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What went wrong with Pistons season? Everything

GameSetMatch — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:05:52 +0000

At a recent practice, Pistons coach John Kuester, enduring a season of frustration, had seen enough.

He screamed at his team and then punted the basketball as far as he could.
It has been that kind of season. The team that made six consecutive Eastern Conference finals thought it was starting a rebuilding process.

No one expected this — multiple 10-game losing streaks, a 26-55 record entering tonight’s finale in Minnesota, and little fan interest.
How could a team that seemed to have some promise fall so badly, so quickly?

Click here to read the full article – By Vincent Goodwill of The Detroit News

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Stuckey cleared for exercise

GameSetMatch — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:35:54 +0000

Rodney Stuckey doesn’t know when he will play again, but he hopes it will be this season.

Three doctors cleared Stuckey for exercise Wednesday after extensive cardiac tests. He collapsed on the bench during Friday’s game at Cleveland and was taken away on a stretcher. He missed Sunday’s game against Houston and will be out again Wednesday against Utah.

“I really don’t know what that means — they told me I can exercise, but I haven’t talked to anyone about if that means I can practice or what,” he said before the Utah game. “I want to play, but we’ll have to see what they tell me.”

Pistons coach John Kuester said he expects Stuckey to return to the lineup before the season is over, but said the team doesn’t have a timeline.

Click here to read the full article – By Associated Press of ESPN.com

Pistons hope to snap skid vs. Knicks

GameSetMatch — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:13:24 +0000

The Detroit Pistons will attempt to put the brakes on a seven-game losing streak Tuesday, when they welcome the New York Knicks to The Palace of Auburn Hills.

The Pistons will also play host to Chicago on the brief residency and are 8-6 at home this season. They suffered their seventh consecutive defeat on Sunday in a 102-95 decision at Toronto, as Richard Hamilton returned to the lineup from a sore right hamstring and scored 15 points for the Pistons

Ben Gordon netted 15 points off the bench, while Rodney Stuckey had 14 points, eight boards and five assists in a losing cause.

“Early in the game I didn’t feel like I had my legs, but it got better as the game went on,” Gordon said. “We had some decent looks later in the game, but just couldn’t make the shots.”

Click here to read the full article – By of sportsnetwork.com

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About Last Night: Rodney Stuckey’s fourth-quarter performance doesn’t absolve him of an awful rest of the game

GameSetMatch — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:43:11 +0000

The Detroit Pistons continued a hellacious West Coast swing in Portland on Wednesday night and the result was similar to the Pistons’ loss to the Los Angeles Lakers the night before.

The Trail Blazers jumped out to a huge second-half lead and had to fend off a furious Pistons rally in the fourth quarter to escape with an 87-81 victory.

Here are some notes from the game:

Stuckey put it together too late: If you watch the highlights of the game or see the final stat line of 21 points, six rebounds and five assists, you might be fooled into thinking Rodney Stuckey had a decent game. That was definitely not the case

Click here to read the full article – By Justin Rogers of MLive.com

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Injuries put Pistons’ up-tempo offense on hold

GameSetMatch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:23:20 +0000

Coming into this season, it was expected that the Pistons would be a running team that would threaten to score 100 points on a nightly basis.

But after seven games the Pistons have only cracked the 100-point barrier one time and are averaging 91.3 points — 25th in the league after Sunday’s games.
Plans to bring showtime to the Palace were put on hold with major injuries to veterans Rip Hamilton (severely sprained right ankle) and Tayshaun Prince (ruptured disk).

Click here to read the full article – By VINCE ELLIS of freep.com

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Rip Hamilton might miss two more Pistons games

GameSetMatch — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:50:15 +0000

When he first sprained his right ankle, Rip Hamilton said it felt like the ankle “actually hit the floor.”

That was the first sign that it wasn’t a run-of-the-mill sprain. Hamilton — and the Pistons — is lucky it isn’t broken.

The Pistons probably will be without Hamilton the next two games — definitely tonight’s home contest against the Magic and likely Wednesday’s game at Toronto.

Hamilton hurt his ankle with 5 minutes left in the season opener at Memphis on Wednesday. An initial X-ray proved negative. The Pistons took another X-ray as a precaution when he returned to Detroit, and it also was negative. Still, there was significant swelling and bruising, and Hamilton was placed in a walking boot because he could hardly put any pressure on the ankle.

Click here to read the full article – By VINCE ELLIS of Detroit Free Press

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Pistons’ Richard Hamilton might miss home opener

GameSetMatch — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:14:25 +0000

Pistons guard Richard Hamilton said Thursday he was not sure he would be able to play in Friday night’s home opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder because of a sore right ankle.

Hamilton stepped on O.J. Mayo’s foot and came up limping during Wednesday night’s 96-74 victory at Memphis. He left the game briefly but returned to play.

Hamilton was still wearing the same tape he wore during the game to reduce swelling.

“It hurts more today than it did last night,” Hamilton said.

Click here to read the full article – By Terry Foster of The Detroit News

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Pistons’ Brown says hand isn’t improving

GameSetMatch — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:01:17 +0000

The wrapping on Kwame Brown’s left hand has seemingly gotten bigger and bigger as the exhibition season has progressed.

But the padding hasn’t helped the hand heal to Brown’s liking, so he said Wednesday that he’s going to have it checked to make sure the injury isn’t serious.
Brown said his left hand is getting progressively worse and he will undergo X-rays today to determine the severity of the injury.

Brown, who did practice Wednesday, suffered the injury early in training and has worn the wrap since.

“It’s not frustrating, it’s just a part of the game,” he said. “I’ve been trying to focus on other things I can do as far as getting teammates open, rebounding and running and playing defense. But it’s definitely hindering a little bit of my game. I’m not as aggressive as I want to be.”

Click here to read the full article – By VINCE ELLIS of Free Prees

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Brown and Wallace are Pistons’ defensive duo

GameSetMatch — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:11:00 +0000

Don’t be surprised if center Kwame Brown and forward Ben Wallace begin the year as starters for Pistons coach John Kuester.

“We still have a lot more preseason to go — we’ve got two weeks,” Kuester said Sunday. “There are a number of challenges ahead of us to see how this all plays out. There are so many guys deserving of time, so it’s been challenging that way.”

Kuester acknowledged that Brown and Wallace “set a tone defensively for you.”

The coach wants people who understand “what it’s going to take for us to be successful defensively.”

Click here to read the full article – By GEORGE SIPPLE of FREE PRESS

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Pistons sign Wilcox to multiyear deal

admin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:23:19 +0000

The Detroit Pistons have signed free-agent forward Chris Wilcox to a multiyear contract.

The agreement was first reported by ESPN.com’s Chad Ford. A source said the contract is for two years and $6 million.
The 26-year-old Wilcox has appeared in 448 NBA games since the Los Angeles Clippers drafted him eighth overall in 2002. He also has played for Seattle/Oklahoma City and New York, averaging 9.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 21.7 minutes per game in his career.

Click here to read the full article – By of ESPN.com

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