PN Press clippings are back with a vengeance! Joe may not be making any big moves but there’s stuff and junk going on.
- Gilbert Arenas like our Kwame Brown pick up, Agent Zero even goes as far to say that this will be “Kwame’s year”. He also seems to be campaigning to get Juan Dixon back in a Wizards uni: “I’ll take him back in D.C. right now.” and
Bullets’Wizards’ fans are in accord. - Kwame understands that his key to being a productive member of the Pistons is going to lie in his ability to defend:
“A lot of people don’t take pride in their defense and don’t tip their hat to guys that go out and stick their nose in there and play hard on defense,” Brown said. “I think I’ve been one of the underrated defensive players in the league. I think on this team I’ll have a chance to shine and that’s exactly what this team needs.”
- SI writer Marty Burns ranks the Pistons 6th in the East:
Logic says they should be ranked higher, since they suffered no significant losses (other than coach Flip Saunders) from a team that won 59 games last season. But even president Joe Dumars seemed to think this present group had run its course at the end of last season and needed some new blood. Kwame Brown isn’t likely to light a fire under anybody. And how will all those Pistons vets react to hearing their names in trade talks all summer? Unless Dumars has something else up his sleeve, the Pistons just seem like a team headed for a decline.
- Pat Sullivan is Über happy to be back in Detroit.
- Rasheed’s pre-game huddle dance is maketable
- Rip’s former agent is accused of stealing $500k for Hamilton. Even for a millionaire that’s a pretty penny.
- Could the Pistons use a 18 ppg scorer off the bench? Ah, nah never mind. Rodney Stuckey.
- Remember Rodney White? No? Joe D took White #9 overall in 2001. Still no recollection? Perhaps that’s why Matt Watson has him at #3 on the biggest busts of the 00’s list over at Fanhouse. Last December, if you recall, we found out Rodney was averaging 36 ppg…over in Asia. He’s since landed on a very good Maccabi Tel Aviv roster (now w/ Carlos Arroyo).
- “Super Dupe” is still hoping to find the right situation in the league and would like to return to Detroit and play for coach Michael Curry
- A Jazz fan dreaming up a trade to bring Darko Milicic to Utah to back up Memo
- Tayshaun and the U.S. Redeem Team continue their quest for Olympic bling by crushing the current World Champion Spanish team 119-82. Check out this Beijing Q&A with “Big Daddy Rich” Chuck Daly at NBA.com
- So you want entertainment? Check out Baron Davis and Steve Nash’s Step Brothers parody. Clas-sick!
