No Respect
Why is it that the Pistons recieve no respect? The Pistons have single-handedly changed the face of the NBA. The defeat of the seemingly invincible Lakers in 2004 made the league change the way it would build teams, and would change the way the game is played. What is it that professional sports lack? They lack inspiration. I love watching college sports because they are based around team play, and the players are actually playing to get somewhere. In college athletes are not recieving multi-million dollar contracts, and they are playing with the hope and inspiration to get to the big leagues. This is the way the Pistons play ball. The Pistons are built of players who have spent their careers floating around the league from team to team as mediocre players. What do you get when you throw a bunch of mediocre players into a team with a great coach and no super star? You get a team that plays like a team, and puts politics aside. These guys are playing for the respect they have not recieved in their careers as NBA players. How are they so good? When you are going up against a team that has one or two superstar players, those two players are the only players you have to watch out for. You can draw up your entire game plan based off of two players. There are five men on the court for a team but if only two are truly making the team then the other three are just filling up space and helping to set up these two players. The Pistons have no huge superstars, with the exception of Ben Wallace on defense. They are so good because they are completely unpredictable. Where you might have your Shaq and Kobe (refering to last year) puting up their 20 or 30 points, you have no idea who is going to lead the Pistons on any given night. The lead player of the Pistons rotates between Billups, Hamilton, Prince, R. Wallace, and in the playoffs even Ben Wallace. How can you draw up any game plan for something so unpredictable. They may not be a conventional team. They are a team that plays like a team and restores the emphasis of team play to the NBA.
posted by Eric @ 7:00 PM
1 Comments:
hi Eric!
It's fun to see you have a blog. I didn't have time to read the whole thing yet, but skimming your very diverse topics was quite interesting. I'm glad you're back for the summer. we'll probably see you around, neighbor.
-ang
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