on the Blazers ML)

by **The_Dude** Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:16 am

Holy butt fuck...turned it off when the Stones were down 16 in the 3rd. Now are up 14 in 4th? Shocked

by Guest Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:29 am

Drummond is a great guy and even better player. When I met the team this year, I could tell they were going to be special. Jackson had like 16 straight points in the 4th.

by **NigelUno** Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:36 am

SpartanDawgs265 wrote:Drummond is a great guy and even better player. When I met the team this year, I could tell they were going to be special. Jackson had like 16 straight points in the 4th.

Are you still on the yacht? You never answered my question about the hookers. Do you rent them for the whole weekend? How does that work?

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