Season’s getting close, can you smell it?
- JOE DUMARS and Co. are going into the season with the same nucleus.
- JASON MAXIELL has until Oct 31st to decide whether or not he’ll accept the Pistons’ 3 year, $15mil contract extention or become a restricted free agent
- Khandor’s Sports blog sees improvement in the Pistons for 08/09
- Assistant coach DARREL WALKER SAYS CURRY is going to put the focus back where it belongs:
“He’s going to emphasize defense, defense again and defense again after that,” Walker said. “I don’t think this team has a problem scoring, it’s just about getting that defensive mentality back that the Detroit Pistons used to have.”
- Coach COWENS IS BIG ON KWAME:
Cowens said he’s been around the NBA since 1970 and he has seen very few guys as big as Brown who move as fast and under as much control. He said Brown, at roughly 275 and with very little body fat, moves his feet extremely well and will be a major factor defensively and as a rebounder.
- COWENS ON AMIR:
“This guy does a lot of things you can’t coach. But he doesn’t do a lot of things, you can coach.”
- STUCKEY Q&A about the upcoming season
- RONALD DUPREE will be in the Cavs training camp
- WALTER SHARPE not destined for Fort Wayne. Also in link ALEX ACKER will be in Pistons training camp, but “THE CHIEF” DON REID will not be
“We’re going forward with the same nucleus, but I’m still not happy with how the season ended,” Dumars said. “But we’ll put that behind us, and we’ll try to make it right this year.”
Personally, I think a deal could have been done had Joe not made his intentions to shake up the roster so public. Team’s probably figured Joe backed himself into a corner and they’d be able to take trade liberties on the Pistons. Not the case. I would have liked to have seen a move to better the team, but I’m glad Dumars didn’t cave into a regressive trade.
