NBA Playoffs Thread

1 ring,2 finals appearences, 5 straight eastern confrence finals appearences.
That's pretty good.

 

Bitter, party of 1?

Wow.

 

Not saying they haven't had a very, very good run. Just that it could have been an exceptional run. And it wouldn't have to end this year or next. I think we've seen the end of the Pistons as a title threat for the near future.

And if they had drafted Carmelo or DWade, it would be a different story.

I always find it laughable when teams say they're not drafting a guy who could prove legendary because they don't have anywhere to play him. I heard plenty of that from Detroit folks around the time of that draft (though more about Carmelo than Wade, admittedly).

 

I see what you're saying.

P.S. If they really needed a big man, they should've just drafted Bosh.

 

1 title won because the other team self-imploded.

1 title lost because the coach was too busy trolling for other jobs to coach his own team.

2 other titles blown by accommodating a psychotic nutcase punk thug on the roster.

Whoop de doo, what a glorious era.

 

That's the amazing thing about that draft, in hindsight. You had a championship-level team with a gimme-putt to become a legendary team. And they missed ... and missed BIG.

 

1 title won because Detroit was the better team

1 title lost because Robert Horry made that shot(it's not like they got blown out.It went to 7 games)

2 other titles blown because of two great players(DWade, LeBron)

 

So Detroit would have won last year? And this year?

No.

 

Hey, he's the one that said it first

 

Ehh, they said Pistons in 4 too. Clevelands 2-0 against SA this year, they're playing BY FAR the best ball they've played all year. They can make it a series.

 

A valid point. Regardless, I think we'll eventually look back at that draft as one of the monumental fuckups in NBA history. If we're not already.

 

Passing up on Melo, DWade, Bosh and Hinrich.
Ouch.