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This was past along to me by a Pistons’ fan down in FLA.

Pitcher Anibal Sanchez told reporters he lost 32 pounds over the winter after taking a cue from former NBA player John Salley.

Sanchez said he went out to Los Angeles to work out with Salley and even changed his diet to reflect some of the vegetarian and organic foods being promoted by Salley.

“I talked with Salley and met with him maybe four times,” said Sanchez.

Man, Salley has worn so many hats in his post playing days, just check out his Wiki page.

It’s not surprising he’s being sought after for nutrition advice.  He learned from one of the best, Adrian Dantley, from their days together in Detroit.  Sal sticks to a strict vegan diet and he looks to be near the same weight as when the Pistons drafted him in 1986.

Sorry the blog posts have slowed to a crawl around this piece.  The start of the school year has found me getting my little Pistons’ fans back into the swing of things.  I’ll take one or twelve 5-hour energy shots and be back in full effect in no time flat.

This provides me the perfect opportunity to extend an open invitation to PNb readers to become contributors.  If you have something to say about the Pistons I’m welcoming guest bloggers to strengthen the Nation.  If you want to be a member of the “Skeleton Crew” just shoot me your contribution via e-mail and we’ll add you to the roster.

…Now to a Pistons related antic dote.  My brother called me yesterday asking who was #35 for the Pistons, because one of his neighbors was throwing away an autographed piece on Pistons memorabilia.  He couldn’t make out the signature, just the #35.  I said DaJuan Summers, but he said it didn’t look to be that.  So I told him to bring it over after I got off of work.  To myself I’m thinking, “ok, it’s probably Cheikh Samb then”.

I get home and about a half an hour later he shows up.  I nearly lost it.  His “memorabilia” turned out to be an autographed stadium give away seat cushion.  The signature was neither DaJuan Summers nor Cheikh Samb, but ISAIAH MORRIS!

It was kind of a stroke of luck that  he has a brother who’s a Pistons’ junkie.  Who the hell else would have known who Isaiah Morris even was?  The dude spent his only NBA season (1992-93) with the Pistons.

The most notable thing about Morris is not that he had as many career turnovers (8) as career assists, steal, and blocks combined. It’s the fact that he was involved in the trades of two Bad Boy Pistons luminaries.

In 1992 after being drafted 37th overall by the Miami Heat Morris was packaged with a 1st round pick — that turned out to be Lindsey Hunter — for John “Spider” Salley.  Then in October of 1993 he was a part of the desperate trade to San Antonio that got Dennis Rodman out of town before he went completely nuts.

So there you have it.  Possibly the only post in the entire blogosphere about one Isaiah Morris.

I’ve always been obsessive about my Pistons.  When I was younger I couldn’t wait to get the Detroit Free Press every morning so I could cut out anything pertaining to the Bad Boys and add the clippings to my collection.  Well, I recently came across some of those clippings (I kinda save everything).

The clippings that I found most interesting, being an art loving kind of guy, were the editorial cartoons.  So, I thought I’d share them with the Pistons Nation while we count down the days until the season starts.

This cartoon is by legendary Free Press cartoonist, the late Dick Mayer.  Actually all but one of these cartoons are Mayer’s.

Back before John “Spider” Salley was wimping out on celebrity reality shows he was doing stand up comedy.

Anyone familiar with the Bad Boys knows that Daddy Rich was always riding Sal’s ass.  So a crowd full of Dalys would surely be a nightmare scenario for John.

Personally I’ve never really found Salley to be all that funny.  But, whatever.

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On a seemingly slow news day PNb still has the your back.

• RODNEY STUCKEY threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Friday’s Tigers/White Sox game.  Tweeter jsermo was at the game and was first to Tweet that Stuck didn’t do so well on the mound.  Rodney probably shouldn’t have bragged about being a baseball star.
• RODNEY told the Freep’s Vince Ellis that the Pistons acquiring younger talent will give the team a chance to get out and run more.  While some took it as a dig to the departed aging vets what do you want him to say?  I mean what’s the first advantage that comes to mind of a young basketball team?
• I agree that the Pistons are going to surprise some people this season.  I think in the East they’re a playoff team.  But, predicting they’ll win 50 games may be a little too much to ask from this group.
• The Champion Detroit Shock were honored at the White House today.  President OBAMA  – an admitted Bulls fan – commented on how he never thought he’d actually be congratulating BILL LAIMBEER and RICK MAHORN for something.
• Really enjoyed Fox Sports Detroit’s CHUCK DALY special last night.  Loved the quote from JOHN SALLEY that if BILL DAVIDSON owned the restaurant, JACK McCLOSKEY bought the food, and CHUCK DALY cooked it.  That pretty much summed up the relationship of the 3 men that spearheaded the Bad Boys rise to the top of the NBA.
• A couple Bad Boys will be hitting the links for the 2009 Pure Michigan Pro-Am at the Buick Open.  BILL LAIMBEER and VINNIE JOHNSON along with Coach JOHN KUESTER will take part.  Rock’n'Roll HOFer and big time Pistons’ fan BOB SEGER will be paired with TIGER WOODS.
• Audio from JOHN KUESTER’S appearence on “The Huge Show” where the new Pistons coach explains that he’s an “experienced rookie coach”.  KUESTER also goes into his offensive and defensive thoughts for the team.
• Charlie Rosen calls KWAME BROWN what very few others do…underrated.
• The Thunder dealt CHUCKY ATKINS (along with DAMIEN WILKINS) to Minnesota for ETAN THOMAS.  You can check out what the former Pistons guard thinks of the trade by following him on Twitter @ImmortalKustomz
• At first I was all on board with STEPHON MARBURY on Twitter and his whole UStream marathon thing.  But it quickly got old, and quite frankly a bit creepy.

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