A new rivalry brewing...

[fsquid]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

These arent real rivalries.This seems more like a marketing ploy to draw more interest than it being a rivalry. Most rivalries have history behind it, important games, not preseason garbage.

They come from heated game battles, and playoff battles, championship game battles, not from a guy stealing a ball and dunking it and then hollering at someone afterwards, and not this fake Kobe Ray Allen trash.

the man does have a point. The real rivalries in the past were team v. team, not player v. player. Celtics v. Lakers, Knicks v. Heat/Pacers/Bulls, Pistons/Bulls. While you could say it was Larry v. Magic, the reality is that both teams as a whole hated one another.

[ludacris06]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

Guess what though, the Pistons get their rings November 2nd. Thats somthing LA, New Jersey, "Minny" or any other crap team is getting.

The Wolves and the Spurs were nowhere to be found... It just seems like those teams are emotionally weak. Whenever somthing dramatic happens to their team, they play like crap. When Detroit lost what was supposed to be the the momentum swinging game two of the NBA Finals, the Lakers got their *** cooked in game three. The Pistons are used to pressure and they happen to enjoy it and thats somthing the Wolves and the Spurs lack.

The players might look good on the paper, but when they are on the court, it's completely different.

[ludacris06]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

Guess what though, the Pistons get their rings November 2nd. Thats somthing LA, New Jersey, "Minny" or any other crap team is getting.

The Wolves and the Spurs were nowhere to be found... It just seems like those teams are emotionally weak. Whenever somthing dramatic happens to their team, they play like crap. When Detroit lost what was supposed to be the the momentum swinging game two of the NBA Finals, the Lakers got their *** cooked in game three. The Pistons are used to pressure and they happen to enjoy it and thats somthing the Wolves and the Spurs lack.

The players might look good on the paper, but when they are on the court, it's completely different.

[jordan0386]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

when the pacers catch you, DONT SAY A WORD


its coming

[jordan0386]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

when the pacers catch you, DONT SAY A WORD


its coming

[ludacris06]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

LOL! I'm not.

I don't make excuses when we loose. Neither do the Pistons.

[ludacris06]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

LOL! I'm not.

I don't make excuses when we loose. Neither do the Pistons.

[Dynasty4Kobe]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

Guess what though, the Pistons get their rings November 2nd. Thats somthing LA, New Jersey, "Minny" or any other crap team is getting.

The Wolves and the Spurs were nowhere to be found... It just seems like those teams are emotionally weak. Whenever somthing dramatic happens to their team, they play like crap. When Detroit lost what was supposed to be the the momentum swinging game two of the NBA Finals, the Lakers got their *** cooked in game three. The Pistons are used to pressure and they happen to enjoy it and thats somthing the Wolves and the Spurs lack.

The players might look good on the paper, but when they are on the court, it's completely different.

The NBA is about match-ups. Lakers matched up with the Spurs and Wolves. Malone was able to put a body on Duncan/Garnett. Shaq was able to keep Parker out of the paint, make him shoot jump shots which weren't falling. With the Pistons, Billups didn't drive in because he has a great jumpshot. We didn't have Malone to help Shaq with the Wallaces, we had an inexperienced Brian Cook. If the Spurs had played them, Parker and Duncan would have played the pick and roll MUCH better than the Lakers. Garnett would have been there to rebound against the Wallaces. It's how they match up.

And yes, injuries are apart of basketball. Cassell was injured and the Lakers were able to win with him out of the Wolves' lineup. I don't think there is a doubth that the series would have been much tougher had Cassell been there. The way you are making it sound is as if all those other "crap teams" couldn't hang with the Pistons.

It's almost, dare I say . . . Laker fan-esque

[Dynasty4Kobe]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

Guess what though, the Pistons get their rings November 2nd. Thats somthing LA, New Jersey, "Minny" or any other crap team is getting.

The Wolves and the Spurs were nowhere to be found... It just seems like those teams are emotionally weak. Whenever somthing dramatic happens to their team, they play like crap. When Detroit lost what was supposed to be the the momentum swinging game two of the NBA Finals, the Lakers got their *** cooked in game three. The Pistons are used to pressure and they happen to enjoy it and thats somthing the Wolves and the Spurs lack.

The players might look good on the paper, but when they are on the court, it's completely different.

The NBA is about match-ups. Lakers matched up with the Spurs and Wolves. Malone was able to put a body on Duncan/Garnett. Shaq was able to keep Parker out of the paint, make him shoot jump shots which weren't falling. With the Pistons, Billups didn't drive in because he has a great jumpshot. We didn't have Malone to help Shaq with the Wallaces, we had an inexperienced Brian Cook. If the Spurs had played them, Parker and Duncan would have played the pick and roll MUCH better than the Lakers. Garnett would have been there to rebound against the Wallaces. It's how they match up.

And yes, injuries are apart of basketball. Cassell was injured and the Lakers were able to win with him out of the Wolves' lineup. I don't think there is a doubth that the series would have been much tougher had Cassell been there. The way you are making it sound is as if all those other "crap teams" couldn't hang with the Pistons.

It's almost, dare I say . . . Laker fan-esque

[ludacris06]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

Make sure you watch the Rockets against the Pistons on TNT so you can see Detroit get their rings.

[ludacris06]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

Make sure you watch the Rockets against the Pistons on TNT so you can see Detroit get their rings.

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

luda calm your nerves you sound increadibly ignorant.. just count the pistons blessings that they play in the east.. where duke uconn and kentucky could compete for a third seed.. while all the while west teams are beating the crap outta eachother for over half the season plus the playoffs.. i mean seriously the pistons are the best team in the nba for now but they are not some unstoppable juggernaut as you seem to think they are

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

luda calm your nerves you sound increadibly ignorant.. just count the pistons blessings that they play in the east.. where duke uconn and kentucky could compete for a third seed.. while all the while west teams are beating the crap outta eachother for over half the season plus the playoffs.. i mean seriously the pistons are the best team in the nba for now but they are not some unstoppable juggernaut as you seem to think they are

[ludacris06]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

I don't remember saying they were unstoppabale. They did win 54 games out of 82 so they are far from unbeatable.

Oh yeah, remember, november the 2nd. TNT.

Every other team is weak BTW.

[ludacris06]

Re: A new rivalry brewing...

I don't remember saying they were unstoppabale. They did win 54 games out of 82 so they are far from unbeatable.

Oh yeah, remember, november the 2nd. TNT.

Every other team is weak BTW.